The Biomaterials Revolution
When:
Saturday, Nov 16, 2024 1:00p -
2:30p
Saturday, Nov 16, 2024 1:00p -
2:30p
Where:
MIT Museum
314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Building E-28
Cambridge, MA 02142
Admission:
$free with museum admission
Hosted by:
Categories:
Innovation, Tech
Event website:
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/the-biomaterials-revolution
Materials have shaped cultures and societies for eons.
While these are an intimate and constant presence in our daily lives, we are inundated by toxic, cheap, allegedly "disposable" materials. A fundamental change is needed in materials production and consumption to make most of the things we use truly sustainable. We explore how the latest lab innovations are reimagining the palette of human materials to more closely align with the nature and the supporting systems changes required to deploy them at scale. Join researchers and innovators collaborating in novel ways and looking to the natural world to seed the next generation of biomaterials.
November 16
1 - 2:30pm
Free with museum admission.
This event is part of the Planet Action Summit taking place at various locations across MIT November 16-18. The MIT Museum is excited to be a Founding Action Partner of the Planet Action Summit, where global minds will create connective tissue across Boston and beyond to solve our stickiest challenges. This three-day program includes TEDxBoston talks and opportunities across the MIT campus as well as featured events to be held at the MIT Museum, and will explore the solutions sets to the compounding issues of climate change, biodiversity loss and toxicity crises. Learn more here.
