The Imagined World

Pitch Link here

Inception  

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186594246059/the-inception-of-an-end

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186598345694/studio-vi-10-provocations-provocation

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186598662354/studio-vi-11-teaming-up

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186599494429/studio-vi-12-lumiere-tech

Research /Concept/Context/Development

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186758904169/studio-vi-13-dimensional-possibilities-in

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186759586864/studio-vi-14-concept-and-light

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186759802439/studio-vi-15-virtual-reality-in-architecture

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186777412299/studio-vi-16-defining-sketches-for

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186777981709/studio-vi-17-feedback-for-the-first-idea

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186777981709/studio-vi-17-feedback-for-the-first-idea

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186781247214/studio-vi-18-change-of-plan

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186781249299/studio-iv-19-part-1-bioluminescence-and

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186781250474/studio-iv-19-part-2-bioluminescence-and

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186781251689/studio-iv-19-part-3-bioluminescence-and

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186902570699/studio-vi-20-idea-testing

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186902571614/studio-vi-21-development-of-our-concept-and-the

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/186942321344/studio-vi-22-project-development-reaserch

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/187018271544/studio-vi-23-final-concept-design

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188618748959/studio-vl-24-ironing-put-project-intent-and

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188619418674/studio-vl-25-lumiere-the-artifact

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188714546754/studio-vi-25-ii-priomary-target-audience

Making and Iterations

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188620160304/studio-vi-26-the-last-giant-disadvantages-of

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188620420314/studio-vi-26-ii-solar-panels-in-commercial

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188622185199/studio-vi-27-splitting-up-and-focusing-on

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188623529309/studio-vi-28-lumiere-artifact-3d-model

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188624433649/studio-vi-29-developing-product-logo

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188625044754/studio-vi-30-test-for-a-treat-final-user

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188626616344/studio-vi-31-inspirations-and-precedents-for-3d

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188628589469/studio-vi-32-creating-posters-and-arcylic

https://samy-bct.tumblr.com/post/188638002679/studio-vi-reflection

Portfolio

The illusion of Time?

Every journey comes to an end and with every end comes a new beginning, It is scary to see what I was when I first my creative journey to what I am now. The ups and downs through my journey have to lead to me coming in terms with the openness and values of creative technologies allowing me to explore, analyze and synthesize.

This semester was on a whole different level then the others as the impending stress of future of graduation made it seem so that every decision had the weight of the World. The start of this semester I was so confused and going through all the external provocations, sushi and I teamed with her base idea of using innovative means to transform properties of  Light.

Formulating this project was quite a challenge for myself in the initial stages as my teammate and I were from different disciplines so it made it difficult to communicate and understand each other. That said, this allowed me the best opportunity to change my way of thinking and explore elements and disciplines that were otherwise not a high priority in my goals.

To get past this hurdle of miscommunication I resulted in having to adjust my thought process in such a way that allowed me to think in a proper multidisciplinary domain. This was the best development for my personal growth as it allowed me to step past my own inclinations of “what is possible and what is impossible.”

This realisation cleared my views and opened up various possibilities in the field of 3d visualization and granting me the ability to experiment with aspects that I wouldn't normally have, with a really positive outcome. Through this, I have come to the conclusion that my step towards innovative 3d visualisation was not without substance.  (Samy, Concept/Context/Reflection, 2019)

This semester has been a challenge as I was working with disciplines that I wasn’t too familiar such as engineering, heating systems etc, Honestly, I initially thought when my team member was talking about this discipline I thought she was making them up, she just assumed that I would understand everything she was saying. This was a huge impact on my workflow as I didn’t just have to do research on the topic at hand and also look for precedents to what my teammate was saying. 

This ate the majority of my time at the initial stage of the project as the existing co-desgn dispute between us lead to friction, taking this ti decided to alter y way of thinking as I discovered that I was lacking the fully developed capability of working with Mulitidiciplanry approaches.

It was a very steep learning curve the resulted in altering my way of thinking and working allowing be looks as an idea from all different perspectives at a more detailed level than in my previous projects. That said with this on the way, m the timeline of the project did suffer as I had difficulties in getting my ideas and inspirations across to my team member due to her dominating nature, Which I found an around method but made me lose a little time and decline in psychological status. 

