FeralRobotsblogtag:www.nyu.edu,2007:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//122007-02-01T19:49:48ZMovable Type 3.33Live Action Videotag:www.nyu.edu,2006:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//12.1592006-03-31T12:37:33Z2007-02-01T19:49:48ZVideos of the newest feral dogs .... Chemhound: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YjkHFKNUWbQ Electrogirls: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xeBQ1uejveY...admin
Videos of the newest feral dogs ....
Chemhound:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YjkHFKNUWbQ
Electrogirls:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xeBQ1uejveY
So ....
Demo of Dogs on video EXY Labtag:www.nyu.edu,2006:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//12.1602006-03-22T21:05:22Z2007-02-01T19:54:15Z1) Email and Upload Dog Tags to your blog by end of scheduled exam time (6pm) 2) Demo Dogs on Video: present your dog as an "advertisement" for the upgrade. Old dog, New Tricks : you are convincing others why...admin
1) Email and Upload Dog Tags to your blog by end of scheduled exam time (6pm)
2) Demo Dogs on Video: present your dog as an "advertisement" for the upgrade.
Old dog, New Tricks : you are convincing others why they should try to upgrade.
Show dog tricks!
please leave your dog in the lab, for closer examination.
+ with feeding and care instructions (i.e. power up instructions)
+ with dog tag hardcopy
robots galoretag:www.nyu.edu,2006:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//12.1612006-03-19T14:36:41Z2007-02-01T19:55:39Za list of (arguably) the world's 10 coolest robots: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-coolest-robots and the new robotic carp http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/03/hiroshima-engineers-develop-robotic-carp/ Robo-Carp video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7YGEVuJ4mM...admin
a list of (arguably) the world's 10 coolest robots:
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-coolest-robots
and the new robotic carp
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/03/hiroshima-engineers-develop-robotic-carp/
Robo-Carp video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7YGEVuJ4mM
Robot discussion pointstag:www.nyu.edu,2006:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//12.1622006-03-14T14:00:20Z2007-02-01T19:57:34ZThis article explains recent work to "remote control" sharks and other creatures. This imagines and extends control and containment of animals in another technological direction. Previously we used technologies that looked like fences, gates, locks and now the huge farming...admin
This article explains recent work to "remote control" sharks and other creatures. This imagines and extends control and containment of animals in another technological direction. Previously we used technologies that looked like fences, gates, locks and now the huge farming enclosures that are indistinguishable from other factories to contain and control animals, radically changing where the animals would go, the nutrient cycling they fostered and the territorial resources they effected. Now these fences that enforce forms of servitude and domination extend further into the body of the animal...
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/mech-tech/mg18925416.300.html.
Secondly, a New York Times article
WEEK IN REVIEW | March 5, 2006
Ideas & Trends: The Art of Building a Robot to Love
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
If robots can act in lots of ways, how do people want them to act, happy or sad, bubbly or cranky?
….
“Some designers give their machines a human touch. Dr. Bartneck's robot, for example, called eMuu, is a teardrop-shaped cyclops that can arch its eyebrow and mouth to express anger, happiness or sadness.
But not even a rudimentary face is necessary. Dogs, Dr. Nass noted, show happiness by wagging their tail. ''They do a brilliant job expressing emotion,'' he said. ''A robot doesn't have to announce, 'This is my happy look,' just as my dog doesn't.''
This article introduces Maja Mataric's and the work of others in research to do with emotionally expressive robotics covering presentations given at the Human Robot Interaction conference in Salt Lake City (see: http://hri2006.org/). This represents work to "instrumentalize" emotions. One argument is that designers can exploit the sophisticated emotionally lingua franca of emotions to facilitate effective communication, that we are good at emotional readings because it gives us predictive information about what will happen next. Another argument is that people are good at learning, and can adapt and learn invariant systems. Why try to make them emotional—who prefers the animated paperclip to the pull down menus of Microsoft Word? Don’t we want to reduce complexity, rather than increase it. Other emotional views (so to speak) can be found at: http://emotion-research.net/workshops. Are your dogs “emotionally” expressive? What makes you able to project (or not) emotional response?
