https://hannesbend.com/ weekly 1.0 https://hannesbend.com/og-preview.jpg Hannes Bend | Somatic AI, Bioadaptive Interfaces & Art Hannes Bend — luminous sphere marking the Somatic AI and bioadaptive interfaces practice https://hannesbend.com/about monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c3c668d5-5435-4974-82d7-5ffee9417c0d/about-og.jpg About Hannes Bend — Artist, Inventor, Researcher & AI Entrepreneur Portrait of Hannes Bend https://hannesbend.com/art monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/afab5c9f-c3e3-42aa-81c4-28ed0e34e949/art-archive-og.jpg You as the medium. — Hannes Bend | Art & Somatic AI Detail of a Hannes Bend circular painting with overlapping multicolour circles https://hannesbend.com/art/autonome monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/6278c485-bac7-4527-8a90-1789df856ffa/autonome-01-hero.jpg AutonoME — Immersive Biofeedback Installation Concept | Hannes Bend AutonoME — a visitor in a darkened gallery surrounded by monumental concentric rings of violet, blue and amber light https://hannesbend.com/art/bioadaptive-mirror monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7f349ca5-6103-4e16-87db-717a3293ae4d/bioadaptive-mirror-og.jpg BiOMerror – Hannes Bend BiOMerror — particle figure installation view https://hannesbend.com/art/bronx-bites monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/3eea67b6-7dfc-453b-991b-a5e5248b2142/hannes-bend-bronx-bites-sweet-streets-2015-installation-bronx-museum.jpeg Bronx Bit(e)s / sweet streets — Candy Casts of NYC Potholes Bronx Bit(e)s / sweet streets installation view at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2015 https://hannesbend.com/art/circular monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/121e8710-747e-40b5-b506-bdda43569107/circular-double-spiral-2009-acrylic-canvas-hannes-bend.jpg CircUlaR Series — Paintings on Perception, 2003–2026 twoInoneInall, 2009 — nested double spiral of multicolour bands, acrylic on canvas https://hannesbend.com/art/colliding-in-consciousness monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c283d570-7b85-46ac-b657-477edb103b31/colliding-in-consciousness-og.jpg Colliding in Consciousness – Hannes Bend Colliding in Consciousness — immersive installation visualization https://hannesbend.com/art/eclipse monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/8597919f-d8b4-4a3b-bcc4-30afc14b923b/eclipse-01.jpg ECLIPSE, 2012 — Osborne Reef Tires, Video and Projection ECLIPSE installation view at Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami, 2012 https://hannesbend.com/art/formlith monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/28af859b-6745-452a-9a5f-b046b1534943/formlith-01-monolith.jpg FORMLITH — Interactive Thermal Imaging Installation | Hannes Bend FORMLITH — a tall dormant black screen set into a charcoal wall in a minimal concrete atrium, edged by a thin line of violet light https://hannesbend.com/art/heaven-or-hell monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/059dd0b5-afca-4498-ad47-82e66eddafba/heaven-or-hell-01-baseline.jpg Heaven or Hell 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https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/f7ebfca4-314f-4cc0-9d06-fcbbfb644e25/compass-empath-og.jpg Are You a Compass or an Empath? — Hannes Bend, 2022 Many hands painted with red paint held together to form one large heart, 2022 https://hannesbend.com/blog/art-world-is-not-art 2026-08-22 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/03274ecb-b0f9-439b-8e90-5592730dc120/art-world-is-not-art-og.jpg The Art World Is Not Art Hannes Bend in his art studio, 2011, wearing a cast mask beside his sculptures and paintings https://hannesbend.com/blog/bio-adaptive-ai-stack 2026-08-05 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/og/bio-adaptive-ai-stack-og.jpg The Bio-Adaptive AI Stack: Signals to Responsive Interfaces Five-layer diagram of a bio-adaptive system, from a physiological waveform to an interface wireframe https://hannesbend.com/blog/bioadaptive-interface-color-typography-ui 2026-08-02 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/d6aa2d14-37a8-4ae2-b46d-ea9b2e939db4/bioadaptive-interface-design-og.jpg Bioadaptive Interface Design: Color, Typography & UI Adaptive typography and colour visualization for bioadaptive interface design https://hannesbend.com/blog/breathing-ai-10000-users-digital-wellbeing 2026-08-05 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/og/breathing-ai-digital-wellbeing-og.jpg What 10,000 Users Taught Breathing AI About Digital Wellbeing Abstract world map of turquoise points above a calm breathing waveform https://hannesbend.com/blog/do-you-know-your-hearts-favorite-color 2026-08-06 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/cbb7fd92-6f6d-4412-8d69-efae7a10b51c/hannes-bend-which-colors-calm-you-2019-original.jpg Do You Know Your Heart's Favorite Color? — Hannes Bend, 2019 Pale sunset gradient over layered mountains with the question 'Which colors calm you?', 2019 https://hannesbend.com/blog/eternity-escaped-first 