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.



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Threads


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

Computers embedded into fibers, woven into wearables to foster human-AI symbiosis 






Details: Wearables design •  AI implementation • Textiles Design  

Client: Yoel Fink, MIT Computing Fabrics research  

Date: 2023

Team: Seungwoo Hong, Dhirey Penaloza Vivar, Manini Banerjee

Role: Concept, Design and Business strategy


Turning clothes into computers, facilitating human-AI symbiosis beyond flat screens - to enhance productivity, creativity and wellbeing.