The research group Hybrid Forms of Nature and Technology (HFNT) is an interdisciplinary laboratory focusing on organisms living systems and robotics. Hybrid Forms of Nature and Technology offers a survey focused on the local environment, mobility, sustainability, renewable energy and developing prototypes for communication design / art, tools and interfaces that are engaged with the natural environment. One of the goals is to unify the curriculum of participants and create a platform for research and development across disciplines.The group's first project is EME>>s development, preparing the vehicle for future residencies, starting with Dutch artist Maureen Prins SolarWorldCinema. Students will adapt the vehicle to receive solar panels that will feed the audio-visual system and alongside the artist they will make a selection of films that will be shown at Rio city.The group is an initiative from artist Ivan Henriques, co-financed by Stroom Den Haag, Mondriaan Fonds and support from CEFET/RJ, LaserLab VU Amsterdam, Fytagoras+ info: ivanhenriques.comO grupo de pesquisa Formas Hibridas entre Natureza e Tecnologia e um laboratorio transdisciplinar com foco em organismos, sistemas vivos e robotica. O grupo de pesquisa Formas Hibridas entre Natureza e Tecnologia propoe uma pesquisa focada no meio ambiente local, mobilidade, sustentabilidade, energias renovaveis e comunicacao desenvolvendo prototipos de design/arte, ferramentas e interfaces que sejam coerentes com o meio ambiente natural. Um dos objetivos e unificar a grade curricular dos alunos e criar uma plataforma de pesquisa e desenvolvimento entre disciplinas.O primeiro projeto que o grupo esta desenvolvendo e o EME>>, preparando o veiculo para a proxima residencia SolarWorldCinema, com a artista Holandesa Maureen Prins. Os alunos estao adaptando o veiculo para receber paineis solares que alimentarao o sistema audio-visual para projecao e criando junto a artista uma selecao de filmes que serao projetados pela cidade do Rio.O grupo e uma iniciativa do artista Ivan Henriques, sendo co-financiado pelo Stroom Den Haag & Mondriaan Fonds e apoio do CEFET/RJ, LaserLab VU Amsterdam, FytagorasQuando: de 19 de Novembro a 02 de Dezembro 2012Onde: Rio de Janeiro+ info: ivanhenriques.com -->What a nice suprise to arrive on Rio deJaneiro on the day a big article about the project is published in the mostimportant paper OGLOBO. Nearly a full page with two pictures! Pretty amazing! Itravelled to Rio with two other collegues of the Solar World Cinema Foundation,as we just finished two other projects in Uruguay and Chili where weve set uptwo new solar cinemas. The three of us meet up with Ivan, the director of EME>> mobile art studio. He takes us to an opening of an exhibition andwhilst drinking on the street we chat with a lot of people and we quite a fewhave read the article in OGLOBO and will come to our shows.21 November:The workshop starts! We arrive at CEFET andinvite students to come to the palestra where we introduce the project. In thelast couple of months Ivan and I have been in contact with the students via afacebook group so some of the students we can now meet in real life! Theauditorium fills up with interested stories and I introduce the project and talkabout the international adventures