My experience in this whole semester was unique and allowed me to look through a focus glass and finally compile all my interests into 3D Visualisation /Creative designer. All my time in BCT one of my greatest concern was whereas I stand in the worlds that are Creative technologies and this semester the project Lumiere allowed me to discover and come into terms with focal for my career. 

For the presentation I wanted to do something cool and wow-worthy, I came across the Led acrylic lamp, this got my brain working override as I have a spare piece of acrylic from the last semester I went and got is engraved at the laser cutters and built the lamp from scratch.

The image below highlights the process I went through in creating the display piece.

The image below shows highlights when all the elements of the display came together.

Poster Created by @sushmita-devi​

Below is the draft copy of the visualisation for Lumiere.

Below is the final cut of the visualization for Lumiere.

The Video Below I edited for presentation and it contains both Sushii’s and my work together.

Reflection

After creating the model, I went on animation for the visualisation. This entailed that I had to animate both the model and the camera and also set up the scene and the lighting. Setting up the scene was the most challenging part as getting the light and the stage set up that would put the artefact in the “Lime Light” required a lot of back and forth adjusting and countless hours rendering to make sure what I implemented was correct. That said it was a huge learning curve as I learnt more lights and camera positioning in this project then I had in my previous visualisation project. Another challenge I faced was rendered as my current laptop is not the right specs for full high-quality rendering, I had to find alternate ways to render the animation. Through the help of Clinton smittie, my 3D visualisation tutor from the school of communications I managed to find a way I could render high-quality animations and not break my laptop. Once I had gotten those sorted it was a matter of fact keyframe animation which can be tedious bat first but the end result is worth the mental strain one goes through. I also delved into the discipline of graphic design and word placement to carefully chose and animate the annotations in the animations. After I obtained sushi is video piece on industrialization of the artefact, I placed both pieces into premiere pro and edited them together into a spilt screen, as for setup we had only one television thus we had to share. Even though the process was streanaous then I expected the final product beats my expectations.

Feedback:

Once I had completed the draft version of the animation I took it around for some feedback, the feedback I got from the viewers were quite helpful. As one of then noticed a glitch in the animation that I ddint notice and one feedback was the amount the overall speed “ That at some moments it was too slow and sometimes too fast”. This allowed to me bug test the animation and also fix problems that I didn't notice.

Edward Tuft is the driving force behind our use of the heuristic approach. That said on the personal level looked my own precedents on 3d visualisation and how I can use both heuristic and iterative design process.

One of the companies that have a source of inspiration for me is based right here in Auckland called Waxeye. I came across this company in my previous semester's project, below is the link to the blog I wrote about that company.

Phygital - Precedents

Above was a source of inspiration for my animation for Lumiere. Which was created by Waxeye for  Comvita. ("Comvita - Made by Nature | Waxeye", 2019)

I just came across Lunas just recently based in Montreal, A 3D visualization company that has been operating for a decade. They not only showcase their work but also talk about how it works in the 3d visualisation industry and “How do 3d artificial Artist work in a team?” ("Leading CG Artists Team - How 3D Visualization Department Works • Lunas", 2019).

Link to some of the works Lumas has done in the Field of 3D Product Visualisation.  (Studio, 2019)

(Singh, 2019)

Above video is my primary source of inspiration the visualisation for the artefact for my project. Taking onboard Tufts’s heuristic and minimalistic approach and combining with the inspirations from the above video.

Final Model of the artefact

In the final version, I changed the colour of the concentrator from red to Light blue which I found to be on the theme in regards to our project through user testing the final design with the students of BCT.

References:

Leading CG Artists Team - How 3D Visualization Department Works • Lunas. (2019). Retrieved 27 October 2019, from https://www.lunas.pro/news/cg-artists-department-work.html

Studio, L. (2019). 3D Product Visualization • Lunas. Retrieved 27 October 2019, from https://www.lunas.pro/3d-product-visualization.html

Thanks to @vaanibct​ we were given the opportunity to take our projects to the general public and students from all over Aut for user Testing. This was a great opportunity for our group gets to get feedback from people from outside of BCT.

