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dinsdag 1 oktober 2013

Meer sciencefiction lezen

Super interessant interview met de onderzoekers Dan Novy and Sophia Brueckner van MIT over de rol van sciencefiction in de ontwikkeling van nieuwe technologieën:
I also am in the middle of building a kinetic sound sculpture inspired by J. G. Ballard’s short story “The Singing Statues” published in 1971. With incredible foresight, he imagined a world where art merges all the senses, is highly interactive, produces visual and sound compositions using algorithms, and even responds to the thoughts and feelings of its audience in real-time. I am trying to realize the concepts described in the story using computer programming and other technologies that are now available. 
Overall, we want students to get an appreciation for the genre and be exposed to a large variety of authors and styles while focusing on books that discuss devices and other technologies that could inspire Media Lab projects. We are hoping to inspire the students to build functional prototypes of either ideas directly out of the books or encourage them to take their current research and combine it with more of a science fiction context.

Lees meer in Why Today's Inventors Need to Read More Science Fiction. 'The Singing Statues' vind je overigens in het geweldige Vermillion Sands (1971).


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