Virj Kan

Unveiling abstract information landscapes we exist in. Founder @Primitivesio. Former HCI research @MIT.

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Just learned I had a great grandfather who had settled in #SanFrancisco and #Oakland

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This "Microbial Portrait" was captured from a time-lapse after human faces were plated on growth media. The result is a snapshot of a home. A home to the millions of microorganisms called the skin microbiota.

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Come to @Stanford university tonight @LaserTalks and watch me discuss about my work in #biodesign #hci #biomaterials

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Biota Beats a microbial record player that translates growth into new auditory media, where microorganisms in the human body is sonified into music. I worked on this project with @davidsunkong @marymaggic and others @emwstreetbio for @igemcommunity

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"Life Support" is a performative sculpture that respires, through electronically induced breathing.

I did this piece as a rumination on the current reductionist, machine-centric views on life in modern medical sciences. ⁠ See more: https://t.co/A3mK5B5579
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#interactiveart

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@palettefm_bot prompt="A frame of a man and a woman with a background of sunset. Modernist, bauhaus, HDR. "

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@palettefm_bot prompt="A frame of a man and a woman with a background of red roses. ww2, war, and aloha. A striking contrast in bloodthirsty beige, socialist, livingstone, greenivorous, and emergency."

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The creation of mankind zoomed out is god feasting on a Chinese New Year dinner 🥘🤗

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@mike_critz There’s a sensor at the neckline that detects change in capacitance which takes advantage of the human body’s natural charge.

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Excited for talk tonight at @dorkbot at 7pm pt! I’ll be sharing some of my work on biodesign, physical computing, and biointerfaces

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Posted @withregram • @k0re Join us this Wed Aug 25 7pm with @claytantor Zach R and @virjkan more info, zoom link, speaker bios on https://t.co/tkzL96gRCl With @vale_research and Marian. @rrmutt MCs https://t.co/Y0D8VptQPf

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@mnvrsngh @WalterScheidel Curious about your thoughts on the accuracy of this visualization

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Guess who are the 20 companies that produce 55% of the world’s plastic waste? Top 3 prize goes to @exxonmobil @DowNewsroom @SinopecNews for undermining the progress of #circulareconomy #SDGs #biomaterials initiatives

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Translate molecular signals to human senses - from a pixel to droplets @ViirjKan #IdeasinAction #TEDxBeaconSt

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Happy 100th Mit from the iss #MITMovingDay

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It’s embarrassing how few black female founders get funded https://t.co/SSavmOniV8

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How #particles pack in a confined space https://t.co/ZZQou0NZUZ

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This week's @naturepodcast: the computer that can play #Go & the stolen library of John Dee https://t.co/X5fZsmzLAN