Below is the summarized version of the feedback we got from the testers and who facilitated the user testing from my group, which was a whopping 20 in the span of two hours, more then I ever would have gotten if I stayed within the confines of BCT.

Test for a Treat 

12  from BCT

2 AUT staff

1 (Deloitte) Commercial

Data collected

2D to 3D model of the final Concept

Functionality

Layout 

Overall artefact layout 

Colours

Colour correlation 

Materials

Elements used to develop the artefact 

Cohesive design

Feedback on the overall design of the artefact

Feedback

Less human input- security

Instead of a solar panel which already exists, how about using a bi-product of the concept of using bacteria. UV light. How does this work in for industries? 

38% of the people asked for our future plans for commercial purposes and 90% of the people would consider this product in the future.

A lot of people looked interested and excited.

Most were confused but interested. It was something different because we used bacteria, “they said”

The colour scheme was a problem. 

Fewer colours. Black and white.

Facilitator- Samy

Technical issues: Expand the size of the artefact for the environment bacteria is placed in for energy generation

From the feedback, we got from this testing I went to the drawing board and looked at the design of the artefact and agreed with the majority of the feedback I got regarding the colours layout and design of the outlet.

The above image is of the artefact after the user testing, I changed the overall design of the outlet taking from a cartoon looking model to a more realistic design which was also applied the artefact as a whole also.

The software I am using this semester is Maya, which allows doing both models the artefact and also animate it for my 3D product visualisation. Taking the 3D visualisation paper last semester was of great advantage as I knew what I was doing and taking design inspiration from Edward Tuft. 

Wireless Power Transfer. 

Taking this device to the future we have also added a placeholder element that would responsible or wireless energy transfer. 

Wireless energy transfer, we have all seen it in the form of wireless charging for phones in the current technological market, the question is is it really wireless, the answer is no. The ture wireless energy transfer is being developed and used by NASA  ("Wireless Power Transmission | NASA SBIR & STTR Program Homepage", 2019)  at the moment. It is nowhere close to being realised into the market for public or even commercial use thus we have included it to signify the capability of the artefact that can adhere to the changing times without going through drastic changes, not anytime soon may in the next 50 years. 

References:

Below are some of the inspirational images I got from shushii for the logo,

The image below is of the iterations of the logo created by @ultra-oh-carol​ for us.

The final inspiration of the logo was created by merging the images below.

The image below highlights some of the earlier versions of the logo I created going through ones that looked like it was drawn by pencil to a more digital glowing look.

Through some user testing and advice, I arrived at the final version of the logo, keeping aspects of the bottom left version but taking out the letter “L” and adding the name od artefact in. Feedback form @taliabct​ -  “L” makes it look childish and doesnt hold any meaning for someone looking at it for the first time.

Before starting with the modelling, I redesigned the artefact a little. The initial artefact called was confusing as to how it would function. An artefact or device can t be said that it's perfect without iterations.

“The adult public’s taste is not necessarily ready to accept the logical solutions to their requirements if the solution implies too vast a departure from what they have been conditioned into accepting as the norm.” (loewy, 2019)

In the above quote, Lowey is talking about breaking the norms of the adult mind by coming up with a logical solution that break the boundaries. This is my understanding of the quote and to achieve this goal he designed and worked on various projects such as designing and then redesigning the coke bottle which went various iterations before forming into its current shape and design. This shows that iteration is a means to make designs and process better, distilling them and finding ultra and unique solutions. 

Above is the initial design of the artefact.

Above is the image of my version of the artefact, the changes I made were moving the mini solar panels from the edge of the artefact to the middle and increase its number slightly (this was done to get max use out of the artefact itself). I also moved the output from the top of the bottom ensuring that the overall design is efficient and is ease of use. Since the idea of the artefact belongs to @sushmita-devi​ I did consult with her regarding the changing making sure the changes were correct and won't mess up the device, she was on board of the changes at that stage.

Artefact iteration steps 

Above is the block models - First iteration

second iteration after the redesign and before User testing.

References:

At this stage, we have developed the artefact to a certain stage that from here on out we will be needing the help of experts from the field of miro biology and engineering to help us iron out the details and ensure what we are trying to build is possible in the way we thinking or not.

