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Tags nanotech, medical, design, healing, ars Type Blog
Nanotechnology Victoria is a venture between three universities - Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology and RMIT University - to pursue commercialisation of nanotechnologies for Australian industry. Its major research programs consist of product development activities for biotechnology, as well as materials, manufacturing and environmental activities.
Leah Heiss is a designer, artist and educator interested in the role of technology in mediating social relationships. She holds a Masters of Design from the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT University. During the residency, Leah will seek to develop technology-based projects that address the ‘emotional’ in therapeutic design. The residency will address the following parallel concerns: Is it possible to augment our garments and artefacts with extra functionalities – the power to heal, correct and treat our physical ailments? And, how can the changing colour of our jewellery or the shape transformation of our wound dressing communicate to us about our physical and emotional health and well-being?
