Category Archives for Temporary Expert
Temporary Expert with Stefani Bardin
Temp Expert: Undersea Wireless Research
Found this really interesting article about how some students in Buffalo are developing a way to communicate wireless underwater. At the moment, most research institutes still use sound waves and radio signals. “The reason for developing underwater wireless Internet isn’t … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Communicating with Coral
After my unsure feelings and branching out last week, I took some time to re-visit all the different ideas that I’ve had so far for the project. What I landed on was that I’ve been unsure about how to deal … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Possible Variant Paths
Since my presentation, I’ve been exploring some ideas that had come out while during my research but hadn’t quite made it into the current project idea that I have. I started by looking at inter-coral communication and the idea of … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Making Museums Moral Again
“When the artists go, resistance goes, and rebellion is the foundation of interesting art and a moral life.” I was skimming the recently assigned article (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/design/making-museums-moral-again.html?_r=0), very intrigued. For one, I used to think my path lay in museum studies. … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Ceramic Coral Reef
Hey, look at this cool ceramic coral project: http://pbsdigitalstudios.tumblr.com/post/141446601780/itscolossal-new-ceramic-coral-reefs-by-courtney
Temp Expert, Wk 5: It’s great when the expert is your friend
I mentioned earlier that when I was assigned biodiversity that my mind immediately jumped to coral, and I credit this to the fact that my childhood friend (soon to be Dr. Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn) is studying White Band Disease for her … Continue reading
Temp Expert, Wk 4
This week I decided to delve deeper into my research on coral reefs. Now, normally I wouldn’t advocate Wikipedia for serious research but I find that Wikipedia is great for exploratory practices. So, I opened the article on coral reefs … Continue reading
Temp Expert, Wk 3: Readings
*Cracks knuckles* Here we go. I take these readings as a good sign that I’ve switched into this class. 1. I love reading 2. I love interdisciplinary exploits 3. String theory and multiple realities is hella cool But in all … Continue reading
Temp Expert, Wk 2: Readings on Design/Thoughts on Diversity
So, I just joined the class and catching up on all the readings. I was thrilled to see we had design related reading this week because I’ve wanted to get a solid foundation in design principles. I also couldn’t be … Continue reading