Active Living Infrastructure Controlled Environment

Discover how the ALICE project is harnessing the power of human waste to provide an alternative to fossil fuels. Part of Digital Design Weekend

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  • Saturday, 25 September 2021 – Sunday, 26 September 2021 at V&A South Kensington

  • V&A South Kensington

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  • Saturday, 25 – Sunday, 26 September 2021

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • Sackler Centre Lunchroom 2

  • Free event

Active Living Infrastructure Controlled Environment photo

How might our pee transform our homes into energy-generating structures? Harnessing the power of human waste, the ALICE project ‘living bricks’ use microbial fuel cell technology to provide an alternative to fossil fuels. The bricks power a bio-digital artwork which captures their data to feed an animation based on bacterial foraging algorithms.
Display created by Julie Freeman with Rachel Armstrong and Ioannis Ieropoulos.
Part of Digital Design Weekend (25-26 September).

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