Living Layers: Designing Modular E-Skin with Bacterial Cellulose
[Accepted to TEI'25]
Abstract: Due to its flexibility and sensitivity, E-skin is increasingly used in applications in fields such as Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), biomedical engineering, and robotics. However, current e-skin technologies face challenges related to durability, self-healing, and sustainability. Addressing these issues, sustainable materials offer promising alternatives with unique physical properties. In this context, we explore how the inherent characteristics of biomaterials, such as bacterial cellulose, can be utilized for the development of e-skin. We demonstrate the design and use of bacterial cellulose as an e-skin by multilayer assembly, sensor development, and sensor integration into the material.
This project is a result of the "Bio-based Fabrication for Sustainable Interactive Systems" seminar at my university (University of Saarland). More on the work that was done can be found in the report , where we talk about growing, assembly, and evaluation. Feel free to check out the Git repository as well.
Disclawd
What is Disclawd? Simply put, its a clicker game for Discord. It is possible to "mine" blocks and ores from a pretty familiar game, doing this grants gold, xp and allows one to buy items. Besides that watch out to slay spawning monsters!
This idea was realized by writing a Discord bot in Java using the Java Discord API (JDA). It was one way to express my passion for games, art and coding. As, for example, all item art was done by myself. To check out the code structure and more take a look on to the Git repository.