Investigations through the virtual platforms of institutions that develop biomaterials and their relationship with sustainability

Marcelo Vicente Da S Júnior,Amilton José Vieira De Arruda,Theska Laila De F Soares

doi:10.18682/cdc.vi140.5105

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Recently, many companies and academic laboratories have emerged formulating new materials of biological origin for use in artifacts, in response to a scenario of unsustainability. This work aimed to investigate institutions that developed biomaterials, focusing on those that had real applications. In this sense, through social networks, several representative examples of the theme were found and analyzed from a qualitative perspective. In addition to an analysis of data collected through images and texts published on these platforms, it was also possible to map other data such as geographic origin, reach and engagement of the analyzed institutions. The results indicate that Instagram’s artificial intelligence was valid to suggest different profiles that had to do with the research, such virtual platforms facilitate the perception and faster visualization of these biomaterials, however for a deeper analysis it was not so efficient, although they serve to disseminate and stimulate new initiatives in this context.

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Many companies and academic laboratories have emerged formulating new materials of biological origin for use in artifacts, in response to a scenario of unsustainability
His research area is focused on the development of biomaterials and their social repercussions. marcelo.vicente@ufpe.br https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1449-2726 (2) Theska Laila de Freitas Soares is PhD student, master and graduated in Design from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE-BRA), has a specialization in Product and Interior Design from the FBV (BRA) partnership and the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED)
She is the creative director at EDEN with professional experience in several areas of Design

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Many companies and academic laboratories have emerged formulating new materials of biological origin for use in artifacts, in response to a scenario of unsustainability. [Abstracts in spanish and portuguese at pages 196-197] (1) Marcelo Vicente da Silva Júnior is Designer, PhD student and master in Design from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE-BRA) with a period of mobility at the Faculty of Engineering of Porto (FEUP-PT), Bachelor of Design with qualification for Product project from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB-BRA).

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