2026-08-04 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/961d900b-ee4b-42ad-ad92-9688c0eef00b/eternity-escaped-first-og.jpg Eternity Escaped First — Sea Dragon Field Notes The Sea Dragon inside a St. Lawrence Seaway lock chamber, 2013 https://hannesbend.com/blog/evolution-bioadaptive-ai 2025-01-15 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/b0b2deab-3e6b-4a5d-b60a-834dd00023e0/evolution-bioadaptive-ai-og.jpg From Immersive Art to rPPG: The Evolution of Bioadaptive AI An immersive art light field morphing into a camera-based physiological signal lattice https://hannesbend.com/blog/heaven-or-hell-future-smart-home 2026-08-17 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/og/heaven-or-hell-future-smart-home-og.jpg Can a Smart Home Learn Your Nervous System? A darkened living room lit by ambient turquoise and amber light from the walls and ceiling https://hannesbend.com/blog/i-was-feeling-depressed-for-decades-what-helped-me-heal 2026-08-15 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/2be1af4e-732a-4783-a8c1-b47e531fd013/unhappy-happy-13-years-apart.jpeg I Was Depressed for Decades: What Helped Me Heal | Hannes Bend Two photographs of Hannes Bend thirteen years apart, from the original 2022 post https://hannesbend.com/blog/somatic-ai-vs-embodied-ai-affective-computing 2026-08-01 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/12e69c5e-10f7-4091-9376-833fb1dfd9bb/somatic-ai-vs-embodied-ai-og.jpg Somatic AI vs Embodied AI & Affective Computing Editorial comparison visualization of somatic, embodied and affective computing systems https://hannesbend.com/blog/technology-should-adapt-to-us 2026-08-04 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/169dfdff-94ef-4c4f-9c7b-070eaa5296b4/technology-should-adapt-to-us-og.jpg Technology Should Adapt to Us—not the Other Way Around Nature contrasted with a static interface — hero visual for the bio-personalization manifesto https://hannesbend.com/blog/the-signal-is-not-the-feeling 2026-08-17 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/og/the-signal-is-not-the-feeling-og.jpg The Signal Is Not the Feeling A pulse waveform separating from a set of speculative emotion labels https://hannesbend.com/blog/your-ui-is-here-for-you-interview 2026-08-11 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/d31fd810-b85c-4465-b183-e20dbbe876f8/your-ui-is-here-for-you-og.jpg Your UI Is Here For You: Interview — Hannes Bend, 2020 breathing.ai title card reading 'How do I breathe better?' over clouds above a mountain range, 2020 https://hannesbend.com/contact monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c3c668d5-5435-4974-82d7-5ffee9417c0d/about-og.jpg Contact Hannes Bend — Art, Research & Somatic AI Portrait of Hannes Bend https://hannesbend.com/media monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/3c4094a0-b28f-45cc-89dc-d653adc339b8/media-og.jpg Hannes Bend — Exhibitions, Press & Media Montage of press spreads and gallery installation views https://hannesbend.com/progression monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/5cc9effe-a22d-4857-ae4b-d0d0e19eae52/progression-og.jpg Research Timeline — Art, Biofeedback & Bioadaptive AI A painterly line transforming into a physiological signal trace along a timeline https://hannesbend.com/research monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/02cb43b1-874e-418c-b0d5-17a9e451d848/research-og.jpg Research & Patents — Hannes Bend Patent-style schematics of camera-based physiological sensing and pulse waveforms https://hannesbend.com/research/adaptive-interface-patents monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/og/adaptive-interface-patents-og.jpg Adaptive Interface with Machine Learning and Biofeedback Editorial illustration for the adaptive interface patent family https://hannesbend.com/research/metaverses-seecular monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/9ca274b6-7e5a-44b4-bdaf-2a4e95da3dd6/metaverses-2014-2016-project-poster-third-culture-university-oregon-hannes-bend-hires.jpeg Metaverses / Seecular — University of Oregon, 2014–2016 Metaverses project poster, University of Oregon, 2014–2016 https://hannesbend.com/research/mindful-technologies-aaai-2016 2026-07-01 monthly 0.6 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/23829557-f184-4067-9e54-a2abbc0b5539/mindful-technologies-aaai-2016-stanford-symposium-poster-bend-slater-aleman-hires.jpeg Mindful Technologies — AAAI Spring Symposium 2016, Stanford Mindful Technologies symposium poster, AAAI Spring Symposium 2016, Stanford University https://hannesbend.com/rppg-api monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/8f6588d2-fa4f-46d4-af04-6450c553766c/rppg-api-og.jpg rPPG API & Webcam Physiological Sensing Webcam capturing a face rendered as a light-intensity map with an extracted pulse waveform https://hannesbend.com/somatic-ai monthly 0.8 https://hannesbend.com/__l5e/assets-v1/03b84954-8f19-4422-bfe0-a7d323109e01/somatic-ai-og.jpg What Is Somatic AI? 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