{"id":665567,"date":"2026-11-03T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665567\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:44:12","slug":"sree-krishna-pillarisettis-compostable-mycelium-digital-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665567\/","title":{"rendered":"sree krishna pillarisetti&#8217;s compostable mycelium digital camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MYCELIUM REIMAGINES DISPOSABLE PHOTOGRAPHY<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"in\">Sree Krishna Pillarisetti introduces Soft-pixel, a digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/camera-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">camera<\/a> project with an enclosure crafted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/mushroom-mycelium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mycelium<\/a>, hemp, and PHA bioplastic. The design proposes a compostable shell for a device that keeps photos stored locally rather than in the cloud, inviting a fresh look at the concept of a disposable camera and what elements of it should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/materials\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discarded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"in\">Pillarisetti\u2019s exploration into fungus-wrapped electronics began with Soft-Drive, his Parsons thesis, which encased a memory card and heat sink in mycelium, hemp, and PLA. Soft-pixel advances this by replacing PLA with PHA, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/biomaterials\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">material<\/a> change that contributes to its eco-design recognition.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"this disposable camera gets compostable makeover with mycelium, hemp and bioplastic - 1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1214577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ec315656df8f06cdb914b8636ce36918.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"818\"  \/>soft-pixel explores biodegradable electronics | images courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.productdesignaward.eu\/winners\/special\/2026\/1124\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">European Product Design Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS AND AWARD-WINNING DESIGN<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"in\">Soft-pixel earned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.productdesignaward.eu\/winners\/special\/2026\/1124\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">European Product Design Award<\/a> for Best Eco-Design in 2026, alongside a Top Design win in digital cameras. Mycelium, the threadlike network of a fungus, forms a core component of the enclosure, produced through a combination of biological growth and heat-press fabrication.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"in\">The resulting casing presents as lightweight and impact-absorbing, according to the designer. The shift to PHA bioplastic is significant, as some PHA formulations can biodegrade in home compost environments, unlike PLA which typically requires industrial composting facilities for effective breakdown.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"this disposable camera gets compostable makeover with mycelium, hemp and bioplastic - 2\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1214578 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Speckled-Action-Camera-Close-Up.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\"  \/>the speckled casing gives the camera an organic texture<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DESIGNING FOR LOCAL STORAGE AND END-OF-LIFE<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"in\">The camera\u2019s translucent outer layer reveals its fibrous interior, giving it an aesthetic reminiscent of a granola bar. Functionally, the rear features a square screen, four directional buttons, and orange labels for controls, speaker, and mic, echoing a hobbyist development board.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"in\">A \u201cCheese!\u201d label marks the shutter, and a microSD label indicates the local storage method for photos. The presence of four visible screws holding the circuit board in place, with a precision driver positioned over one, suggests the device is intended for opening, a notable detail for a design drawing from the disposable camera playbook.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"this disposable camera gets compostable makeover with mycelium, hemp and bioplastic - 3\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1214579 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/e917d40d72568938f3b9ee009db84fa6.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"818\"  \/>photographs are stored locally on a microSD card<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MYCELIUM REIMAGINES DISPOSABLE PHOTOGRAPHY \u00a0 Sree Krishna Pillarisetti introduces Soft-pixel, a digital camera project with an enclosure crafted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[18004,80280,85,46,991,74744,125],"class_list":["post-665567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-biomaterials","tag-camera-design","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-materials","tag-mushroom-mycelium","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}