Book your ticket for Innovation Expo of TEDxCMU: Catalyst, Saturday 10th of April 2021, 2:30pm!

Then you can visit the Expo here: https://catalyst.tedxcmu.org/expo

“It takes a catalyst to create meaningful change. Those who are catalysts shake the status quo, adding new ideas, new dreams and perspectives that can shift the societal dogma”. 

TEDxCMU ‘21

As catalysts themselves, three morphers talk about applications that bring technical innovation, evoke emotion and provoke reflection for healthcare.

Maria Vlachostergiou presents ExoForm, a novel approach to the fabrication and design of morphing, self-fusing, semi-rigid wearables, whose interactive properties empower their users functionally and socially in any environment. 

Team: Fan Qin, Huai-yu Cheng, Rachel Sneeringer, Maria Vlachostergiou, Sampada Acharya, Haolin Liu, Carmel Majidi, Lining Yao, Mohammad Islam

Cathy Fang presents Morphace, a new design strategy that allows makeup wearables to seamlessly ‘camouflage’ on human face and transform it by creating facial features and muscle movements.

Team: Sijia Wang, Cathy Fang, Yiyao Yang, Kexin Lu, Maria Vlachostergiou, Lining Yao

Rosalie Lin presents ExoBreast, a user-centered design and fabrication method for developing breast prosthetics for cancer survivors that augment their body and female identity.

Team:Rosalie Hsin-Ju Lin, Olaitan Adeleke, Lining Yao