[Synapse elist] War in the Age of Intelligent Machines

[Mari Velonaki]

Hello everyone,

How do i see this project? They are some things that we can do. This  
does not mean that we should do them..

Leave the cockroaches alone!

mari

On 14/04/2008, at 4:24 PM, Melinda Rackham wrote:

> hi all,
> great to see this discussion happening!
>
> Given that cockroaches will survive into the nuclear future, and
> seeing we are talking about intelligent machines..  how do you all
> see this project by Garnet Hertz?
>
> http://www.conceptlab.com/roachbot/
>
> "Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot" is an experimental mechanism that
> uses a living Madagascan hissing cockroach atop a modified trackball
> to control a three-wheeled robot. If the cockroach moves left, the
> robot moves left. Infrared sensors also provide navigation feedback
> to the cockroach, striving to create a pseudo-intelligent system with
> the cockroach as the CPU.
>
>
> warm regards,
> Melinda
>
> ++++++++++++
> Dr Melinda Rackham
> Executive Director
> Australian Network for Art and Technology
> +61 (0)8 8231 9037
> +61 (0)410 596 592
> http://www.anat.org.au
> director at anat.org.au
>

Dr Mari Velonaki
Media art & Interface design

Centre for Social Robotics
Australian Centre for Field Robotics
ARC Centre of Excellence in Autonomous Systems
The Rose Street Building  J04
The University of Sydney  2006, Australia
  www.acfr.usyd.edu.au
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