blackstar
05-08-2003, 19:57
this does count as other hardware i think (but best if i include it in general discussion - bit radical really)
MEART is is interesting stuff, if you are interested in interfacing living neurons with artificial input/ output in an attempt to produce a semi living entity capable of “creative” thought.
it incorporates a real time feedback system for 2-way communication between a computer and a cultured neural network. the computer controls a robot arm, and the resulting entity is called a Hybrot.
http://www.wireheading.com/article/meart.jpg
best if i quote:
Quote:
MEART - The Semi Living Artist is a geographically detached, bio-cybernetic project exploring aspects of creativity and artistry in the age of biological technologies and the future possibilities of creating semi living entities. It investigates our abilities and intentions in dealing with the emergence of a new class of beings (whose production may lie far in the future) that may be sentient, creative and unpredictable. Meart takes the basic components of the brain (isolated neurons) attaches them to a mechanical body through the mediation of a digital processing engine to attempt and create an entity that will seemingly evolve, learn and become conditioned to express its growth experiences through "art activity". The combined elements of unpredictability and "temperament" with the ability to learn and adapt, creates an artistic entity that is both dependent, and independent, from its creator and its creator's intentions.
MEART is assembled from:
"Wetware" - cultured neurons from embryonic rat cortex grown over the Multi Electrode Array
"Hardware" - the robotic (drawing) arm
"Software" - that interfaces between the wetware and the hardware
http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/images/meart/installation/SealedMEALR.jpg
MEART's CPU(!).
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/MEART/
http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/mearthp.html
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ashkoln/meart/
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/potter/Meart/MEART.html
heres a page detailing other "artbots" - artificial devices which in one way or another, process real life inputs into abstract outputs.
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/
try a google (or other engine) search for these keywords "MEART" "fish and chips" "artbots" "cyborg"
its fascinating, philosophically, to think that in a way, the MEART CPU is living in a matrix style world. brain in a jar..
MEART is is interesting stuff, if you are interested in interfacing living neurons with artificial input/ output in an attempt to produce a semi living entity capable of “creative” thought.
it incorporates a real time feedback system for 2-way communication between a computer and a cultured neural network. the computer controls a robot arm, and the resulting entity is called a Hybrot.
http://www.wireheading.com/article/meart.jpg
best if i quote:
Quote:
MEART - The Semi Living Artist is a geographically detached, bio-cybernetic project exploring aspects of creativity and artistry in the age of biological technologies and the future possibilities of creating semi living entities. It investigates our abilities and intentions in dealing with the emergence of a new class of beings (whose production may lie far in the future) that may be sentient, creative and unpredictable. Meart takes the basic components of the brain (isolated neurons) attaches them to a mechanical body through the mediation of a digital processing engine to attempt and create an entity that will seemingly evolve, learn and become conditioned to express its growth experiences through "art activity". The combined elements of unpredictability and "temperament" with the ability to learn and adapt, creates an artistic entity that is both dependent, and independent, from its creator and its creator's intentions.
MEART is assembled from:
"Wetware" - cultured neurons from embryonic rat cortex grown over the Multi Electrode Array
"Hardware" - the robotic (drawing) arm
"Software" - that interfaces between the wetware and the hardware
http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/images/meart/installation/SealedMEALR.jpg
MEART's CPU(!).
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/MEART/
http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/mearthp.html
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ashkoln/meart/
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/potter/Meart/MEART.html
heres a page detailing other "artbots" - artificial devices which in one way or another, process real life inputs into abstract outputs.
http://artbots.org/2003/participants/
try a google (or other engine) search for these keywords "MEART" "fish and chips" "artbots" "cyborg"
its fascinating, philosophically, to think that in a way, the MEART CPU is living in a matrix style world. brain in a jar..