3D Printed Biological Cells Make Self Repairing Trainers
That is the future right there, coming clean in application and mind-blowing to think of. London based designer and researcher Shamees Aden is currently working on developing a concept for shoes that appear to have arrived straight from the future. According to the designer, the trainers would be 3D printed to the exact size of the wearer, fitting fine and snug.
The shoes would be made of a synthetic biological material that would be able to repair itself over time. Protocells that would be used for the synthetic biological material of the shoes are not themselves alive, but those basic molecules can be combined into living organisms.
On the foot of a human, the shoes would be able to react to movement and behave appropriately, for example, they could puff up to provide extra cushioning when required. After their use, the shoes would need to be placed in a jar filled with protocell liquid, which would repair and rejuvenate the cells, and keep the organism healthy. The solution could also be dyed to any color, making the shoes change color while they “rejuvenate.”
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Shamees Aden developed the idea of the Protocell Trainer in collaboration with protocell technology specialist Dr Martin Hanczyc, a professor at the University of Southern Denmark. The idea was presented at the Wearable Futures conference in London.
Via Dezeen
