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  <title>Hannes Bend — Research, Art &amp; Somatic AI</title>
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  <updated>2026-08-04T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
  <author><name>Hannes Bend</name></author>
  <subtitle>Writing on Somatic AI, bioadaptive interfaces, research and contemporary art.</subtitle>
  <entry>
    <title>Technology Should Adapt to Us—not the Other Way Around</title>
    <link href="https://hannesbend.com/blog/technology-should-adapt-to-us" />
    <id>https://hannesbend.com/blog/technology-should-adapt-to-us</id>
    <published>2026-08-04T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-04T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <category term="Somatic AI &amp; Research" />
    <summary>The moral case for bio-personalized, bioadaptive technology: why screens should adapt to our physiology instead of exploiting attention, and how that could support wellbeing, agency and connection.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How Bioadaptive Interfaces Can Personalize Color, Typography and Interaction</title>
    <link href="https://hannesbend.com/blog/bioadaptive-interface-color-typography-ui" />
    <id>https://hannesbend.com/blog/bioadaptive-interface-color-typography-ui</id>
    <published>2026-08-02T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-02T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <category term="Bioadaptive Technology" />
    <summary>How physiological and interaction data can personalize color, typography, visual complexity and notification timing — and what the research actually supports.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Somatic AI vs. Embodied AI, Affective Computing and Bioadaptive Interfaces</title>
    <link href="https://hannesbend.com/blog/somatic-ai-vs-embodied-ai-affective-computing" />
    <id>https://hannesbend.com/blog/somatic-ai-vs-embodied-ai-affective-computing</id>
    <published>2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-01T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <category term="Somatic AI &amp; Research" />
    <summary>A clear comparison of Somatic AI, embodied AI, affective computing, physiological computing and bioadaptive interfaces — where they differ, where they overlap, and what each field is actually sensing.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>From Immersive Art to Remote Photoplethysmography: The Evolution of Bioadaptive AI</title>
    <link href="https://hannesbend.com/blog/evolution-bioadaptive-ai" />
    <id>https://hannesbend.com/blog/evolution-bioadaptive-ai</id>
    <published>2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <category term="Somatic AI &amp; Research" />
    <summary>Tracing the arc from immersive art and neuroscience collaborations at the University of Oregon through VR biofeedback to patented adaptive interfaces and camera-based rPPG platforms.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Eternity Escaped First</title>
    <link href="https://hannesbend.com/blog/eternity-escaped-first" />
    <id>https://hannesbend.com/blog/eternity-escaped-first</id>
    <published>2013-07-15T12:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-04T12:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <category term="Field Notes / Archive" />
    <summary>Field notes from the Sea Dragon on the St. Lawrence Seaway: freshwater research, microplastics, geological time, shipboard encounters and humor. Archival web edition of the 2013 Pangaea Exploration publication.</summary>
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