Jae Rhim Lee (left) of MIT’s Visual Arts Department speaks with bystanders at the Seamless Fashion Show, which showcased wearable technology. Lee’s suit was impregnated with mushroom spores designed to break down harmful artificial substances in the human body after burial, preventing them from leaching into the environment.

Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech

Jae Rhim Lee (left) of MIT’s Visual Arts Department speaks with bystanders at the Seamless Fashion Show, which showcased wearable technology. Lee’s suit was impregnated with mushroom spores designed to break down harmful artificial substances in the human body after burial, preventing them from leaching into the environment. Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech