A robot comes to life instantaneously when we hack human instinct and psychology. By building elaborate bio-based skeletons and tuning robotic interactions to biological instincts, we can create surprising and engaging systems that people subconsciously consider "alive." Underscore this with a few psychological elements, and you've got an irresistible, lifelike illusion that enthralls and repulses. Have fun times with biomimicry, and learn to make your own little monsters!
Christine Sunu is a tech mercenary who left medicine to work at the intersection of life and machine. She builds rapid prototypes, aligns tech strategies, and creates trending content for companies. She has a partial medical degree, a writing degree, a GE fellowship, and a lot of experience building evocative, effective interfaces. Christine lives in a castle in Los Angeles, where she works on internet connected things, odd storytelling interfaces, and biomimicry by machine.