Manini Banerjee

   

Systems Designer & Research Engineer making environmental complexity legible and actionable. 



COMPUTATIONAL ECOLOGY: 
BIOPOD Co.
ECOLOGY · INFRASTRUCTURE · SYSTEMS
Designing deployable ecological infrastructure for wetland restoration based on environmental research.

Ecological AI 

PREDICTION · INTERFACE · DATA  
 A Decision-Support System for Targeted Ecosystem Restoration.

Algorithmic Morphogenesis

BIO-COMPUTATION · DATA MATERIALIZATION
inscribing real-time human neurological data (EEG) into living algal morphology using phototactic actuation



HARDWARE & INTERFACES: 
Threads

EDGE ML  ·  HARDWARE  ·  TEXTILES

Sentient Surfaces + Edge ML on Textiles. Human-AI Symbiosis through Ubiquitous Computing.

S(kin)-orb
HAPTICS · BIOSENSING · AFFECTIVE COMP.  A bio-digital interface translating electromyographic (EMG) signals into haptic feedback for remote affective communication.

Vermiform

COMPONENT · SOFT ROBOTICS · WEARABLE

Bio-mimetic architectures for wearable computing. 


Chito-bot
BIOCOMPOSITES · TRANSIENT ELECTRONICS 

Investigating material compliance and structural integrity in bio-composite hexapods.



STRATEGIC SYSTEMS: 
PFV

MOBILITY  ·  ECOLOGY  ·  SYSTEMS

Autonomous Mobility as Urban Bio-Infrastructure.

Aero

SENSING · MATERIALS · DATA  
Developing robotic material systems for localized air-quality sensing and pollutant sequestration through embedded environmental intelligence.

Bio - intelligence
COPMUTATION · SYSTEMS ·  BIOLOGY 
Exploring biological computation as an alternative model for system intelligence and control.



Archive 

© 2019-2026 Manini Banerjee


Archive

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Floating Mycelium pods with planter holes, designed for bioremediation, 2022
Experiments in biomaterial extrusion, 2019
Air remediating biomaterial mounted on a drone for remote sensing, 2024
Files desined to 3D print seeds, 2019
BFR 10x Microscopy image of Air remediating material, 2024
Extrusion of a gelatin + chitin based Biomaterial, 2019
Sensory Depravation, Intimacy in the pandemic age, 2020
Exploded View Diagram of VR galsses, 2018
Biomaterial Explorations from 2D to 4D, 2019
Code, Processing, 2019
BFR 10x Microscopy image of Air remediating material, 2024
Laser cutting tests for 2D 3D Biomaterials, 2019
Threads, computers you can wear, 2023
sound powered interfaces displayed through water molecules, 2023
Simulating human contact within the transhuman future, Shape Memory Alloys, 2021
Robo-reparans, robots who care for us and themselves, 2020
Designing fluid interfaces for further user-wearable symbiosis, 2020 
Creating a distraction-free and intuitive driving navigation system, 2023
Designing XR experiences for the visually impaired, 2019
Redesigning the Atlas Humanoid robot to be softer, safer and quieter for closer human-robot interactions, 2022
Human mutation in the age of global warming, 2020
Designing wearables for delicate prematurely born babies (capstone project), Biomedical Engineering, 2020
Designing timeless modular vehicles, Woodworking, 2019
Biodesign frameworks for classrooms, 2021
Designing timeless modular vehicles, Woodworking, 2019
Sculpture, Cardboard , 2018
Sculpture, Acrylic mirrors , 2018
Sculpture, recycled wood , 2018
Sculpture, Cardboard , 2018