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We looked at the ambitions and targets in our proposal. The workshops mentioned in it were described briefly and each participant gave an update on their current ideas about their research subject.\\ | We looked at the ambitions and targets in our proposal. The workshops mentioned in it were described briefly and each participant gave an update on their current ideas about their research subject.\\ | ||
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- | Judith described how she's interested in smells and sound in the landscape. She mentioned work by Bernie Krause on how animals occupy different frequencies and form a densely rich mosaic of sounds. She is interested to learn whether this applies to smells too, and could you map phenomenon like these to form a better understanding of **natural signalling** and the semiosphere. Could a better understanding help us design our technologies to be more tuned to natural signalling. She described also the idea of **' | + | **Judith** described how she's interested in smells and sound in the landscape. She mentioned work by Bernie Krause on how animals occupy different frequencies and form a densely rich mosaic of sounds. She is interested to learn whether this applies to smells too, and could you map phenomenon like these to form a better understanding of **natural signalling** and the semiosphere. Could a better understanding help us design our technologies to be more tuned to natural signalling. She described also the idea of **' |
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- | Ivan is interested to explore ideas about how to build connections between technology and natural systems with experts; How can we find a balance between technology and nature at the **level of energy**? The mechanisms we are looking for often aren't possible yet, but prototyping them shows an ambition. The focus is on **sharing ideas** / brainstorm to bring about a change of perspective. The thought is more important than the technique. Every life form is part of an ongoing experiment called life and all biological and technological creatures share these tiny electrical signals travelling inside them.\\ | + | **Theun** is interested in looking at robotics as a way of learning about natural systems and landscapes. Even for the most common creatures we may know very little about what feedbackloops and flows they depend. If you design a creature it will interact with all of that. Also: what potential is there for robotics in ecology, can we create machines that actively promote biodiversity? |
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+ | **Ivan** is interested to explore ideas about how to build connections between technology and natural systems with experts; How can we find a balance between technology and nature at the **level of energy**? The mechanisms we are looking for often aren't possible yet, but prototyping them shows an ambition. The focus is on **sharing ideas** / brainstorm to bring about a change of perspective. The thought is more important than the technique. Every life form is part of an ongoing experiment called life and all biological and technological creatures share these tiny electrical signals travelling inside them.\\ | ||
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Judith: The organisational principle of nature is **flow**. That is the flow of energy or spirit.\\ | Judith: The organisational principle of nature is **flow**. That is the flow of energy or spirit.\\ | ||
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- | Daan: is interested in physical experiments. His Giraffa experiment looked at the potential for robotics in sustainable agriculture: | + | **Daan** is interested in physical experiments. His Giraffa experiment looked at the potential for robotics in sustainable agriculture: |
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Theun: Would be great to combine with all age groups. Maybe we could work with Maria Blaisse on natural materials, and with Kenzo Kusuda on the way animals move? We could invite people like from Wageningen robotics or Robird.\\ | Theun: Would be great to combine with all age groups. Maybe we could work with Maria Blaisse on natural materials, and with Kenzo Kusuda on the way animals move? We could invite people like from Wageningen robotics or Robird.\\ | ||
Ivan: Spela Petrich is working on plant communities and sensing.\\ | Ivan: Spela Petrich is working on plant communities and sensing.\\ | ||
+ | Judith: Can we look at different scales? Could we look at microscopic robotics or something so large that we would ride along in it, like we would live in its gut?\\ | ||
+ | Theun: Different scales are very inspiring. And your image of people being part of the gut of a larger system is certainly very humbling. I think we should look very broadly.\\ | ||
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- | Daan: How to get things focussed?\\ | + | Daan: How do things |
+ | Theun: the central aims are quite clear, this is about interating with natural systems through technology and specifically robotics, so technology that is a unit like an organism is a unit. In my view we'll be experimenting with something animal-sized or prototyping parts and system for that.\\ | ||
Ivan: We can have an expert meeting and with them get more focus on what we want to experiment with.\\ | Ivan: We can have an expert meeting and with them get more focus on what we want to experiment with.\\ | ||
Alice/ | Alice/ |