prosthetic knowledge
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Woven Sound by Tim Blackwell via reaktorplayer
refers to the weaving of images with live sound. Incoming sound is digitised by the computer into a stream of left and right audio samples. In the woven sound algorithm, each stream becomes a linear thread, with samples mapped to pixel values. The threads can be woven in various ways, but a simple and effective weave is to use a warp and weft threading, so that left samples become the vertical warp and right samples become the horizontal weft. For continuity, the threads are doubled-back at the image edge.
In a live weave, the patterns are made in real time; each image represents several seconds of sound.
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What are Complex Adaptive Systems?
Complexity Theory
Gradually as scientists of all disciplines explored these phenomena a new theory emerged - complexity theory, A theory based on relationships, emergence, patterns and iterations. A theory that maintains that the universe is full of systems, weather systems, immune systems, social systems etc and that these systems are complex and constantly adapting to their environment. Hence complex adaptive systems. Complex Adaptive Systems These can be illustrated as in the following diagram.
The agents in the system are all the components of that system. For example the air and water molecules in a weather system, and flora and fauna in an ecosystem. These agents interact and connect with each other in unpredictable and unplanned ways. But from this mass of interactions regularities emerge and start to form a pattern which feeds back on the system and informs the interactions of the agents.
via smarterplanet
