Research Composition

Seem to have some issues getting my research presentation on the blog.
tried a few things but just produced error reports.

Will put entire PowerPoint file on R-Drive for reference and try again later.

Brief Overview of Lectures

All the initial lecture (weeks 1-4) were very similar to our First Year history paper Modernism, PoMo...) and a nice refresher for the follwing material.

Media Art and Computing.

Puts computing in perspective. Todays computers are new technology but computing is not a new phenomenom.
John Wilkins
Charles Babbage
Ada King
Turing
Konrad Zuse
Doug Englebert
many others...

Networks and Open Source

Facinating lecture, especially open source and it's possibllities.
Things to check:
Archigram
Super Studio
Reprap (very cool rapid proto)
Culture Jamming - heaps to check on

Wearable Technology

Entertainment
Medical
Safety / sport
smart fabrics
etc... vast potential

Check:
Sridhar Androus
Steve Mann if only for the halarious photo evolution

Mobile Media - as above but carried

Telematics

Immaterial Practice

Best lecture yet
What is design?
Applied creativity
Problem solving...

Learning- cycles towards solution
Evolution- evolving design
Social process- not a solo endeavour

wicked problems
Naive design

FORM?
Deleuze

intensity causes form

Heaps to think about in this lecture. Gets more to the core of the WHATs and WHYs

Future

History as an informer for the future.

Who is inventing the future?
ASIMO
Da Vinci
MIT
I-Robot
SPRAWL

Heaps of cool things to look up. All in lecture note book.
You Tube for Robot Wars

Politics of the Artificial

Yeah yeah.