Biojewelry
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Biojewelry , developed by Tobie Kerridge and Nikki Stott, combines biotech and design to give a new emphasis to debates concerning genetics. Biojewelry allows two persons to undergo a biopsy, in which each of them has a sample of their bone cells removed. The tissue is harvested in a lab, grown until a mass of bone has developed and used as a material for a ring. The rings can then be exchanged as a symbol of their relationship.
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i thought this looked cool. but if you dig through their website you will find that it's actually a mockup made from a cow bone. they are now seeking funding to do the real work.
if a corporation did this they'd get roasted (and rightly so) for misleading advertising, but somehow it's acceptable for artists to pull bullshit like this. kac's glow-bunny picture is another example... you see it everywhere, nobody mentions that it's faked.
lame lame lame. it's a cool idea, i respect them for having the idea, why not admit that it's just an idea at this point?
My fiance and i were wondering about this "bone Ring" and were wondering about the prices of these,cheers carig cargill
"developed by Tobie Kerridge and Nikki Stott" - Simply put a wrong statement. The bone growth technique was developed by Ian Thompson and his research team at Guys:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6215702.stm
Not only less than clever, completely misleading