Event 1- blog post

MEMORY MACHINE April 18, 5:00 pm 

Starting off this event the presenter presented us with clouds and described how they are like giant data clouds because they hold so much of the memory of our time and times before them. I feel like this thought just connected so much to the topic of robotics and art because instead of letting a cloud just be a fluffy thing in the sky he connected it to our memory and to understand memory we must first understand robotics and the memory within robotics to understand what he meant by memory. He also described how scientists are trying to figure out how clouds change and use that to learn more about the world and to do that they have to create virtual clouds online to understand patterns which is very cool combining math and science. 

Simulation of clouds 

He moved on to talk about this thing called Nano Noise.  It's like listening to really tiny sounds that we can't hear normally. To try to understand it more he imagined what it would be like to stand on an eardrum and hear all the tiny noises around us, like a super-secret world of whispers. he also said that the noise that we hear back is the noise that our ears reflect back on the vibrations from the noise that we have listened to and that is extremely hard to wrap my head around but connected to one of the lectures on sound.

Example of hearing like an eardrum

he then talked about another thing that could hold memory which is wind, he said "Imagine if wind could carry messages". Sometimes, when we feel a breeze, it's like the wind is whispering secrets from far away. But in some places, like detention centers, where people can't share the same air, it feels like the breeze is lonely. Memory Machines are a way to help us understand how everything around us is connected, like how the wind and water tell stories if we listen closely. But even though we want memories to stay the same, sometimes they change.

Example of listening through in a detention center

References:

Vesna, Victoria. “ROBOTICS part 1” Bruinlearn, https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/183769/pages/unit-3-view?module_item_id=6671238

Vesna, Victoria. “ROBOTICS part 2” Bruinlearn, https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/183769/pages/unit-3-view?module_item_id=6671238

Vesna, Victoria. “ROBOTICS part 3” Bruinlearn, https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/183769/pages/unit-3-view?module_item_id=6671238

 

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