Alive: Synthetic Cells, Feral Robots, Rebellious AI, and the Design of Radical Life

A timely examination of a wide range of projects exploring the boundaries of our existence.

A silicone jellyfish with a rat's heart, a drone that smells using the antenna of a moth, wearables made from cultured human skin, an AI-populated digital snack bar in the metaverse. These projects and many more offer a mind-bending, head-turning vision of the future that Madeline Schwartzman demonstrates is just around the corner.

Curated from new developments in synthetic biology, artificial intellig...