This globally unique installation allows you to directly communicate with lab-grown clusters of living neuron cells – referred to as brain organoids. By interacting with an artificial skin, users create impulses that are sent to the organoid, whose reaction is reflected back as movement in the same membrane.
By making this newly emerging field more transparent, we encourage reflection on a sustainable and organic future where biological material is being proposed as a solution for modern-day computing.
«The Bachelor’s project ‹Soma› by Luca Busby and Basil Egger is an excellent examination of the highly topical subject of Organoid Intelligence, both in terms of content and design. Their globally unique interactive installation enables visitors to interact with living neural organoids in a direct and haptic way. Thus, they make a complex and previously abstract field of research intuitively accessible and encourage us to critically engage with the future of biological computing architectures. [...]» – Excerpt supporting statement of the Subject Area Interaction Design
«‹Soma› is a first of its kind haptic interface between living brain organoids and humans. This new way of interacting with biological tissue challenges how we perceive technology today and demonstrates how computer interfaces might change in the coming decades.» – Luca Busby & Basil Egger
«I see myself as an independent designer exploring the intersection between physical objects and digital interaction to create new experiences.» – Luca Busby
«In the future, I see myself working between the physical and digital, creating experiences that push boundaries and enable new ways of interaction.» – Basil Egger