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Learning from bioengineering

  • Publish On 23 April 2017
  • Donald Ingber
  • 7 minutes

Don Ingber is the director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, which uses biological principles to develop engineering innovations. In this interview with Philippe Chiambaretta at the PCA-Stream Studio, Ingber tells us about the different revolutionary materials that are being developed in the Institute, in a context where the boundary between living and non-living systems are breaking down.

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