Sushii approached me with the possibility of reconsidering the clean in place provocation as she was talking to the provider of the provocation and he was interested in the artefact we were creating.

Personally, I didn't want to work with the provocation anymore as I am taking this artefact and using it as a means from now on to increase my skills in 3D visual design tieing it with my elective competition and innovation. Thus this is where we split up. As I didn't want to hold back shushii and this provocation along with the artifact will allow her to further her career that industry accordingly. 

3D Visualisation.

Since my introduction to proper 3D visualisation last semester through my elective, I knew intuitively that I want to make it my focus in creative technology, even though it was in the third year that I found my focus it didn't mean I was disadvantaged as that is the nature of creative Technology. On the most lamens terms what made me say “ yes this is it” was my love for animation and modelling and this combines both allowing me to create and animate. Even though in this project the 3d visualisation is based around a single product it will allow me to discover its market and learn without any major consequences at my own pace.

Why 3d visualization? 

other than it being my focus point in creative, there are alot of things 3D  can do that 2d just achieve. the advantages of 3d visualisation areas such as Enhances & Improves Visual Communication, Cost-Effective, Easily Show Concepts and Options for a Project, Precise and Accurate Renderings, Easy to Distribute, Virtual Reality, Virtual Centers, Easily Marketable and Shareable, Catch Problems BEFORE Construction, Set Projects Apart from Competition  (Lytle, 2019).

In the case of Lumiere 3d visualisation monopolises two of the ten advantages of 3d visualisation, Enhancing & Improving Visual Communication, we can show our concept easily and a future option for the project. It also has a novel attribute that attracts people to it, more people seeing means more PR for the artefact. Hence I am working towards using 3d visualisation as a means to bring more attention to the artefact and bringing in possible investors and just people of interest.

References:

When it comes to the target audience, This where things get complicated as we have our primary audience, the secondary audience  This audience are the people from the industry application of the artefact) and the third target audience being that the artefact can be used to power/recharge phones,. cooking hardware etc.

I will be talking about the primary target which is the Citizens of the rural areas of the country and the third audience being the hikers, campers etc.

While some of these areas benefit from energy deregulation, many do not. In addition, utilities often cannot justify providing services to rural areas because of low profitability and the high cost of development. Utilities that do provide service to these areas often need to charge rural customers much higher rates. (Choice, 2019)

The above quote states one of the problems we are looking at for rural energy/electrical needs. Yes, there are services in place for electricity and power in the ritual areas but due to it being far away companies are too afraid to invest and building power plants. They can not justify the cost of providing the service while the return is quite low. Thus whatever source of power services they offer is high in prices for the citizens of the rural areas.

For many rural communities, there is no immediate prospect of being connected to the central electricity grid, and other commercial energy sources are often too expensive for poor people. However, many rural areas do have local access to other sources of energy, such as solar energy, water streams, wind and biomass. There are opportunities for these resources to be tapped using existing technologies and thereby release a range of useful services. ("x8054e", 2019)

According to the above quote getting connected to the electricity grid will not have immediate effects on the lives of the people in the rural areas wouldn't be able to afford power anyways. That said just cause someone wouldn't to have a use for it instantly doesnt mean that it won't affect their future development as individuals and communities.

This is where our artefacts come in providing sustainable and unable energy the rural areas where they don t have to take care of the artefact at a regular basis, This also opens up an opportunity for the government to get involved  and offer support but setting up funds that people can apply for if they decided to obtain and maintain the artefact. 

(ANON.2019)

Above are some of the current means for recharging devices in camps and hikes at the moment. Even though there are some technologies that utilise Solar Panel such as the  GOAL ZERO NOMAD 2 etc, but they aren't efficient as they are expensive to buy and maintain and are heavy to carry around, where is our artefact will just need to be attached to the bag where the suns hits the most and it will don its thing and the hiker can also control and monitor the device instantly. 

