蜜蜂探诊器
Bee’s

2007-2009

科学研究证实，蜜蜂拥有极其敏锐的嗅觉。经过训练后的蜜蜂可以嗅到人呼气中的特殊味道，从而帮助医生检查病情。这个项目包括一系列可替代诊断工具，利用蜜蜂精确诊断罹患早期病症的情况，涉及非常丰富的疾病种类。那些蜜蜂在协助诊断后被放生，回到它们的蜂巢。

这件玻璃体包含两层：较小的气室是诊断空间，较大的气室供经过训练的蜜蜂活动。它们需要在短时间内探测大概的健康情况。人向较小的气室呼气，蜜蜂只有在探测到训练所针对的气味时才会蜂拥进小气室。利用巴普洛夫的条件反射理论，经过训练的蜜蜂可以在10分钟内锁定各种各样的自然及人工化学气味，包括与某些疾病相关的生物标记。

这个项目旨在利用现有的技术研究成果，通过设计将研究成果转换成人类可以理解和使用的物体与体系，改善人类的生活和思维方式。

Scientific research has demonstrated that bees have an extraordinary acute sense of smell and that they can be trained to perform a health check by detecting a specific odor in peoples’ breath.

The project Bee’s consists of a series of alternative diagnostic tools that use bees to diagnose accurately a vast variety of diseases at an early stage. The bees can be trained within 10 minutes time. Using Pavlov’s reflex method, they can be taught to target a specific and a wide range of natural and man-made chemicals odors ,including the biomarkers associated with certain diseases. Soares’ glass objects have two enclosures: a smaller chamber that serves as the diagnosis space and a bigger chamber where previously trained bees are kept for the short period of time necessary for them to detect general health. When someone exhales into the smaller chamber, the bees will rush into it only if they detect the odor that they were trained to target. After they’ve performed the test, the bees are released to their natural habitat.

The aim of this project is to act upon current technological research, by using design to translate the outcome into systems and objects that people can understand and use, engendering significant adjustments in their lives and mindset.