Today we like: design using bacteria
Designer Ori Elisar has developed a bacterial ink and grown typographical symbols in a petri dish. Here are more stories featuring microbes, including a lamp powered by glowing octopus bacteria (pictured), clothes grown from single-cell organisms and cheese made from the sweat and tears of celebrities.
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Ori Elisar grows typography in a lab using bacteria-filled petri dishes
MIT researchers engineer bacteria that could program plants for self-defence
Jan Klingler’s Bacteria lamps are “modern fossils” as well as lights
Researchers develop renewable and biodegradable power sources using bacteria
Biofilm developed to power wearable electronics with sweat
Bioluminescent lamp by Teresa van Dongen glows blue with octopus bacteria
Colorifix harnesses bacteria for non-toxic clothes dyeing