References:

x8054e. (2019). Retrieved 31 October 2019, from http://www.fao.org/3/x8054e/x8054e06.htm

Choice, E. (2019). Generating and Distributing Electricity in Rural Areas of the U.S. Retrieved 31 October 2019, from https://www.electricchoice.com/blog/generating-distributing-electricity-in-rural-areas/

Other then the obvious advantages fo solar panel, big companies seem noy yo acknowledge the major disadvantage of solar panels by themselves. Even though solar panels are an innovative and effective technology, by itself only it causes more long-lasting problems. Highlighted below.

(Richardson, 2019)

The article compares the pros and cons of solar panels for homes, Solar panels for a working-class family can be quite expensive to obtain in the first place, maintaining comes after. Thus our artefact working with the current huge movement regarding sustainable living would mean that we would be able to partner with such movements as “ Future Living Skills, NZ” ("Sustainable Living Programme - Courses available in New Zealand", 2019).

References:

Richardson, L. (2019). Solar Energy Pros And Cons 2019: Top Benefits/Drawbacks | EnergySage. Retrieved 27 October 2019, from https://news.energysage.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-solar-energy/

The last main giant we looked at for the artefact was was Edward Tuft  ("The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press", 2019). Introduced to use through Laurent, Edward taught the use of os Heuristic design in data visualisation. We decided in using 3D visualisation as a means to present the artefact and Edward was tuft is a great source of inspiration in this area. 3d visualization designer is my area of interest in creative technologies and my career goal thus endured is a good source of inspiration.

Why Not Solar Panels?

In the current economical state of the society, the advantages of solar panels heavily outway the advantages if you look at it. Renewable source of energy,  Reduces Electricity Bills, Technology Development is heavily outward by the   Cost, strenuous installation, the energy output is Weather Dependent, storage space etc  ("Advantages & Disadvantages of Solar Energy (2019) | GreenMatch", 2019). if you look at it from the perspectives of the commercial consumer and that's one of the reasons you don't see solar panels on houses as much.

More info on the Artifact

This is where our artefact will come into play, we have developed it so that it will counter these disadvantages and at the same time aiming bot create more problems in the market. Thus we formulated it in such a way that yes you need to buy the artefact once and only have to replace the bacteria culture and its food in a 6-month interval. The artefact also has thermal regulators that are gonna be connected to the user through an app thus allowing the user to determine the “health” of artefact with ease. 

In the commercial market, the artefact will also be created in miniature versions allowing the consumers to use them on the go such as in camping scenarios where it can replace heavy batteries and generators and Campervans, allowing the user a peace of mind and giving them that extra time to enjoy there journey.  

These are just some of the ways the artefact could be used.

Artefact interpretations

Prototype one

Prototype 2 

Prototype three:

Through testing, we decided ongoing with the third design of the artefact. This user testing was performed by taking the images up the testers and asking them which design they would prefer after a brief description of the artefact. We failed to properly document this testing as it was a spur of the moment to solve the argument between shushii and I as we both had different designs in mind. 

References:

The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press. (2019). Retrieved 27 October 2019, from https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/?gclid=CjwKCAjw3c_tBRA4EiwAICs8CjxWZXiwikKnpjb120jIl2eHnmVurt4fWImuiYEN9PIEEqNZ7PP47xoCpsQQAvD_BwE

We Formulated a draft od the project idea which ended up being an artefact, which was inspired through Smiti Ghandi. (Gandhi, 2019).

This link will lead to a more detailed explanation of the design by Shusii. 

Smiti Ghandi from university of a student brought to light the redundancy of solar panels and how she formulated the bioluminescent solar concentrator to energy output. We took inspiration from her research such as the concentrator a applied our own innovative ideas and formulated the artefact above.

As the saying goes “ If I have seen further is by standing on the shoulders of giants” Sir Issac Newton. Thus for our project, we are using Smiti Ghandi was one of our giants. The artefact revolutionises the way the bioluminescent concentrator is used by not complete taking away the solar panels but using it as an accessory to the microbiology to output higher quantity and quality of energy then the concentrator can by itself.

