To illustrate this, here is a piece from Ada Rajszys, called 'Uncomfortable Esmeralda'. It is a painting artwork of a high tech print plate that you can actually wear, yet that experience is quite uncomfortable, since your face is squashed against the back of the painting.
2. We reflect.
Look at the Fake Fur collection “a Hunt for High-tech” by designer Bart Hessa.
"In a world… where nature and science emerged, where technology breathes and where living without is impossible. This futuristic world is the inspiration for a collection of imitation fur, a collection for the fashion industry. The ‘future fur’ shows that it is more interesting to imitate an imaginary world… and is based on biomimetics of animal skins.
3. We learn and create.
Mussel Glue
It is almost impossible to make glue that will work under water. The blue mussel is able to steady itself under water by attaching itself to a surface by using its own mussel glue. Because the glue maintains its strength in a wet and salty environment, which resembles the human body, the mussel glue is suitable for medical purposes. TU Delft has been trying to develop a synthetic protein that resembles mussel glue protein for several years now. Important applications could be in gluing fractures and injured intestines. Research Material Sense, institute TU Delft, Holland, Technology of Natural Sciences, DeltChemTech
All of the above examples where published in our book #27 on Nanotechnology, with the collaboration of Material Sense, IMEC, RVO. The discussion on Nanotechnology is far from over. but forget about the technology part. It's all about scaling. It's about design with basic building blocks. Creativity in its most elementary status.
We're now preparing a conference on the matter in February 2008 with our partners from IMEC.
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