TLRH | Art+Science Reading Group | Origami+Space: Unfolding the future of Robotics

Recorded July 16, 2020. The Art + Science Reading Group is a
virtual cafe where researchers, artists, thinkers, and
revolutionaries come to share ideas. Organised by PhD candidates
Autumn Brown (Science Gallery Dublin and School of Education) and
Amelia McConville (School of English and Institute of Neuroscience)
and supported by Science Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Long Room
Hub, the series explores the ways art and science shape one another
and society. This week we’ll be chatting about the ancient
tradition of origami and how this delicate artform allows new
technologies to blossom in the vacuum of space. We'll examine how
art-science approaches link past and future and give us new ways to
explore and understand our universe. Joining us to discuss the
impacts from the terrestrial to celestial is creative technologist,
Lizbeth B. De La Torre. Lizbeth B. De La Torre is a Creative
Technologist in The Studio at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She
holds a BFA in Illustration-Entertainment Art designing vehicles,
props and environments for feature film animation from Art Center
College of Design. Liz uses Design Thinking methods and techniques
to imagine the future of technology in space. She earned her
Master’s of Science with the MIT Media Lab’s “Space Enabled
Research Group”. She works on creative projects and tech demos for
various space missions and mission formulation for future missions.
Apart from Illustrating two posters included in the NASA Visions of
the Future series (Europa, Ceres) she also co-lead research in
astronaut devices and wearables for situational awareness and
robotic interaction on Mars. Her current research examines the
intersection of creativity and aerospace, and how creative
techniques are of benefit to space technology innovation.
Recommended reading:
http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-lizbeth-b-de-la-torre-los-angeles/
Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/