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Volume 76 Issue 4
The Milgo experiment: an interview with Haresh Lalvani (p 52-61)
Bend the Rules of Structure
Volume 76 Issue 4
The Milgo experiment: an interview with Haresh Lalvani (p 52-61)
Bend the Rules of Structure
Sunday, February 1, 2009
complexity
Complexity
The human body the most complex thing
10/14/2008
Newton was quoted sayings this when talking about complexity in biology. Complexity is defined by Webster as a noun founded in 1661is something complex or the quality or state of being complex. In the present day world there are a number of complex things. These include computers, networking, and robotics. These things can become very complex but they are not the more complex then biological organisms. In other word humans and other organism at this time are more complex than anything else on the plant. An example of this is adaptive systems. Presently developers are trying to make computers and network system that use adaptive system, or are ability to learn, but they cannot. Humans on the other hand can. A good example of this is a baby learning the environment around it. Another example of this is just by looking at are bodies. Are bodies consist of a structural system made from bones, a transportation system including repertory and cardiovascular system, and the greatest computer and networking systems which includes are nerves and brain. It is just some of the things in are body which means we must be complex. These systems are so complex that we do not know are potential. Sciences are still puzzled at how are mind works and do not fully understand it. Also, because of are complexities sciences are having hard time find cure for cancer and other diseases. Considering all of this there is no computer system that can match humans at this. This remains me of a quote from Jan de Bont, “We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.” _DCL & KW
References:
Picture
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/01/post_4.php
Complexity in biology. Exceeding the limits of reductionism and determinism using complexity theory http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v9/n1/full/7401147.html
Webster dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complexity
brainyquote
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/jandebont372921.html
Adaptive Systems
http://srinivasreddy.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/adaptive-systems/
The human body the most complex thing
"Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things."_ Sir Isaac Newton
10/14/2008
Newton was quoted sayings this when talking about complexity in biology. Complexity is defined by Webster as a noun founded in 1661is something complex or the quality or state of being complex. In the present day world there are a number of complex things. These include computers, networking, and robotics. These things can become very complex but they are not the more complex then biological organisms. In other word humans and other organism at this time are more complex than anything else on the plant. An example of this is adaptive systems. Presently developers are trying to make computers and network system that use adaptive system, or are ability to learn, but they cannot. Humans on the other hand can. A good example of this is a baby learning the environment around it. Another example of this is just by looking at are bodies. Are bodies consist of a structural system made from bones, a transportation system including repertory and cardiovascular system, and the greatest computer and networking systems which includes are nerves and brain. It is just some of the things in are body which means we must be complex. These systems are so complex that we do not know are potential. Sciences are still puzzled at how are mind works and do not fully understand it. Also, because of are complexities sciences are having hard time find cure for cancer and other diseases. Considering all of this there is no computer system that can match humans at this. This remains me of a quote from Jan de Bont, “We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.” _DCL & KW
References:
Picture
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/01/post_4.php
Complexity in biology. Exceeding the limits of reductionism and determinism using complexity theory http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v9/n1/full/7401147.html
Webster dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complexity
brainyquote
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/jandebont372921.html
Adaptive Systems
http://srinivasreddy.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/adaptive-systems/
NXT
-B. Garnett , R. Daugherty
What is NXT?
Mindstorms NXT is a intelligent robotic building system produced by LEGO. This system imitates the senses of the human body by the utilizing various sensors to perform different functions. The use of simple software and building block skills a person can build and then train it to perform any task.
What Does the kit consist of?
NXT Servo Motors
NXT Software
Battle Bricks Website
-http://www.battlebricks.com/
-http://kisd.de/~krystian/nxt/
Lego Mindsorms NXT Homepage
-http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/LW_dest/Default.aspx
What is NXT?
Mindstorms NXT is a intelligent robotic building system produced by LEGO. This system imitates the senses of the human body by the utilizing various sensors to perform different functions. The use of simple software and building block skills a person can build and then train it to perform any task.
What Does the kit consist of?
NXT Brick (brain)
-The nerve center of your NXT bot.
It is a 32 bit brain that controls the operations that your designed bot can do.
NXT Light Sensor
-This sensor is one of two ways that allows the bot to see. Instead of reading colors like we do as red, blue, green this sensor reads the colors in a grayscale by the depth of the color
NXT Sound Sensor
-The sound sensor allows the bot to hear. By reading the decibel levels in a designated area. The sensor has the ability to read up to 90 db which is about as loud as a lawn mower. This allows the bot to have the power of the human ear.
