Zebrafish Display — NFC Upgrade — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
An interactive-technology upgrade to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Zebrafish Display, Boston, MA, completed February 2022 with Shapeways — replacing custom capacitive-touch sensors on all 477 3D-printed zebrafish with passive NFC tags, each surfacing a donor's personal message on a visitor's phone; technology by Sitara Systems, per BusinessWire's independent press release and independent trade coverage (SEGD, Yahoo Finance). The original 477-fish donor-wall sculpture was designed by Small Design Firm in 2012, distinct from Sitara's later technology work.
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|
| shapeways |
Fabrication |
3D printing of all 477 zebrafish, per BusinessWire's press release (co-billed 'Shapeways and Sitara') and Sitara's own project page |
| hypersonic |
Fabrication |
Fabrication, per Sitara's own project page (sitara.systems/dfci-zebrafish) — not yet independently corroborated for this project specifically; Hypersonic already has a credit on There Was A War, no standalone firm record yet |
| Sitara Systems |
Media Design & Software |
Interactive technology upgrade; original 2012 sculpture concept by Small Design Firm, not Sitara |
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