2016
Biological Safety Cabinet Type Y / CO2 Incubator Type Y
生体細胞の人工利用はまだ基礎研究の段階だが、将来的に人工臓器や実験動物の代替などの医療分野への応用、あるいは人工肉の生産、生物の筋肉細胞で動くハイブリッドロボットなどの実用化が期待されている。生きた細胞が機能部品として活用される未来社会の姿を、これらのプロトタイプから想像してみたい。
プロジェクト完了: 2016年
“Biological Safety Cabinet Type Y” デザイン: 山中俊治、大長将之、村松充
“CO2 Incubator Type Y” デザイン: 山中俊治、大長将之、佐藤翔一、村松充
協力: 竹内昌治研究室、PHC株式会社
Photo: Yasushi Kato
In Professor Shoji Takeuchi's laboratory at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, researchers explore biohybrid artifacts that incorporate living animal cells—forming and assembling them while alive, and harnessing their advanced biological functions.
Members of the Yamanaka Lab spent several months in the Takeuchi Lab, learning cell culture techniques firsthand and producing various sculptural works using living cells. At the same time, they sought to redesign the research environment itself, creating beautiful and user-friendly prototypes of biosafety cabinets, incubators, and even lab coats, in collaboration with manufacturers.
Although the artificial use of living cells is still at the stage of basic research, its future applications are promising, from artificial organs and alternatives to laboratory animals in the medical field, to cultured meat production and hybrid robots powered by biological muscle cells. These prototypes invite us to imagine the future of a society where living cells function as integral components of technology.
PROJECT COMPLETED: 2016
”Biological Safety Cabinet Type Y” DESIGNER: Shunji Yamanaka, Masayuki Onaga, Mitsuru Muramatsu
"CO2 Incubator Type Y" DESIGNER: Shunji Yamanaka, Masayuki Onaga, Shoichi Sato, Mitsuru Muramatsu
Collaboration: Shoji Takeuchi Laboratory (UTokyo), PHC Holdings Corporation
Photo by Yasushi Kato