Some designers give their machines a human touch. Dr. Bartneck's robot, for example, called eMuu, is a teardrop-shaped cyclops that can arch its eyebrow and mouth to express anger, happiness or sadness.
But not even a rudimentary face is necessary. Dogs, Dr. Nass noted, show happiness by wagging their tail. ''They do a brilliant job expressing emotion,'' he said. ''A robot doesn't have to announce, 'This is my happy look,' just as my dog doesn't.''
Post comments.
Questions to address when summarizing your project on the dog tags:
DOG TAG with pictures of feral dogs with their reverse engineers.
NB must be laid out in given format.
Section 1: Background Smells
What are the major technological challenges facing this generation?
Why is this generation the first generation in america with a life expectancy that is shorter than that of our parents?
Name a chemical that is a by product of your lifestyle, or found in your neighborhood, and trace it's life cycle (from the variety of sources, to the various bioaccumulation)
Section 2: Upgrades
What is your upgrade designed to do? (One paragraph)
What did your robot do when it came out of the box? (One paragraph in your own words quoting the marketing information)?
Show pictures and diagrams of your dissection/vivisection
Show simplified daigram and design of your upgrade and a components list. Include photos.
(Set these up as Before and After your reimagining and reengineering)
Section 3: Space Exploring
What site/environmental issue is your dog designed to investigate? Why is this an important and interesting issue that is relevant to you?
Extra Credit:
Produce a map(s) of the area(s) that are suitable for your dog to investigate.
Extra Credit 2:
Produce a map of where and how the dog was originally made. Including the shallow grave in nearby landfill that would have been it's fate without your intervention.
Post and blog as a pdf and on the website; with good photos.
DOG TAG (with pictures of feral dogs with their reverse engineers)
Section 1: Background Smells
What are the major technological challenges facing this generation?
Why is this generation the first generation in america with a life expectancy that is shorter than that of our parents?
Name a chemical that is a by product of your lifestyle, or found in your neighborhood, and trace it's life cycle (from the variety of sources, to the various bioaccumulation)
Section 2: Upgrades
What is your upgrade designed to do? (One paragraph)
What did your robot do when it came out of the box? (One paragraph in your own words quoting the marketing information)?
Show pictures and diagrams of your dissection/vivisection
Show simplified design of your upgrade and a components list. Include photos.
(Set these up as Before and After your reimagining and reengineering)
Section 3: Space Exploring
What site/environmental issue is your dog designed to investigate? Why is this an important and interesting issue that is relevant to you?
Extra Credit 1:
Produce a map(s) of the area(s) that are suitable for your dog to investigate.
Extra Credit 2:
Produce a map of where and how the dog was originally made. Including the shallow grave in nearby landfill that would have been it's fate without your intervention.
Post and blog as a pdf and on the website; with good photos.
initial design of robopet adaptationtag:www.nyu.edu,2006:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//12.1632006-02-22T03:33:23Z2007-02-01T19:59:01ZMike is about to post the dissection of the F-350 SuperDuty Ford Truck, that looks like it has servo steering control and a nice planetary gear system. Given that this is the case the robopet team is in need of...admin
Mike is about to post the dissection of the F-350 SuperDuty Ford Truck, that looks like it has servo steering control and a nice planetary gear system. Given that this is the case the robopet team is in need of an initial design and some more parts. ASAP. Kev has characterized the robopet behavior and is posting the dissection. Some links to get you going:
http://wiring.org.co/
http://www.seattlerobotics.org/guide/servos.html
http://wiring.org.co/reference/electronics/servo.html
and then the sensors that your dog will use will depend on the site of investigation.
