Can we engineer a world where scents and plants respond to us?
In short: Ani Liu explores the boundary between science fiction and reality through synthetic biology. This talk examines how technology can be used to manipulate sensory perception and create interactive, living environments.
Ani Liu presents a series of imaginative experiments that blend science, design, and art. She explores concepts like 'smelfies'—the ability to capture a smell as a digital image—and lipsticks that trigger plant growth at the point of contact. Her work focuses on the transition from speculative fiction to tangible biological facts, questioning how we might redefine our interaction with the natural world through synthetic biology.
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