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2010
Loke, Kar-Seng; Egerton, Simon
Automated Eye on Nature (AEON) and the Were-Tigers of Belum Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Egerton, Simon; Johnson, Brian David (Ed.): In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science – Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10), pp. 261-270, IOS Press, 2010.
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@inproceedings{Loke2010,
title = { Automated Eye on Nature (AEON) and the Were-Tigers of Belum},
author = {Kar-Seng Loke and Simon Egerton},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Simon Egerton and Brian David Johnson},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-639-3-261},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-07-01},
urldate = {2010-07-01},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science \textendash Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10)},
pages = {261-270},
publisher = {IOS Press},
abstract = {Environmental biodiversity, of flora and fauna, is a direct indicator of the general health of the environment and surrounding ecosystem. Ecologists expend a great deal of time and effort collecting this raw data, targeting key biotic indicator taxa, also called bio-indicators. However, methods for collecting bioindicator data largely remain a laborious, time-consuming and manual process. This paper proposes a visionary idea of developing an automated global sensor network for the collection of key bio-indicators, which is an inherently diverse and complex problem, spanning environmental extremes. We outline the ideas for our Automated Eye on Nature in the first part of the paper and then explore an application of the technology in our fictional prototype. The prototype explores potential social and cultural issues involved with deploying this technology which highlights possible complications, which might then be considered and usefully fed back into the initial design phase. We conclude with some open questions that consider how ecologists and other scientists might exploit the capabilities this envisioned technology provides.},
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Environmental biodiversity, of flora and fauna, is a direct indicator of the general health of the environment and surrounding ecosystem. Ecologists expend a great deal of time and effort collecting this raw data, targeting key biotic indicator taxa, also called bio-indicators. However, methods for collecting bioindicator data largely remain a laborious, time-consuming and manual process. This paper proposes a visionary idea of developing an automated global sensor network for the collection of key bio-indicators, which is an inherently diverse and complex problem, spanning environmental extremes. We outline the ideas for our Automated Eye on Nature in the first part of the paper and then explore an application of the technology in our fictional prototype. The prototype explores potential social and cultural issues involved with deploying this technology which highlights possible complications, which might then be considered and usefully fed back into the initial design phase. We conclude with some open questions that consider how ecologists and other scientists might exploit the capabilities this envisioned technology provides.
McCullagh, Paul
Voices from the Interface Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Egerton, Simon; Johnson, Brian David (Ed.): In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science – Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10), pp. 251-260, IOS Press, 2010.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
@inproceedings{McCullagh2010,
title = {Voices from the Interface},
author = {Paul McCullagh},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Simon Egerton and Brian David Johnson},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-639-3-251},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-07-01},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science \textendash Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10)},
pages = {251-260},
publisher = {IOS Press},
abstract = {This is a fictional story, which marries technological advances in the field of brain computer interfacing (BCI) with the writer's interest in music, film, sport and science fiction. It occurs in two years, at the time of the London Olympics. The technology mentioned in the story is either working in specialist laboratories around the world, or indeed is under development. The aspect whereby the BCI provides a telepathic duplex communication system between humans may be plausible sometime in the future, but currently is the realms of science fiction. The information provided as the context to the imagined dialog is true and can be evidenced by appropriate searching.},
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This is a fictional story, which marries technological advances in the field of brain computer interfacing (BCI) with the writer's interest in music, film, sport and science fiction. It occurs in two years, at the time of the London Olympics. The technology mentioned in the story is either working in specialist laboratories around the world, or indeed is under development. The aspect whereby the BCI provides a telepathic duplex communication system between humans may be plausible sometime in the future, but currently is the realms of science fiction. The information provided as the context to the imagined dialog is true and can be evidenced by appropriate searching.
