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Last week, I was delighted to give a talk at Diversity UK’s Tech Showcase, focusing on the collaborative work we do at Salford University, bringing together art, science, technology, and digital media. It was great to hear the pitches of various companies in the region, so much creative innovation going on.
Last week, I gave a talk for the MA Material Futures at Central St Martins, London. I gave a talk for them a few years ago and it was a real pleasure to return. Here's my manuscript from the talk.
Today, I am in Switzerland, giving a talk about how to utilize social media to build a reputation as a researcher. My take on this is to think about how best to utilize the range of creative media around us, as academics, and to explore the overlap between journalism and academia in that pursuit.
This configuration allows us to develop a holistic approach to nurturing reputation, with community building, and awareness raising, while ensuring that we don't treat the media as a static entity.
We need to ensure that our use of media - social or otherwise - is not just about instrumental values, but about co-creating and innovating as researchers.
Talk given at the Royal College of Art for their Design Interactions programme.
Check out the 2010 schedule, info belowSpeakers include Futurist Ray Kurzweil, Magician-Skeptic James Randi
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 2, 2010 -- Will it be one day become possible to boost human intelligence using brain implants, or create an artificial intelligence smarter than Einstein? In a 1993 paper presented to NASA, science fiction author and mathematician Vernor Vinge called such a hypothetical event a "Singularity", saying "From the human point of view this change will be a throwing away of all the previous rules, perhaps in the blink of an eye". Vinge pointed out that intelligence enhancement could lead to "closing the loop" between intelligence and technology, creating a positive feedback effect.
This August 14-15, hundreds of AI researchers, robotics experts, philosophers, entrepreneurs, scientists, and interested laypeople will converge in San Francisco to address the Singularity and related issues at the only conference on the topic, the Singularity Summit. Experts in fields including animal intelligence, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfacing, tissue regeneration, medical ethics, computational neurobiology, augmented reality, and more will share their latest research and explore its implications for the future of humanity.
"This year, the conference shifts to a focus on neuroscience, bioscience, cognitive enhancement, and other explorations of what Vernor Vinge called 'intelligence amplification' -- the other route to the Singularity," said Michael Vassar, president of the Singularity Institute, which is hosting the event.
Irene Pepperberg, author of "Alex & Me," who has pushed the frontier of animal intelligence with her research on African Gray Parrots, will explore the ethical and practical implications of non-human intelligence enhancement and of the creation of new intelligent life less powerful than ourselves. Futurist-inventor Ray Kurzweil will discuss reverse-engineering the brain and his forthcoming book, How the Mind Works and How to Build One. Allan Synder, Director, Centre for the Mind at the University of Sydney, will explore the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation for the enhancement of narrow cognitive abilities. Joe Tsien will talk about the smarter rats and mice that he created by tuning the molecular substrate of the brain's learning mechanism. Steve Mann, "the world's first cyborg," will demonstrate his latest geek-chic inventions: wearable computers now used by almost 100,000 people.
Other speakers will include magician-skeptic and MacArthur Genius Award winner James Randi; Gregory Stock (Redesigning Humans), former Director of the Program on Medicine, Technology, and Society at UCLA's School of Public Health; Terry Sejnowski, Professor and Laboratory Head, Salk Institute Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, who believes we are just ten years away from being able to upload ourselves; Ellen Heber-Katz, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program at The Wistar Institute, who is investigating the molecular basis of wound regeneration in mutant mice, which can regenerate limbs, hearts, and spinal cords; Anita Goel, MD, physicist, and CEO of nanotechnology company Nanobiosym; and David Hanson, Founder & CEO, Hanson Robotics, who is creating the world's most realistic humanoid robots.
Interested readers can watch videos from past summits and register at www.singularitysummit.com.
My latest press clipping is in the BBC Focus lead feature on 'Superhuman', which runs in the May edition. Check it out for some great visuals and ideas.
Sport technology conference, Malaysia Thursday, 9-10am
Dr. Wolfgang Potthast (K1) biomechanics and sport
muscle adaptation
ana-bolism (hypertrophy) neuronal adaptations strength increase
(BIO POSITIVE EFFECT)
muscle-tendon injuries kata-bolism (over training) strength decrease / injury
(BIO NEGATIVE EFFECTS)
bone - diameter, length, density (can increase due to mechl load) - damage injuries – periostitis, fractures, stress factures
cartilage - stiffer, greater surface - damage injuries – fissures, osteo arthiritis
biomechanics
performance enhancing
and
injury prevention
v close together – cannot easily distinguish
performance enhancing - training interventions - direct info in competition - improvement of equipment
injury prevention - ethical aspects - economical aspects - reduce non-training time
biomechanics, 4 bigger fields - muscle activity (Electromiography) - kinetics, kinematics – movement of pointof origin of body over time and space - kinetic – forces acting on boil structures
focus on kinetic first - forces measured through deformation - which lead to electric signals (force-demaraction characteristics)
limited insights, as need insight into what is generating the force
for skiing
compact body ski position adv
correlations small
ballitic variables relevant in flight
performance determing factors - 3 dimensional kinematics - difficult environmental conditions
time costs - 3 months prep - 1 day measuring - 1 year analysis
unapplicable for standard performance analysis - manual digitisation – 12,000 clicks per trial
semi-automatic digitisation: - reflective markers on landmarks - video camera to record motion - software detects markers
markerless tracking - ‘time of fight’ – light beam detects movement; time difference to reach light sensor, can calculate - 3 dimensional reconstruction
injury prevention - to prvent athletes fom injuries, t injury mechanisms have to be understood - internal forces and mechl stresses must be known - measuring external forces not sufficient
internal loadin measuremenet s- in vivo measurement of Achilles tendon Komi 91, komi and belli 96 - inserted pin into achilles and measured forces - subsequently used optic fibre technique – needle used to insert fibre, then removed leaving only fibre
in vivo measurement of intradiscal pressure nachemson and morris 63, wilkie et al 2001
in vivo measurment of hip joint forces (prosthetics) graichenn and Bergmann 1991
challenges accurate and valid diagnostic tools for strength measurements fast, easy tools for accurate motion capturing tools to detect motion of bony structures fast, non-invasive, without radiation (models?)
