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Design Fiction > have we thought about creating our ideal vision of the future with film?

by Romy Ilano

I saw some design fiction films at at the SF Critical Design and Imagined Futures meetup. I'm wondering, have any SudoRoom filmmakers or others at the Omni created any design fiction films? It would be cool to show films with: - worker collectives - a world where people barter/contribute through time banks instead of heavily capitalist systems - a kind of imaginary world where there is affordable housing provided for all and people do not face eviction / housing shortages and live in yurts If we have a party maybe it would be cool to try to do a design fiction film with one of these speculative idealized futures. =D https://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/design-fiction Sparking imagination and discussion about the social, cultural, and ethical implications of new technologies through design and storytelling. Sample Projects - - Im)possible Baby Ai Hasegawa, Sputniko! and Asako Makimura Delivering a baby from same-sex parents is not a sci-fi dream anymore–recent developments in genetics and stem cell research have made this dream much closer to reality. Is creating a baby from same-sex parents the right thing to do? Who has the right to decide this, and how? This project explores the bioethics of producing babies for same-sex couples. In the first phase, DNA data will be simulated to visualize the "potential baby." The project will then explore creating partial organs of the "potential baby" over the next few years. You have the right to know, think, and raise your voice about whether this dream becomes a reality–not just the authorities and researchers. view site <http://aihasegawa.info/?works=impossible-baby> - CremateBot: Transform, Reborn, Free Sputniko! and Dan Chen CremateBot is an apparatus that takes in human-body samples—such as fingernails, hair, or dead skin—and turns them into ashes through the cremation process. The process of converting human remains to ashes becomes a critical experience for observers, causing witnesses to question their sense of existence and physical self through the conversion process. CremateBot transforms our physical self and celebrates our rebirth through self-regeneration. The transformation and rebirth open our imagination to go beyond our physical self and cross the span of time. Similar to Theseus' paradox, the dead human cells—which at one point were considered part of our physical selves and helped to define our sense of existence—are continually replaced with newly generated cells. With recent advancements in implants, biomechatronics, and bioengineered organs, how we define ourselves is increasingly blurred. view site <http://www.pixedge.com/crematebot> - Crowbot Jenny Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) Crowbot Jenny, inspired by Donna Haraway’s philosophical memoir When Species Meet (2007), is a solitary girl who, despite her generation’s tendency toward communication overload, has trouble relating to her peers. In fact, Crowbot Jenny prefers to talk with animals and develops the Crowbot, an instrument that replicates a range of crow calls, to commune with her army of birds. Sputniko! talked with various crow specialists from University of Cambridge (UK), University of Utsunomiya (Japan), and University of Tokyo (Japan) who also provided her with sample crow calls—such as "Hello," "I'm in danger," "I love you!" or "Where is my Child!?"—which she installed inside Crowbot. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

11 years, 4 months

Biohacking is so much cooler than programming!

by Marc Juul

Yeah you heard that right. Everyone can write javascript now. You're not special. Time to move on to something more esoteric before you realize that every teenybopper out there is a better programmer than you (it happened to gaming didn't it?!) Time to join Counter Culture Labs and hack some DNA! Get a pre-paid discounted memberships and claim the glorious title of Founding Member! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836537355/counter-culture-labs-your-b… We're taking our lab up to biosafety level 2, which will make it viable to do genetic engineering (and maybe even human disease work) in our space! We're in the last _week_ of our kickstarter campaign but we're still a few thousand away from our goal. Give us a buck or something why not? Here's the link again if you missed it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836537355/counter-culture-labs-your-b… and if you're drowning under that nightmarish bay area rent and can't afford to give us even one measly dollar, then I request that you spam all your richest facebook/twitter/imaginary friends continuously for the next six days! -- marc/juul