Clarke, Graham; Lear, Malcolm
We all wear dark glasses now Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Egerton, Simon; Johnson, Brian David (Ed.): In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science – Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10), pp. 242-250, IOS Press, 2010.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
@inproceedings{Clarke2010,
title = {We all wear dark glasses now},
author = {Graham Clarke and Malcolm Lear},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Simon Egerton and Brian David Johnson},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-639-3-242},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-07-01},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science \textendash Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10)},
pages = {242-250},
publisher = {IOS Press},
abstract = {The story describes a world of the future in which there are two entirely different groups of people, one involved in the development and reproduction of the industrial base of the country and ruled by a centrally controlled virtual reality that is subject to constant innovation through a totally controlling fashion machine. The ruling group who control and maintain the other group have access to the full richness of the technology they administer and use to keep the world in order and are free to experience reality in an entirely different way. This is about the way that a breakdown in the system is dealt with and is told from the perspective of a third party observing these two groups.},
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The story describes a world of the future in which there are two entirely different groups of people, one involved in the development and reproduction of the industrial base of the country and ruled by a centrally controlled virtual reality that is subject to constant innovation through a totally controlling fashion machine. The ruling group who control and maintain the other group have access to the full richness of the technology they administer and use to keep the world in order and are free to experience reality in an entirely different way. This is about the way that a breakdown in the system is dealt with and is told from the perspective of a third party observing these two groups.
Reyes, Angelica; Espinosa, Ruth S. Contreras
Mdi Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Egerton, Simon; Johnson, Brian David (Ed.): In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science – Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10), pp. 233-241, IOS Press, 2010.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
@inproceedings{Reyes2010,
title = { Mdi},
author = {Angelica Reyes and Ruth S. Contreras Espinosa},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Simon Egerton and Brian David Johnson},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-639-3-233},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-07-01},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science \textendash Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10)},
pages = {233-241},
publisher = {IOS Press},
abstract = {The story that we present tries to take readers on a journey of technological marvel, and attempts to show a little view of what the future can be like. After all, the sky's the ceiling, and we are far from our limits. Our story develops the action in the Earth and mention Kepler 4b and Kepler 7B planets to show that distances there are not a problem anymore and everybody can travel from one planet to other like we do using the subway in a city. We do not get into the problems of analyse the specific physical characteristics of each planet neither to explain how humans achieve to live there. We only want to show that in a world of disruptive technologies and innovation, the imagination is and will always be a wonderful tool.},
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pubstate = {published},
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The story that we present tries to take readers on a journey of technological marvel, and attempts to show a little view of what the future can be like. After all, the sky's the ceiling, and we are far from our limits. Our story develops the action in the Earth and mention Kepler 4b and Kepler 7B planets to show that distances there are not a problem anymore and everybody can travel from one planet to other like we do using the subway in a city. We do not get into the problems of analyse the specific physical characteristics of each planet neither to explain how humans achieve to live there. We only want to show that in a world of disruptive technologies and innovation, the imagination is and will always be a wonderful tool.
Johnson, Brian David
Brain Machines Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Egerton, Simon; Johnson, Brian David (Ed.): In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science – Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10), pp. 204-220, IOS Press, 2010.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
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title = {Brain Machines},
author = {Brian David Johnson},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Simon Egerton and Brian David Johnson},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-639-3-204},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-07-01},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science \textendash Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10)},
pages = {204-220},
publisher = {IOS Press},
abstract = {This story is a Science fiction (SF) prototype and serves as an example application of the process of Science Fiction (SF) prototyping as a design tool. This story should be read in conjunction with Science Fiction for Scientists!! An Introduction to SF Prototypes and Brain Machines (also included with this edition). A brief epiloge follows the story, explaining the implications and results of the story on the original research upon which it was based, giving the scientists an innovative tool to continue their development. Illustrations by WinkStink.},
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pubstate = {published},
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This story is a Science fiction (SF) prototype and serves as an example application of the process of Science Fiction (SF) prototyping as a design tool. This story should be read in conjunction with Science Fiction for Scientists!! An Introduction to SF Prototypes and Brain Machines (also included with this edition). A brief epiloge follows the story, explaining the implications and results of the story on the original research upon which it was based, giving the scientists an innovative tool to continue their development. Illustrations by WinkStink.