Edith Widder a microbiologist (Widder, 2019), urged us to look and think of bacteria, not just an organism that supports us but also as an entity on itself that has the capacity to evolve and combine with other bacterias to form new variations of itself which were further validated by the article “ Using Bacteria to Convert Light to EnergyResearchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a solar cell that uses bacteria to convert light to energy even when the sun isn’t shining.” ("Using Bacteria to Convert Light to Energy", 2019). The justified our initial theory of combining the bioluminescent bacteria with other bacteria that produce heat to create new bacteria that not only use sunlight but also UV, fluorescent and other properties of sunlight to create heat.

We looked at this not a means to invalidate our project but to endorse the possibility of the artefact. We look at it as another innovative step towards proper sustainable living through co-design and innovative collaboration. Another giant we used was Joseph Fourier and his “The Analytical Theory of Heat” (Fourier, 1878), to get an in-depth understanding of heating and heating systems even though it is in direct relation to our concept it allowed to analysis and evaluate our idea through a different discipline.

References: 

Gandhi, S. (2019). Living Energy: Bioluminescent Bacteria in Solar Cells | Smiti Gandhi | TEDxClearBrookHighSchool. Retrieved 27 October 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLggBkBwss

Widder, E. (2019). Edith Widder | Speaker | TED. Retrieved 27 October 2019, from https://www.ted.com/speakers/edith_widder

Using Bacteria to Convert Light to Energy. (2019). Retrieved 27 October 2019, from https://www.designnews.com/materials-assembly/using-bacteria-convert-light-energy/39377071359263 

Moving our attention towards the project itself we came up with the initial idea of formulated a VR experience based about Bacteria, Human and Infrastructure to Highlight the importance of Micro-organisms in our life. This idea was derived from the testing of our Conceptual Testing.

Once we started to develop this idea further we were hit by a wall in the initial stage of obtaining a VR device. The Demand as high and we didn't have enough monetary resources to purchase one. Thus we moved to use Mixed reality which we used Virulaity stimulate our concept and was presented at the University of New Caledonia, due to technical difficulties of the Device not working properly we sent the submission in video format. 

Hard decisions: 

As time was moving fast and to this time we had spent one week trying to fix the Vr problems, We had to make the decision “ To use or not to use Vr” and if not VR Then what?. 

To answer these questions we went back our concept and derived a statement of intent. 

Sourcing sustainable and renewable energy through the use of Micro-biology and Technology.

It took us time to think of the above statement and was a challenge for to in thinking not just outside my box and comfort but also to consider possibilities that were intellectually challenging to understand. Identifying this intent allowed us to move away from the use of VR to create an artefact that will harness the properties of light and transform it into energy.

Properties of Light (Sunlight) + Hybrid Bacteria = Heat energy + Solar Panels = Sustainble energy.

We came up with the above equation through our research on Heat energy  ("Thermal Energy from Light", 2019) and properties of the Bioluminescent bacteria(Engebrecht, Nealson & Silverman, 1983), light to heat conversion through bacteria (Schlegel, 1977)and modern sustainable energy sources(Boyle, 2011).

References: 

Boyle, G. (2011). Renewable Energy. New York: Oxford University Press.

Engebrecht, J., Nealson, K., & Silverman, M. (1983). Bacterial bioluminescence: Isolation and genetic analysis of functions from Vibrio fischeri. Cell, 32(3), 773-781. DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(83)90063-6

Schlegel, H. (1977). Microbial energy conversion. Oxford: Pergamon Pr.

New Caledonia Tech Exhibition Submission

Submission to New Caledonia Technology meetup event. Based on our initial concept before iteration which resulted in a change of direction to our project. 

Though vigorous hours of research, testing and long team meetings. We have come to our final concept and proposal for our project.

Bioluminescence is a product of bacteria rather than a living creature.

Built-in microorganisms in architectural infrastructure to define ‘Bacterium’ through renewable energy.

The tremendous increase in population has caused a massive increase in the depletion of our natural resources. We are visually representing bacteria through an artefact. 

increase in disease population has caused people to develop a negative association with bacteria, so it's easy to think about the harm they do.

We are inserting bacteria into infrastructure to help generate heat, circulate air and define bacterium with a reduced carbon footprint. We believe cities of the future will be powered by the natural biological processes of bacteria and will behave more like living organisms. We are drawing on an existing technology called “bio-luminescent solar concentrator” which uses bacteria to produce electric current to for a type of light source which also defines bacteria for sustainable living.

