Project update – March 12th 2009
My meeting with Mike this morning proved really helpful and I finally have some clarity for which to start proper research and begin to develop some physical ideas. Keeping the subject of my dissertation in mind my project will look at the relationship between technology and biological organisms put simply. I want to question what kind of relationship this could be by testing out if technology can succesfully regulate a number of small biological systems or if the demands of these systems could end up actually dictating how the technology works itself. I hope to familiarise myself with the arduino board as the hub for a number of sensors that will keep track of temperature and possibly water levels which well then provide feedback to a computer that will try and regulate some kind of suitable living condition.
Algae, Moss and yeast are a number of examples of the small biological systems I could work with, and I would also need to develop a front end to view probably using Processing or flash. I’ve been pointed in the direction of some interesting examples of some current BioArt that I’ll look into and blog later today to get my bearings including the i-500 project and Symbiotica.
