{"id":623926,"date":"2024-06-12T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:20:08","slug":"bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n<input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/1.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494389\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I live in a country where it\u2019s always hot most of the year (except when it\u2019s raining). It\u2019s a 15-minute walk under the scorching sun from my house to my workplace and it\u2019s something I\u2019ve gotten used to already (albeit with a lot of complaining). I am aware of all the UV rays that I\u2019m absorbing every day although there\u2019s no clear manifestation of it unless I check my weather <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>. But it\u2019s a very real problem that our constant exposure to UV rays will eventually bring harm to our skin. <\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mbio.studio\/\">Maca Barrera<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494390\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/2.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-494390\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"6683677248\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width><\/p>\n<div overflow><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" type=\"fb4f06447104b1cdbc2c6c5b-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"fb4f06447104b1cdbc2c6c5b-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494392\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/4.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-494392\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A speculative biofabrication project by Central Saint Martins graduate Maca Barrera called Melwear project tries to imagine clothes that are made from skin pigment melanin. They can actually become a form of sun and UV protection for us and even let us know what level of UV exposure we\u2019re getting. This project actually uses two different technologies: the creation of melanin-produce bacteria and extracting the pigment from it and the bioprinting of artificial tissues with living cells. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494391\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/3.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-494391\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"1017606968\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width><\/p>\n<div overflow><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" type=\"fb4f06447104b1cdbc2c6c5b-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"fb4f06447104b1cdbc2c6c5b-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The idea is to use bacterial melanin as sunscreen to shield our bodies from UV radiation since it has UV absorbance and antioxidant properties. The speculative membrane with encapsulated melanin will supposedly become darker the more the wearer is exposed to UV rays. Basically it\u2019s supposed to become a second skin that will protect the user and also react with the environment so they become more aware that we need protection from the sun and to prevent skin cancer as well. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494393\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/6.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-494393\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad layout=\"fluid\" height=\"fluid\" type=\"doubleclick\" data-slot=\"\/3847355\/yd-select-amp\"><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494394\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/5.jpg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-494394\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This is still very much a speculative project so there\u2019s no functional prototype yet other than the production of the bacterial melanin and the testing of the bioprinting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. It\u2019s an interesting idea that can hopefully be explored more, although thinking about wearing something that\u2019s made from melanin doesn\u2019t necessarily bring visions of fashionable outfits. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/melwear.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-494395\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/melwear.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/melwear.jpeg\" alt width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-494395\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/06\/12\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Bacterial melanin clothes may protect us from UV rays in the future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/06\/bacterial-melanin-clothes-may-protect-us-from-uv-rays-in-the-future\/melwear.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"swp-hidden-panel-wrap\" style=\"display: none; visibility: collapse; opacity: 0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swp-content-locator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"9466393889\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width><\/p>\n<div overflow><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n<span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ida Torres<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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