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..................Urban Morphogenesis Lab's XenoDerma, gets an assist from an asian fawn tarantula.
The idea behind XenoDerma is to see inside a spider's mind, or at least see how a spider perceives the world. Spiders weave webs not just to trap food but for protection, sleeping and living. They're highly attuned to the smallest changes and vibrations in their webs, which essentially become an extension of their own nervous systems.
The creators of the project, headed by Claudia Pasquero, wanted to gain a more "cosmological" idea of urban architecture and structures by enlisting a creature with its own idea of space. As such, they 3D printed transparent cubes with different lattice structures to see how the creatures would adjust.
The resulting webs give us a peak into a spiders mind, and could point the way to new forms of architecture. "Mobilizing the alien spatial intelligence of nonhuman entities like spiders will give us a new insight in the possible construction of a multiheaded city," the creators said.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/03/the-big-picture-exploring-life-boundaries/
The idea behind XenoDerma is to see inside a spider's mind, or at least see how a spider perceives the world. Spiders weave webs not just to trap food but for protection, sleeping and living. They're highly attuned to the smallest changes and vibrations in their webs, which essentially become an extension of their own nervous systems.
The creators of the project, headed by Claudia Pasquero, wanted to gain a more "cosmological" idea of urban architecture and structures by enlisting a creature with its own idea of space. As such, they 3D printed transparent cubes with different lattice structures to see how the creatures would adjust.
The resulting webs give us a peak into a spiders mind, and could point the way to new forms of architecture. "Mobilizing the alien spatial intelligence of nonhuman entities like spiders will give us a new insight in the possible construction of a multiheaded city," the creators said.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/03/the-big-picture-exploring-life-boundaries/