Self Assessment

One work tool that worked the least in this class for me was screen-cast-o-magic. I just felt more comfortable using my iPhone camera to record videos. I tried using the program before but it never seemed to work for me. I might have skipped something when I was just getting started to use it. I’m not sure if it was because I have a mac but it wasn’t a big deal for me.

One tool that worked really well for me was popcorn movie maker. I used it for my dust storm, nighttime driving project. It allowed me to do my project exactly the way I imagined when I was planning for it. Although I had difficulty loading it up on Vimeo, I just pasted the link from the popcorn website. I would recommend this tool for future assignments that have to do with mash-up videos.

Predator at peace

 

I attempted to make a predator type character in its alter ego. So predator at peace.

FloraBorg Community Update: 3 IndaPlants Up And Running

The subject of the pictures of this post is a plant on a machine. The content is the idea of plants and machines working together. The machine is made to satisfy the needs of the plant by going towards the sunlight or sources of water without any supervision from the creator. The plant is dependent on the machine to ensure its survival.

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The IndaPlant Project: An Act Of Trans-Species Giving—originally beginning as a collaboration between the myself and the engineer Dr. Qingze Zou—is designed to facilitate the free movement and metabolic function of ordinary houseplants. In this effort, we have have successfully created a floraborg, a term we coined to describe an entity that is part plant and part robot. This work has recently led to the creation of a larger team which now includes the biologist Dr. Simeon Kotchoni and the computer scientist Dr. Ahmed Elgammal. Our group is currently working on the creation of a floraborg biocyber interface. Addressing the super sensory capacities of plants, this interface allows humans to decipher plant-based information on ecosystem health, the effects of climate change and air pollution. In this capacity, the IndaPlant may allow us to model and support environments that are able to sustain humans and plants alike. A video of…

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