Go!
idog assignmentstag:www.nyu.edu,2006:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//12.1642006-02-17T01:49:31Z2007-02-01T20:02:30ZFor the idog team: Preliminary design notes: on adapting the Idog music player to play music so the the beat/min rate is proportional to the level of indoor pollutants (which specifically is yet to be specified, depending on the measurability...admin
http://www.activewireinc.com/docs/usb_info.htm
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/14681
Prelimary sensor suggestions:
http://www.figarosensor.com/http://www.figarosensor.com/products/2600pdf.pdfhttp://www.figarosensor.com/products/4161pdf.pdf
Indoor Air quality issues for further investigation:
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/homes/index.htmlhttp://www.epa.gov/iaq/http://www.epa.gov/iaq/formalde.html this is the particular concern about the pressed wood IKEA products, but is there a suitable sensor
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/formaldehyde/evaluation.html
And some more stuff on indoor contaminants, and measuring this:
http://www.cectoxic.org/publications.html#cabinethttp://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_242600.html]]>
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What society poisons the breast milk of mothers?tag:www.nyu.edu,2006:/projects/xdesign/feralrobots/weblog//12.1662006-02-01T18:13:38Z2007-02-01T20:09:54Z Dog trainers. the questions from last week: + what is the difference between fact and fiction of robotics?; + do the visions of science fiction drive technological development? we will continue to ask these, so keep them in mind,...admin
Dog trainers. the questions from last week:
+ what is the difference between fact and fiction of robotics?;
+ do the visions of science fiction drive technological development?
we will continue to ask these, so keep them in mind, however, now we move to the reality of contaminants in our society.]]>
Now that you have read an overview of the work of Dr. Landrigan and his community health research we will discuss how this pressing and important information is introduced into the public imagination, the role of expertise and lay participants, and introduce you to the politics of knowledge.
The tenor of Landrigan's presentation is reasoned, non partisan and unemotional even as he describes the very disturbing idea that we are collectively poisining our children. When I presented some of the same evidence, was I quite so believable? Stylistic analysis--just like you did in looking at the various robot movies--can be applied to science. So what make Landrigans paper so believable? What are the effective persuasive strategies?
Although Landrigan is a senior figure in this area, he is not alone. Below are some of the readings to further motivate your work to adapt the dogs. I pose the following question as you read through these reports: what sort of society poisons the breast milk of it's mothers? and doses its children with known carcinogens, and with chemicals, pollutants and pesticides with unknown effects?
Last year the second body burden report was released. Most vicerally subtitled "the pollution in newborns". Start at this link: http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/part7.php so that you can see the number and type of studies that informs this report.
You do not need to read all of the full detailed report--read some of it, pick a chemical of condition that you have some connection to, and read that. Also read and comment on the following summary sections.
News Release
1: Executive summary
2: Babies are vulnerable to chemical harm
3: Human health problems on the rise
4: Recommendations
comment on the difference in the language between the summative and the more scholarly publication? Do the claims or concerns expressed seem unreasonable. Given that this effects more of us than the war on terror(i.e. all of us have these chemicals in our bodies), the DowJones Industrial or Nasdaq--why didn't you know about this 2nd body burden report, or the one before it? (please correct me if any of you have been exposed to this material, and how)
Are polluted newborn babes not newsworthy? Is the concept that you have over 700 contaminants in your body not interesting to you? What makes the news and how does it get there? What is driving the economy of attention ecconomy? What makes it to your attention and how does it get there? You knew about robotic dog toys didnt you?
http://www.chemicalbodyburden.org/whatisbb.htm
has answers to the following questions:
• What is a body burden?
• Do all humans carry this chemical body burden?
• How did this happen? How have I been exposed?
• What is the evidence for body burden? How long have we known about this problem?
• What are the health effects of this body burden?
• Are there special health effects for children?
• Can the links between body burden and illness be proven?
• How do I find out about my own body burden?
• What does a body burden test tell me about my own health?
• How can I get these chemicals out of my body? • Don't government regulations protect my family and me?
