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Khashayar Razghandi
Khashayar Razghandi
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MotorSkins: a bio-inspired design approach to interactive soft robotics

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A graphical representation of the design process.
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MotorSkins is OUT! “…On the more general scheme, the work presents an interdisciplinary design-science approach to bio-inspiration and showcases how biological material solutions can be looked at from a design/designer perspective to bridge the bottom–up and top–down approach to bio-inspiration…” MotorSkins–a bio-inspired design approach toward an interactive soft-robotic exosuit., Gutierrez, F. and Razghandi, K., Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2021. otorSkins–a bio-inspired design approach toward an interactive soft-robotic exosuit., Gutierrez, F. and Razghandi, K., Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2021.   To know more about the start-up that grew out of this project: -> https://www.linkedin.com/company/motorskins/ -> http://www.motorskins.com  

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Carolin Ott
Carolin Ott
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Assisted Writing and Writing Assistants

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Poster Workshop Assistive Media
Leuphana University at Lüneburg

I invite you to take a look at the following event where Cluster Professor Robert Stock is contributing a talk on »Assisted Writing and Writing Assistants« (03 July 2021, 5 pm) The online-workshop »Assistance, Assistants and Assistive Media. Barriers and Interfaces of Digital Cultures« (01–03 July 2021) organized by the DFG funded project Assistive Media at Leuphana University Lüneburg will discuss assistive technologies, programming assistive environments and (technological) assistance in general by looking at human-machine interactions that are nowadays mediated through a growing number and variety of interfaces. It is an interdisciplinary event bringing together perspectives from media and cultural studies, neurosciences, architecture and game studies.

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Cutting 2D Polyglycerols from 2D graphitic templates for Inhibition of virals such as SARS‐CoV‐2

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Mohammad Fardin Gholami, 2020

2D nanomaterials have garnered widespread attention in biomedicine and bioengineering due to their unique physicochemical properties. However, poor functionality, low solubility, intrinsic toxicity, and nonspecific interactions at biointerfaces have hampered their application in vivo. Here, biocompatible polyglycerol units are crosslinked in two dimensions using a graphene‐assisted strategy leading to highly functional and water‐soluble polyglycerols nanosheets with 263 ± 53 nm and 2.7 ± 0.2 nm average lateral size and thickness. The polyglycerol nanosheets are cut from the surface of graphene by slight acidification and centrifugation and is sulfated to mimic heparin sulfate proteoglycans. Their efficiency with respect to herpes simplex virus type 1 and severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 inhibition is compared to their 3D nanogel analogs. Four times stronger in virus inhibition suggests that 2D polyglycerols are superior to their current 3D counterparts.

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Khashayar Razghandi
Khashayar Razghandi
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Rethinking Filter: an Interdisciplinary Approach…

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Research Structure
Figure 1. Structure of the research. Schematic presentation of the rationale and structure of the research; with a historical dimension in perspective, explore a collection of various filter phenomena from various fields and scales operating at material and symbolic level, to develop a systemic and Active Model of Filter phenomena, that could serve as a ground for a more comprehensive analysis and synthesis practices.

“… The filter topic is interdisciplinary by nature, and can be approached from various perspectives of physics, biology, materials sciences, as well as cultural history, media theory, information philosophy, and so on, and any reductionist explanations might miss the larger systems and processes at work. The objective of this work, was on one hand, address the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the topic of filter, and on the other hand, to develop a novel trans-disciplinary model of filter that is based on an active and comprehensive understanding of the phenomena to systematically rethink the ontologies, ecologies, activities, and value systems associated with filter. To fulfil this, the approach was, while having a historical dimension in perspective, explore a variety of examples from contemporary developments within a wide range of research projects in the natural and social sciences that investigate filter materials, filter…

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Khashayar Razghandi
Khashayar Razghandi
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Rethinking Filter: an Intro…

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Research Structure
Figure 1. Structure of the research. Schematic presentation of the rationale and structure of the research; with a historical dimension in perspective, explore a collection of various filter phenomena from various fields and scales operating at material and symbolic level, to develop a systemic and Active Model of Filter phenomena, that could serve as a ground for a more comprehensive analysis and synthesis practices.

“Filters and filtering operations are at the core of many of the products, services, and information that is being produced and consumed. From chemical industry, waste management and recycling to search engines, AI, and insurance policies, filtering is of concern in various disciplines and fields. The ubiquitous presence of the term within these broad realms is highlighted in the fact that it is usually described not according to a general or universal definition, but within a set of categories; as in a physical separating article or apparatus that separates out matter in liquid or gas medium; as devices to suppress waves or frequency of some type, for instance in signal processing and electronics, or optical and acoustic filters; as in the software and internet realm, amongst others. Even more remarkable is how filter as a verb is usually defined through…

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