# Hannes Bend

> Artist, inventor and AI entrepreneur working on Somatic AI and patented bio-adaptive interfaces — technologies that sense and respond to human physiological state — across contemporary art, neuroscience, rPPG and VR biofeedback.

Hannes Bend (also published as Hannes Bendfeldt) is a named inventor on US patents 10,423,893 (2019) and 11,561,806 (2023) for camera-based physiological sensing, presented "Mindful Technologies" at the AAAI 2016 Spring Symposium, and has presented work at institutions including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Pérez Art Museum Miami, The Rubin Museum of Art and the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. Camera-based estimates beyond pulse rate are experimental and probabilistic; no medical or diagnostic claims are made. Canonical entity ID: https://hannesbend.com/about#hannes-bend

## Cornerstone

- [Somatic AI](https://hannesbend.com/somatic-ai): Definition of the category — AI whose input is embodied human state and whose output is an adaptive response.
- [Bioadaptive interfaces](https://hannesbend.com/bioadaptive-interface): Definition, research lineage from biofeedback and affective computing, and applications.
- [rPPG API](https://hannesbend.com/rppg-api): What camera-based remote photoplethysmography can and cannot measure, with limitations.
- [Adaptive interface patents](https://hannesbend.com/research/adaptive-interface-patents): US and CN patents for machine-learning interfaces driven by physiological bio-signals.
- [Mindful Technologies, AAAI 2016](https://hannesbend.com/research/mindful-technologies-aaai-2016): Symposium paper, Stanford University, with BibTeX and primary sources.
- [Metaverses / Seecular](https://hannesbend.com/research/metaverses-seecular): Art-science research at the University of Oregon, 2014-2016.
- [SEAing Breath](https://hannesbend.com/art/seaing-breath): Breath-biofeedback VR on sea-level rise, 2017-2018.
- [mYndful](https://hannesbend.com/art/myndful): VR biofeedback modules, 2015-2016.
- [ECLIPSE](https://hannesbend.com/art/eclipse): First Miami solo exhibition, 2012, Osborne Reef tires and projection.
- [Bronx Bit(e)s / sweet streets](https://hannesbend.com/art/bronx-bites): Candy casts of NYC potholes, 2014-2015.
- [CircUlaR Series](https://hannesbend.com/art/circular): Paintings on perception, 2003-2026.
- [Research and patents](https://hannesbend.com/research): Granted patents, AAAI 2016 paper, University of Oregon collaborations, each linked to a primary record.
- [About Hannes Bend](https://hannesbend.com/about): Biography, roles and canonical Person entity.
- [Art archive](https://hannesbend.com/art): Two decades of painting, sculpture, moving image, installation and biofeedback works.
- [Progression](https://hannesbend.com/progression): Dated timeline from perception in art to bioadaptive AI.

## Research and patents

- [US Patent 10,423,893](https://patents.google.com/patent/US10423893B2/en): Camera-based physiological sensing and adaptive response, granted 2019.
- [US Patent 11,561,806](https://patents.google.com/patent/US11561806B2/en): Adaptive systems responding to human state, granted 2023.
- [AAAI 2016 — Mindful Technologies](https://dblp.org/rec/conf/aaaiss/BendSKMASJ16): Bibliographic record of the AAAI Spring Symposium paper.

## Artworks

- [Walking on VateR](https://hannesbend.com/art/walking-on-vater): Virtual realization of an unrealized immersive water installation, 2013/2026.
- [The Frontier Within](https://hannesbend.com/art/the-frontier-within): Virtual realization of an immersive breathing and perception installation.
- [Colliding in Consciousness](https://hannesbend.com/art/colliding-in-consciousness): Virtual realization exploring particle physics and perception.
- [BiOMerror](https://hannesbend.com/art/bioadaptive-mirror): Installation in which breathing and heartbeat become an evolving visual portrait.

## Writing

- [Technology should adapt to us](https://hannesbend.com/blog/technology-should-adapt-to-us): The case for bio-personalized, bioadaptive technology, 2026.
- [Somatic AI vs. embodied AI and affective computing](https://hannesbend.com/blog/somatic-ai-vs-embodied-ai-affective-computing): How the adjacent fields differ and overlap, 2026.
- [Bioadaptive interface design: colour, typography and interaction](https://hannesbend.com/blog/bioadaptive-interface-color-typography-ui): What the research supports about adaptive visual design, 2026.
- [The evolution of bioadaptive AI](https://hannesbend.com/blog/evolution-bioadaptive-ai): From immersive art to rPPG platforms, 2025.
- [Eternity escaped first](https://hannesbend.com/blog/eternity-escaped-first): Archival 2013 Great Lakes field notes.
- [Do you know your heart's favorite color?](https://hannesbend.com/blog/do-you-know-your-hearts-favorite-color): Archival 2019 essay on physiological computing, camera-based heart-rate detection, adaptive screen design, personalization and privacy.

## Optional

- [Ventures](https://hannesbend.com/ventures): Breathing AI, VitalSign AI, Optimizing AI, Transforming AI.
- [Press, exhibitions and media](https://hannesbend.com/media): Awards, research, press coverage, exhibitions, interviews and talks.
- [Blog index](https://hannesbend.com/blog): All current writing.
- [Contact](https://hannesbend.com/contact): Collaboration, research, press and speaking enquiries.