Universidad de los Andes
Projects | 2017
RootKnit
Paula Andrea Molina Osorio, Nicole Senz Giusti, & Daniel Shambo Rodriguez
RootKnit is a shapeshifting surface connected to plants. Using multiple sensors, RootKnit can react to the plants’ conditions and then translate that data into surface movements and shapes. This creates a new way of communicating, understanding, and connecting to plants and the environment.
Instructors
Luz Alba Gallo Herran
Luz Alba Gallo Herran is a Colombian designer. She is interested in exploring the intersection of design and other disciplines in order to create positive impact. Her areas of interest are service, experience and UX design. Currently she is doing her design Masters at Universidad de los Andes. She has been part of ‘Biología sintética Uniandes’, a multidisciplinary team of biologists, designers, physicists, and doctors that explore different applications of synthetic biology to solve current problems.
Giovanna Danies
Giovanna Danies is a Biologist and Microbiologist from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá Colombia. She pursued her Master’s degree in Plant Pathology also at Universidad de los Andes. In 2015, Giovanna received a PhD in Plant Pathology from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA. She was selected by the directors of graduate studies in the plant sciences graduate fields to receive the Barbara McClintock Award. She currently teaches an Introductory course to Plant Pathology at Universidad de los Andes and advises undergraduate and master students in the Laboratory of Mycology and Phytopathology (LAMFU) at Universidad de los Andes.