11 years, 5 months

transborder immigrant tool (TBT) -> undocumented immigrant mobile phone app art project

by Romy Ilano

One of the most well done usability mobile phone apps I've ever seen. Some artist academics created a feature phone mobile app for undocumented immigrants on the San Diego/Tijuana desert border. It was a very simple compass app that also had a tuning fork feature. the closer the immigrants came to hidden water reserves left out by charities and activists, the more the phone would vibrate. This was to solve the problem of immigrants dying of thirst in the desert. Of course they got into trouble... <3 http://hyperallergic.com/54678/poetry-immigration-and-the-fbi-the-transbord… Almost five years ago, Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) 2.0 <http://digitalarts.lcc.gatech.edu/unesco/internet/artists/int_a_edtheater.h…> /b.a.n.g. lab <http://bang.calit2.net/> released the first iteration of the Transborder Immigrant Tool <http://bang.calit2.net/xborderblog/> (TBT), a mobile-phone technology that provides poetry to immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border while leading them to water caches in the Southern California desert. In 2010, the project caused a firestorm of controversy on the American political scene, and the artists of EDT/b.a.n.g. lab were investigated by three Republican Congressmen, the FBI Office of Cybercrimes and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where Ricardo Dominguez, co-founder of EDT (with Brett Stalbaum) and principal investigator of b.a.n.g. lab, is an associate professor in the visual arts department. framework and open artist apis http://www.walkingtools.net ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

11 years, 5 months

great meeting! yay!

by yar

Tonight's meeting was the most productive, fun, well-attended and non-dramatic Sudoroom meeting in ages. Congrats, everyone! Here are the notes: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-06-03

11 years, 5 months

I need a new computer

by James Beatty

I work with FNB and need a new computer. I need a floppy drive if possible. thanks.

11 years, 5 months

Counter Culture Labs' Kickstarter - Please Forward this message!

by Louis Huang

Citizen Scientists and Hackers of the World, Counter Cultures Labs' Kickstarter [1] to upgrade its current lab is almost 80% funded, but we only have a few days left! We're getting very close to our goal so WE NEED people to help spread the word. Counter Culture Labs is made by and for the community. We are committed to being YOUR biohacking & citizen science lab. Exploring science and the mysteries of the universe is something everyone should be able to do. We are here to support dreamers to find new innovations. The most creative products were made, not in industry or academia, but from people tinkering in their backyards and garages because they love it. Let's give people access to their potential! We need the community to help spread the word about our Kickstarter and the awesome prizes [1] we have such as a hackerspace/biohackerspace passport, a bacterial culture necklace, and/or a bacteria we discovered named after you. Check em out, [1] and please forward this message! With love, Counter Culture Labs PS: Our fundraiser event [2] has been postponed to Tuesday, June 9th @ 8pm, address 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland. See y'all there :) Links: ------ [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836537355/counter-culture-labs-your-b… [2] http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/221415647/

11 years, 5 months

HAX: funding for hardware projects

by Mitch Altman

Do you have a hardware project you'd like to put out into the world? I am a mentor at HAX (formerly HAXLR8R). We choose 15 groups of people with cool hardware projects, give a small pile of money for your project, you live in Shenzhen, China for 3 months, have access to way cool tools and mentors, the groups all help each other, you learn a lot, and have a blast. And you make your project into a product that goes out into the world. At the end of the 3 days there's a big Demo Day in San Francisco where everyone shows off their projects, with plenty of media attention, and even angel investors. The deadline for the upcoming group is extended a few days. If you're interested, please submit your proposal here: http://www.hax.co/ Cheers, Mitch.

11 years, 5 months

TiL gensim: Similarity Queries

by Romy

Are we still doing today I learned? I'd like to learn some Python https://radimrehurek.com/gensim/tut3.html#similarity-interface Sent from my iPhone

11 years, 5 months

inkjet printer head

by Ben Siegfried

peoples, does anyone have a junker inkjet printer laying around that I could hack on? Or does sudoroom have a junker inkjet printer laying around that I could hack on? I'm specifically interested in the print head and nozzles, it doesn't need to have ink or working motors or anything and if anyone's ever played with print heads before, I would love some pointers Ben

11 years, 5 months

La Commune Counter

by niki

Hey! I don't know if Sam is on the Sudo Discuss list but if not, could someone please forward this message to him (I don't often see him in the space these days!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Sam, This is Niki from La Commune. I'd like to ask that you please stop going behind the La Commune counter. If you want to make coffee, I can find another coffee make to put somewhere in the kitchen upstairs but the coffee and coffee maker behind the La Commune counter is not for the "cafe" / bookstore. In order for La Commune to function, we need to keep this space in order and we have requested that anyone who is not a member of La Commune please refrain from using this space. Thanks a lot in advance for you understanding! Niki

11 years, 5 months

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