UISilk: towards interfacing the body

Abstract

This paper examines transient electronics, ubiquitous biosensing and design in the context of the biodegradable material silk. The intersection of these disciplines will be demonstrated with the hypothetical application scenario You, I, Silk (UISilk). This design probe furthers the possibilities and probabilities of silken high- tech applications, which might soon enter the human body, for example in form of transient electronics. The speculation on potential impact of silk through the lens of organic and non-digital sensing offers hereby an extended perspective on programmable biomarkers, their potential for Citizen Science and current sensing paradigms.