Showing posts with label Cortex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cortex. Show all posts

20100414

Archetypal Self-organized Systems

I want to see something like Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, or Powaanisqatsi but with science. I imagine the title would be something like "Biological Cybernetics" but in a language not English. The gist : take high resolution footage of biological and technological processes, and group systems with common underlying dynamics into chapters.



Example chapters might include

  • swarms : birds, fish, ants, bees, locusts, robots, simulations, people, herds
  • dendritic growth : trees, neurons, cities, vasculature, coral, slime mold, fractures in pavement, erosion
  • vascular transport : dendritic growth, but zoom in on the things that move around inside
  • dividing systems : mostly just cellular life here, maybe some crystal growth, time-lapse industrial development
  • decay processes : oxidization, rot, death
  • pattern formation : animal coat patterns, chemical reaction diffusion systems, genetic patterning in embryos, cortical patterns
  • burning systems : fires, slowed down explosions, disease propagation in plant tissue, disease propagation in bacterial culture, disease propagation in society, certain brain waves
  • waves : water, air, brains, dunes, traffic, light, electrons, sound
  • oscillatory systems : planetary orbits, shifting seasons, tides, cycles of reproduction, day/night wake/sleep, breathing, heartbeat, cellular oscillations