Growable interfaces are sustainable devices developed with bio-based materials as a substrate for circuitry. Ten interactive objects (myco-electronics) and three wearable technologies (myco-accessories) were developed. A study and experts interviews were conducted.
Publications:
– Vasquez, Eldy S. Lazaro, and Katia Vega. “Myco-accessories: sustainable wearables with biodegradable materials.” In Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 306-311. 2019.
– Vasquez, Eldy S. Lazaro, and Katia Vega. “From plastic to biomaterials: prototyping DIY electronics with mycelium.” In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 308-311. 2019.
– Vasquez, Eldy S. Lazaro, Hao-Chuan Wang, and Katia Vega. “The Environmental Impact of Physical Prototyping: a Five-Year CHI Review.” In Self-Sustainable CHI Workshop, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 8. 2020.
-Lazaro Vasquez, Eldy S., Hao-Chuan Wang, and Katia Vega. “Introducing the sustainable prototyping life cycle for digital fabrication to designers.” In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp. 1301-1312. 2020.
Awards:
– Fiber Arts Award at ISWC Design Exhibition 2019.
– Best Honorable Demo at DIS 2020.
This project was created in collaboration with Eldy Lázaro (Design- UC Davis), Prof. Hao-Chuan Wang (CS- UC Davis), Prof. Barbara Linkle (Engineering- UC Davis), and undergraduate researcher Emily Carson (Design).