Hamdan Ahmad Quality Improvement in Sport: Change Through Teamwork
hamdan215@salam.uitm.edu.my
ME: philosophy of ‘new thinking’ something related to web 2.0
other factors influ effectiveness of organisation - more than poduct
requires commitment by entire organisation to improve quality
implementing of change process
ME: link to theories of technological change
greatest effect on sport quality - enhance team spirit
Teaching strategies for students with disabilities in outdoor education program Nagoor Meera Abdullah
kayak wall climing XX night walk
Video Technology and Coaching dr barrie Wilson Institut Sukan Negara, Majlis Sukan Negara, Malaysia previously uni of queensland and otago
Mohd Irwan Nawa CyberSports (Malaysian Gamers online)
how technology world influenced by sports
first time addressing sports community
refers to pc games competitions between human players has evolved to stadiu level spoectror sport with massive cash pries formal tournament rules and regs rapidly evolving ports techniques to cater for platyers demands recognition as official sport in Korea, China and US
ME: doping control?
successful cyberathletes possess following 1. high degree of computer literacy 2. strong mental agility and dexterity 3. intensive training 4. disciplined 5. free from drugs and smoking (healthy lifestyle)
cyberathletes are also stricthly subject to rules and no particupant nder 16 allowed to participant
World CyberGsames (Korea)
‘cyubergames are a business with high-added value based on knowl and cutlrual creativitiy – south Korean president kim dae jung
world’s biggest cybergames tournament attracting
CyberAthlete Professional League (CPl) -0 US$1.0 million and sponsored by Intel, NVIDA, Hitach
Electronic Sports World Cup (France)
Asian CyberGames Tournament (China) - gov sponsored
south korea – branding
Samsung invests over $12m yearly in wCG korea and is
US – commerciability - cpl attracts large sponsorship
Singapore – gov support - gov active promoter of cybergames resulted in Singapore awarded host nation of WCG
France – event and online technologies - organiser provdiued world wide online match broadcasts, live streaming and ciomp logistics - technology partners
Popular Cybersports
CounterStrike – 5v5 player WarCraft III ProEvo Soccer IV
ME: but apart from the final one, the others are not sports games.
athlete vs Cyber athlete nhow become cyberathlete
national shuttlecock plater Lee Chong wei – won RM 346, 653 in one year ($28,000 month) in us Fatal1ty – RM 8777,800
Challenges
Endorsement Support Awareness Spectators Negative perception of Computer and video games
bun@mygozone.com
Questions and Answers
Question: how enjoy as spectator? a: commentary now compulsory in tournament M:E culture of gaming
managing diverse personalities in sport Wee Eng Hoe, PhD Faculty Sport Sci and Rec Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia
Developing Quick Tennis
designed to suit special people – ‘the Dwarf’
4ft 10inches or less at adult height is category of dwarf – genetic
ball bsall is 7cm – 9cm, weights 15g-32g diff from normal softer, lighter, bouncing rater slower easy for dwarf
racket 55cm long – much shorter than normal
Globalisation and the Malaysian Sports Industry Aminuddin Yusof,
characs
culturally - greater international cultural exchange - greter international travel and tourism - spread of local foods to other countries - world wide fads and popular culture such as pokemonm sudoku - world wide sports such as FIFA and Olympics
internationalization of sports
international diffusion of sports
Malaysian version of tour de france
international mediatization of sports
Malaysian sports industry - young and emerging industry - comprise mainly of small to med-sized businesses - most companies do not see themselves as part of a broader sports industry
development of IPR
role ofUni - data collection and info center: no data in Malaysia to describe sports industry and its performance - sport management programes - business skills for coaches and former athletes
11am
dual sensor push up sensor
Talent Identification
Hou Bin (China) talent discovered 10 yrs ago paralympian Athens 2004 best performance
7 types of disabilities - intellectual visual hearing cerebral palsy amputation spinal cord injury dwarf
how to get more people active at elite level?
correlation of personal factors and or program competency affecting self – employability o sport science graduates tan chee hian university putra Malaysia
Questions and Answers
question: is it uni responsibility to ensure employability for graduates?
Effectiveness of Info dissemination in Institution of Higher Learning: a case study of sporting acilities in UiTM
230pm
northwest university of south Africa
seih kok chi Olympic Council in Malaysia (OCM) involved since 1971 as volunteer
structure sports officials development
existing structure national-state system
national sports associations 14 states sports asocs each state has one vote statee sports assoc members are clubs, indivs, schools. all members have a vote)
national, states and districts sports bodies aere all governing bodies
responsib for encorce rules, monitoring coordination, etc
central agency
development programmes implements by members
is there a need for so many tiers of governance
too much politics
rewards not on performance but relationships
background of sports managers is mainly competition management
growth of asian games first games in 1951, 6 sports, 57 events, 489(F31) 2006 43 429
performance of asia in Olympic games south asia – pakistan, Bangladesh…. won no gold medals at Olympic games since 1992
ME: mention talent pooling.
in multisports games, must be a lot of teams.