NXT Touch Sensor
-The touch sensor allows the bot to sense when it is being touched.
NXT Ultrasonic Sensor
-The ultrasonic sensor is the other way that allows the bot to see. It operates by sending out a sound wave and then waits to see how long it takes for that sound wave to return. From this technology it can read something in front of or around it. It is the same thing that bats see.
NXT Servo Motors
-The servo motors are what drives the different operations you want your bot to do.
NXT Software
-The product software allows you to program your bot to perform a certain operation that you built it for.
Finish Products and Videos:
Finish Products and Videos:
Battle Bricks Website
-http://www.battlebricks.com/
-http://kisd.de/~krystian/nxt/
Lego Mindsorms NXT Homepage
-http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/LW_dest/Default.aspx
NXTacy.com Forum Site
-http://lejos.sourceforge.net
-http://lejos.sourceforge.net
Complexity-Complexus"Entwined" or "Twisted Together"
“Complexity necessarily depends on the
language that is used to model the system”
_Edmonds B.
1996
Complexity tends to characterize the level of difficulty one has to endure to complete a task. An intricate amount of variances in an assignment emcompassed in non-simple idea. Complexity deals with amounts, levels; like noted before, the more levels, variances and elements added into a pattern or idea the more complex the ides starts to evolve from. Edmond states that, “In order to have a complex you need two or more components, which are joined in such a way that it is difficult to separate them.” As a many of fact, he also states that in the event you try to separate them the idea is destroys because the meaning only exist between them and without one the meaning is lost. It starts with simplicity and ends with difficulty or complexity. Exploration is another important variant in complexity. What is the thought process behind the objective? What do I want to show or control, what information is significant, and how do I clearly convey all this information so one might understand the overall proposal. An artist by the name of Lee Jang Sub wanted to explore major cities around the world focusing on how urban cities transportation have spread out and evolved over time. He used patterns formed by roads in each city, combining the idea of natural and manmade systems. The image above is an abstract map of Moscow’s transportation systems. Korean born designer Lee Jang Sub is known for his complex graphic configurations. So in turn, the idea behind complexity in some artist’s works deals solely with illustration. Visual Complexity in a many of speaking, focusing on the artists work which refer to one variant, and a point of information which is another variant and when you put the two together they a form a cohesion idea that may be difficult to comprehend at first site. After the viewer investigated the work and the artist give an explanation of the piece, the viewer will see the image in a more comprehensive way. But there are other components to complexity such as understanding because it is one issue to solve; it is another factor to interpret. Interpretation can be a task that not many can achieve.
_rcd
References:
Edmonds B, What is Complexity?
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/COMPLEXI.html
Image:”Complexity” (Image adapted)
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=630&index=630&domain=
1996
Complexity tends to characterize the level of difficulty one has to endure to complete a task. An intricate amount of variances in an assignment emcompassed in non-simple idea. Complexity deals with amounts, levels; like noted before, the more levels, variances and elements added into a pattern or idea the more complex the ides starts to evolve from. Edmond states that, “In order to have a complex you need two or more components, which are joined in such a way that it is difficult to separate them.” As a many of fact, he also states that in the event you try to separate them the idea is destroys because the meaning only exist between them and without one the meaning is lost. It starts with simplicity and ends with difficulty or complexity. Exploration is another important variant in complexity. What is the thought process behind the objective? What do I want to show or control, what information is significant, and how do I clearly convey all this information so one might understand the overall proposal. An artist by the name of Lee Jang Sub wanted to explore major cities around the world focusing on how urban cities transportation have spread out and evolved over time. He used patterns formed by roads in each city, combining the idea of natural and manmade systems. The image above is an abstract map of Moscow’s transportation systems. Korean born designer Lee Jang Sub is known for his complex graphic configurations. So in turn, the idea behind complexity in some artist’s works deals solely with illustration. Visual Complexity in a many of speaking, focusing on the artists work which refer to one variant, and a point of information which is another variant and when you put the two together they a form a cohesion idea that may be difficult to comprehend at first site. After the viewer investigated the work and the artist give an explanation of the piece, the viewer will see the image in a more comprehensive way. But there are other components to complexity such as understanding because it is one issue to solve; it is another factor to interpret. Interpretation can be a task that not many can achieve.
_rcd
References:
Edmonds B, What is Complexity?
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/COMPLEXI.html
Image:”Complexity” (Image adapted)
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=630&index=630&domain=
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