Art, Design and Science, Engineering and Medicine Frontier Collaborations Ideation, Translation, Realization: Seed Idea Group Summaries (2016) / Chapter Skim
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Preconference Tutorials
Preconference Tutorials
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OBSERVATION ACTIVITY In addition to reviewing tutorials related to the overall conference and seed ideas, attendees were asked to "do" or "observe" something related to their assigned seed idea prior to the conference. The purpose of this exercise was to help participants identify what the problem meant to them and how it fits into a larger context.
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Preconference Inspiration Tutorials provided inspiration for the conference through stories about art-science "aha" moments, innovation and creativity, and a behind-the-scenes look at planning the 2015 NAKFI conference. Seed Idea Tutorials related to the individual seed ideas and were intended to inspire creative thinking about these ideas.
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Call it serendipity. http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/accidental-inventions "Why Truly Innovative Science Demands a Leap into the Unknown" by NAKFI Alum Uri Alon.
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) Writer Kare Anderson shares her own story of chronic shyness, and how she opened up her world by helping other people use their own talents and passions.
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language=en Suggested Reading Aagaard K, Petrosino J, Keitel W, Watson M, et al. The Human Microbiome Project strategy for comprehensive sampling of the human microbiome and why it matters.
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In this presentation, she describes Health Leads, an organization that does just that -- and does it by building a volunteer base as elite and dedicated as a college sports team. http://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_onie_what_if_our_healthcare_ system_kept_us_healthy Suggested Reading Effken JA.
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National Academies Press Learning Health Series. http://www.nap.
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Accessed online August 25, 2015. http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/279182075/music-education-for creativity-not-a-tool-for-test-scores Suggested Reading Grantmakers in the Arts.
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Brute computing force alone cannot solve the world's problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends)
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Creating Sustainable Futures in a World Increasingly Dependent on Technology Video "Architecture That Senses and Responds" TED Talk by Carlo Ratti. With his team at SENSEable City Lab, MIT's Carlo Ratti makes cool things by sensing the data we create.
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https://www.ted.com/talks/salvatore_iaconesi_what_happened_ when_i_open_sourced_my_brain_cancer Suggested Reading Reubold T What does a sustainable future actually look like?
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Climate Bubbles was a playful, participatory citizen science project in which bubble blowing games enabled people across the city of Manchester to map air flow and the urban climate. The conceptual process for this project was interesting and uniquely was a cross-disciplinary collaboration where Art Public's Alfie Dennen collaborated closely with members of Lancaster University, London Met Office and Futuresonic to envision and implement the project: http://artpublic.org/projects/past/climate-bubbles.
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Black Shoals Stock Market Planetarium is an animated night sky that is also a live representation of the world's stock markets, with each star representing a traded company. Fed by massive streams of live financial information, the stars glimmer and pulse, immediately flickering brighter whenever their stock is traded anywhere in the world: http://www.blackshoals.net/description.html.
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Technology evolves rapidly, and it can be challenging for policy and its implementation to evolve at the same pace. Last week, President Obama launched a new Open Data Policy and Executive Order aimed at ensuring that data released by the government will be as accessible and useful as possible.
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Database Documentary is a long-term investigation that seeks to understand how databases change our conduct. The initial research located itself within health databases and was initiated through discussions with Polly Moseley who was working with Liverpool Primary Care Trust trying to initiate a year of art and well-being.
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http://www.ted.com/playlists/124/ken_robinson_10_talks_on_educ Suggested Reading Art of Science Learning. The Art of Science Learning is a National Science Foundation–funded initiative that uses the arts to spark creativity in science education and the development of an innovative 21st-century STEM workforce: http://www.artofsciencelearning.org/ what-its-about.
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This collection considers difference school models of STEM education, highlights research on effective STEM education practices, and identifies conditions that promote and limit school success in STEM. These reports are essential for all educators, policy makers, decision makers in school districts, government agencies, curriculum developers, and parent and education advocacy groups: http://www.nap.edu/collection/39/stem-education.
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Honest, strong, bright, and different. http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/383 AND http://www.somethink completelydifferent.com Suggested Reading Gibbs L
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Pioneer Works is a center for research and experimentation in contemporary culture. Through a broad range of exhibitions, performances, arts and science residencies, and educational programs, Pioneer Works seeks to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, foster community, and provide a space where alternative modes of thought are supported and activated in tangible ways: http://pioneerworks.org/about-2.
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When artist Salvatore Iaconesi was diagnosed with brain cancer, he refused to be a passive patient -- which, he points out, means "one who waits." So he hacked his brain scans, posted them online, and invited a global community to pitch in on a "cure." This sometimes meant medical advice, and it sometimes meant art, music, emotional support -- from more than half a million people. https://www.ted.com/talks/salvatore_iaconesi_what_happened_ when_i_open_sourced_my_brain_cancer Suggested Reading "Citizen Science" Encyclopedic Entry National Geographic: http:// education.nationalgeographic.com/encyclopedia/citizen-science.
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Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belief and draws out three problems with common attitudes toward scientific inquiry -- and gives her own reasoning for why we ought to trust science. http://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_oreskes_why_we_should_believe_ in_science Suggested Reading Achenbach J
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Modern buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. Doris Kim Sung works with thermo-bimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and responsively, and can shade a room from sun and self-ventilate.
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Nervous System is a generative design studio that works at the intersection of science, art, and technology. We create using a novel process that employs computer simulation to generate designs and digital fabrication to realize products.
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language=en Suggested Reading Hughes TP. Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture.
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