#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature
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<p>Neri Oxman is a designer, engineer, scientist, and artist working on computational design, synthetic biology and digital fabrication, previously at MIT, and now at OXMAN. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br />
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Neri’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nerioxman">https://twitter.com/nerioxman</a><br />
OXMAN Website: <a href="https://oxman.com/">https://oxman.com/</a><br />
OXMAN Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/oxmanofficial">https://instagram.com/oxmanofficial</a></p>
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(09:06) – Biomass vs anthropomass<br />
(23:27) – Computational templates<br />
(43:42) – Biological hero organisms<br />
(54:42) – Engineering with bacteria<br />
(1:02:59) – Plant communication<br />
(1:16:22) – Albert Einstein letter<br />
(1:19:44) – Beauty<br />
(1:24:40) – Faith<br />
(1:34:26) – Flaws<br />
(1:54:15) – Extinction<br />
(2:05:22) – Alien life<br />
(2:09:12) – Music<br />
(2:10:39) – Movies<br />
(2:15:11) – Advice for young people</p>