Personal Reflection:

The road to this stage has been quite different than any of my other studio projects. The most unsaid rule of BCT yr 3 is “That final semester is not the time to learn something new, but a time converge all that you have learnt into one project”. This particular thought is so harmfull to students from my perspective as it hinders our to growth and growth doesn't have to stop due to anything. 

The challenges I faced was changing the way I look at things and ideas that came my way. Shushii presented with ideas that I didn't know about this made my confidence drop in them. Researching was the tool I used to its max in this process to either solve my doubts or prove them.

Once we gained the bearings of our concept, we had a group crit session with Laurent, as we fumbled in our original presentation. I thought it would be ideal for us to get Laurent to better understand where we are going so he could help us accordingly. 

The feedback we got from Laurent was to quantify your interest, look into some key terms such as Anthromorphsim and phosphoresce. 

Anthropomorphism

“Anthropomorphism is more specifically the attribution of human mental states or affects to non-humans. These two concepts are distinct and at the same time strictly connected. We could say that animism is a weaker form of anthropomorphism. However, when humans attribute life to non-humans, they often also attribute to the human mental and affective states.”

This notion of anthropomorphism is such a unique concept as we all do it, either consciously or subconsciously such as giving our cars pronouns. we learnt this from our social interactions and also from social norms such as “All boats are given female names” and the technological name “ Are majority based on the male gender”.

The system of how the Squid operates in Symbiosis with Bioluminescent bacteria,  vibrio fischeri.

“But the squid doesn’t emerge alone: It has a specialized light organ on its body that’s inhabited by the bioluminescent V. fischeri. In exchange for a home and a diet of sugars and amino acids provided by the squid, the bacterium helps protect E. scolopes from predators by illuminating it with a blue glow. This counter-illumination hides the squid’s silhouette by helping it blend in with its surroundings.”- National Geographic

A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24 hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings, including plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria.- National Geographic

Reliance, we all depend on each other and resources to survive such as animals. We depend on the animals for food, they depend on the grass for nourishment and the grass depends on the soil and the soil depends on the bacteria to make down large minerals for consumption. This chain of reliance exists in the squid also thus “one can not live without the other”.

Phosphorescence 

Phosphorescence is light emitted after exposure to radiation or produced by something that doesn't produce flame or heat. An example of phosphorescence is the light from a glow stick. YourDictionary definition and usage example.

In fluorescence, an electron is raised from certain baseline energy known as the ground level to an exciting level by a light photon or other radiation.

In phosphorescence, interposed between the ground level and the excitement level is a level of intermediate energy, called a metastable level, or electron trap, because a transition between the metastable level and other levels is forbidden (highly improbable). Once an electron has fallen from the excited level to the metastable level (by radiation or by energy transfer to the system), it remains there until it makes a forbidden transition or until it is further excited back to the transition level. This excitation may come about through thermal agitation of the neighbouring atoms or molecules (called thermoluminescence) or through optical (e.g., infrared) stimulation.

Thermoluminescence

Thermoluminescence, emission of light from some minerals and certain other crystalline materials. The light energy released is derived from electron displacements within the crystal lattice of such a substance caused by previous exposure to high-energy radiation. Heating the substance at temperatures of about 450° C (842° F) and higher enables the trapped electrons to return to their normal positions, resulting in the release of energy. 

The intensity of the emission can be correlated to the length of time that a given substance was exposed to radiation; the longer the time allowed for the radiation to build up an inventory of trapped electrons, the greater the energy released. Because of this feature, thermoluminescence has been exploited as a means of dating various minerals and archaeological artefacts.

References 

Ruby, E., & Asato, L. (1993). Growth and flagellation of Vibrio fischeri during initiation of the sepiolid squid light organ symbiosis. Archives Of Microbiology, 159(2), 160-167. doi: 10.1007/bf00250277

Gregor, C., Gwosch, K. C., Sahl, S. J., & Hell, S. W. (2018). Strongly enhanced bacterial bioluminescence with the ilux operon for single-cell imaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(5), 962–967. doi:10.1073/pnas.1715946115

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