Some further questions for you. Do you believe the CDC? Even though it is a govenerment funded organization? Do you trust these studies? What of the 3M published reports? Do you believe them a little less, even though they seem scientific? Why are all the members of the Coming Clean network affiliated with dotorgs (http://www.chemicalbodyburden.org/aboutus.htm )? Would you prefer to ask questions of these people rather than employees of 3M, corporate lobbyists, or journalists? Please explain why.
Now read the recent posting by Jurrasic Park author and E.R. writer, Michael Chrichton http://www.sitewave.net/news/s49p1521.htm Does he cite similar studies? Does he cite any studies? How does his style differ from D Landrigan's.
In summary, please explain what you would define as standards of evidence? are there high standards, low standards? how do you, can we distinguish between the two?
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Dog trainers. the questions from last week:
+ what is the difference between fact and fiction of robotics?;
+ do the visions of science fiction drive technological development?
we will continue to ask these, so keep them in mind, however, now we move to the reality of contaminants in our society.]]>
Now that you have read an overview of the work of Dr. Landrigan and his community health research we will discuss how this pressing and important information is introduced into the public imagination, the role of expertise and lay participants, and introduce you to the politics of knowledge.
The tenor of Landrigan's presentation is reasoned, non partisan and unemotional even as he describes the very disturbing idea that we are collectively poisining our children. When I presented some of the same evidence, was I quite so believable? Stylistic analysis--just like you did in looking at the various robot movies--can be applied to science. So what make Landrigans paper so believable? What are the effective persuasive strategies?
Although Landrigan is a senior figure in this area, he is not alone. Below are some of the readings to further motivate your work to adapt the dogs. I pose the following question as you read through these reports: what sort of society poisons the breast milk of it's mothers? and doses its children with known carcinogens, and with chemicals, pollutants and pesticides with unknown effects?
Last year the second body burden report was released. Most vicerally subtitled "the pollution in newborns". Start at this link: http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/part7.php so that you can see the number and type of studies that informs this report.
You do not need to read all of the full detailed report--read some of it, pick a chemical of condition that you have some connection to, and read that. Also read and comment on the following summary sections.
News Release
1: Executive summary
2: Babies are vulnerable to chemical harm
3: Human health problems on the rise
4: Recommendations
comment on the difference in the language between the summative and the more scholarly publication? Do the claims or concerns expressed seem unreasonable. Given that this effects more of us than the war on terror(i.e. all of us have these chemicals in our bodies), the DowJones Industrial or Nasdaq--why didn't you know about this 2nd body burden report, or the one before it? (please correct me if any of you have been exposed to this material, and how)
Are polluted newborn babes not newsworthy? Is the concept that you have over 700 contaminants in your body not interesting to you? What makes the news and how does it get there? What is driving the economy of attention ecconomy? What makes it to your attention and how does it get there? You knew about robotic dog toys didnt you?
http://www.chemicalbodyburden.org/whatisbb.htm
has answers to the following questions:
• What is a body burden?
• Do all humans carry this chemical body burden?
• How did this happen? How have I been exposed?
• What is the evidence for body burden? How long have we known about this problem?
• What are the health effects of this body burden?
• Are there special health effects for children?
• Can the links between body burden and illness be proven?
• How do I find out about my own body burden?
• What does a body burden test tell me about my own health?
• How can I get these chemicals out of my body?
• Don't government regulations protect my family and me?
Some further questions for you. Do you believe the CDC? Even though it is a govenerment funded organization? Do you trust these studies? What of the 3M published reports? Do you believe them a little less, even though they seem scientific? Why are all the members of the Coming Clean network affiliated with dotorgs (http://www.chemicalbodyburden.org/aboutus.htm )? Would you prefer to ask questions of these people rather than employees of 3M, corporate lobbyists, or journalists? Please explain why.
Now read the recent posting by Jurrasic Park author and E.R. writer, Michael Chrichton http://www.sitewave.net/news/s49p1521.htm Does he cite similar studies? Does he cite any studies? How does his style differ from D Landrigan's.
In summary, please explain what you would define as standards of evidence? are there high standards, low standards? how do you, can we distinguish between the two?