Susana Soares, Design Interactions Department, Royal College of Art
Face Object from the BEE'S project
2007
Borosilicate glass
Not on view
In this series of diagnostic tools, trained bees perform health checkups, detect diseases, and monitor fertility cycles. "Bees have a phenomenal odor perception," Soares has explained. The Face Object has two chambers. If bees detect an odor in the breath connected to a disease, they will go into the smaller chamber. The Fertility Object has three chambers: the largest corresponds to ovulation, the second to pre-ovulation, and the third to post- ovulation. The Precise Object has an outer curved tube that prevents bees from flying accidentally into the interior diagnosis chamber, making for a more precise result.
This Is for Everyone: Design Experiments for the Common Good, February 14, 2015–January 31, 2016.
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