PhD student Alireza Rezaeian designed a silver ring whose texture and shape is uniquely determined by the wearer's DNA profile. His article explains how data is mapped to physical form in a way that balances between legibility and aesthetics. Right image: bracelet-sized prototype.
Also see our other entries on data jewellery.
Source: Rezaeian, Alireza & Donovan, Jared (2014) Design of a tangible data visualization.
Added by Pierre Dragicevic on April 28, 2015, sent by Simon Stusak. Category: Passive physical visualization Tags: 3d printing, data jewellery, dna, genetics
Gee! I love it. It feels so personalized and unique. Great job.