"Real-world plant species identification based on deep convolutional neural networks and visual attention": https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03853v2 #FFHCI
"Real-world plant species identification based on deep convolutional neural networks and visual attention": https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03853v2 #FFHCI
Factorsynth is a new kind of musical tool. It uses machine learning techniques to decompose any input sound into a set of temporal and spectral elements:
https://www.jjburred.com/software/factorsynth/index.html
2018 Biophilic Design Award: https://living-future.org/stephen-kellert-biophilic-design-award
Biophilic Design Map: https://maps.living-future.org/ #Biophilia #Design #Architecture
"Detection and Analysis of Content Creator Collaborations in Youtube Videos using Face Recognition": https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.01887 Code: https://github.com/lodemo/CATANA
John Cleese on #Creativity In Management. Absolutely genius talks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMpdPrm6Ul4
“No one can be close to others, without also having frequent opportunities to be alone” - Christopher Alexander, in "A Pattern Language" (1977)
"Equisetum" ("horsetail") is a truly fascinating "living fossil" plant. It is the single surviving genus of a group of plants, dominant in the age before the dinosaurs (100m+ years ago): https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/ajob-ndp050411.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetum #Biophilia #Nature
Natural playgrounds more beneficial to children, inspire more play, study finds:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121011135036.htm
Children who play on playgrounds that incorporate natural elements like logs and flowers tend to be more active than those who play on traditional playgrounds with metal and brightly colored equipment, according to a recent UT study.
Biophilia and productivity: https://www.planteriagroup.com/blog/biophilia-white-paper-/29
Plants in the workspace can have a remarkable impact on employee well-being, both from the biological impact of their presence and the psychological benefit being involved in decision making can have.
Biophilia Directory: https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/green-innovation/in-the-region/biophilia-network/biophilia-pittsburgh-directory
Biophilia - "Literally meaning ‘a love of life or living things’, it is a hypothesis that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophilia_hypothesis
The biggest organism in the world is a mycelium that spreads across 3.8 km (2,384 acres) in Oregon’s Blue Mountains. It’s called Armillaria Mellea, or the honey fungus, and is thought to be over 2,000 years old: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/ http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141114-the-biggest-organism-in-the-world
IKEA in India: Culture Centered Design Strategy:
http://nitibhan.com/2018/07/07/ikea-in-india-culture-centered-design-strategy/
The takeaway for culture centered design isn’t that “India” will receive one singular design aesthetic or product line but that each one of India’s cultures, both traditional and modern, will be catered to. That is powerful.
"Die Pflanze als Spiegel der Seele" - talk by Wolf-Dieter Storl (2h, German only)
This advertising for a swiss private bank perfectly expresses the meaning of "responsibility" (ethics, governance, transparency, ecology, etc.) in late capitalism. #Ethics
"Kyoto und die Zen-Kultur" - 1h Documentary (german only)
Karlfried Graf Dürckheim (1896 – 1988). A German diplomat, psychotherapist & Zen Master:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlfried_Graf_D%C3%BCrckheim
A Zen Nazi in Wartime Japan: Count Dürckheim and his Sources—D.T. Suzuki, Yasutani Haku’un and Eugen Herrigel: https://apjjf.org/2014/12/3/Brian-Victoria/4063/article.html
Playlist with more videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV4uV6GKLmOuxXCo7-ZeFo9ffmMdUspGt
The final entry in Kurt Tucholsky's Notebook (1935). (found via @CyrilCostines)
A Staircase: Speaking. Writing. Silence.
A New Politics for an Age of Crisis - talk by George Monbiot
"The deceptive promise of free trade" - new documentary (40min, English) by @dw_freedom, on the complexities of global trade. #Documentary #Politics
The Sound of Pixels: "Given a video of a musical performance, CSAIL’s deep-learning system can make individual instruments louder or softer": http://news.mit.edu/2018/ai-editing-music-videos-pixelplayer-csail-0705 http://sound-of-pixels.csail.mit.edu/ #ML #Generative #Music