Johnson, Brian David
Science Fiction for Scientists!! An Introduction to SF Prototypes and Brain Machines Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Egerton, Simon; Johnson, Brian David (Ed.): Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Creative Science – Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10), pp. 195-203, IOS Press, 2010.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
@inproceedings{Johnson2010b,
title = { Science Fiction for Scientists!! An Introduction to SF Prototypes and Brain Machines},
author = {Brian David Johnson},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Simon Egerton and Brian David Johnson},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-639-3-195},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-07-01},
urldate = {2010-07-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Creative Science \textendash Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10)},
pages = {195-203},
publisher = {IOS Press},
abstract = {This paper describes the process of Science Fiction (SF) prototyping as a design tool. An overview of the SF prototyping process is given, followed by a brisk overview of the relationship between science fictiona dn science fact as see in fiction, movies and comic books. Finally we finish up by discussion a specific SF prototype, the research and writings that fed into the process and the outcomes from the application and use. This paper should be read in conjunction with the short story Brain Machines (also included in this edition).},
keywords = {Science Fiction Prototyping},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
This paper describes the process of Science Fiction (SF) prototyping as a design tool. An overview of the SF prototyping process is given, followed by a brisk overview of the relationship between science fictiona dn science fact as see in fiction, movies and comic books. Finally we finish up by discussion a specific SF prototype, the research and writings that fed into the process and the outcomes from the application and use. This paper should be read in conjunction with the short story Brain Machines (also included in this edition).
Callaghan, Vic
Tales From a Pod Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Egerton, Simon; Johnson, Brian David (Ed.): In proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science – Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10), pp. 223-232, IOS Press, 2010.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
@inproceedings{Callaghan2010,
title = {Tales From a Pod},
author = {Vic Callaghan},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Simon Egerton and Brian David Johnson},
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year = {2010},
date = {2010-07-01},
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booktitle = {In proceedings of 1st International Workshop on Creative Science \textendash Science Fiction Prototyping for Research Innovation (CS'10)},
pages = {223-232},
publisher = {IOS Press},
series = {Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments},
abstract = {In this Science-Fiction Prototyping article, I present an imaginative forward look at how artificial intelligence and virtual environments might change the nature of future education. The discussion is intended to be a somewhat speculative and thought-provoking journey into what may be possible. At its root, it imagines a future time when the technological singularity has been reached, and machine intelligence and interaction are equal to or surpasses that of people. I do this by means of a fictional reflection on how life might be in the future, a set of four small vignettes and a discussion of the factual research inspiring these views.},
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In this Science-Fiction Prototyping article, I present an imaginative forward look at how artificial intelligence and virtual environments might change the nature of future education. The discussion is intended to be a somewhat speculative and thought-provoking journey into what may be possible. At its root, it imagines a future time when the technological singularity has been reached, and machine intelligence and interaction are equal to or surpasses that of people. I do this by means of a fictional reflection on how life might be in the future, a set of four small vignettes and a discussion of the factual research inspiring these views.
2009
Johnson, Brian David
Nebulous Mechanisms Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Kameas, Achilles; Reyes, Angélica; Royo, Dolors; Weber, Michael (Ed.): In Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, pp. 9-18, IOS Press, 2009.
Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
@inproceedings{Johnson2009b,
title = {Nebulous Mechanisms},
author = {Brian David Johnson},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Achilles Kameas and Ang\'{e}lica Reyes and Dolors Royo and Michael Weber},
url = {https://ebooks.iospress.nl/doi/10.3233/978-1-60750-034-6-9},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-034-6-9},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments},
pages = {9-18},
publisher = {IOS Press},
keywords = {Science Fiction Prototyping},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Johnson, Brian David
Science Fiction Prototypes Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Future and Love Science Fiction Proceedings Article
In: Callaghan, Vic; Kameas, Achilles; Reyes, Angélica; Royo, Dolors; Weber, Michael (Ed.): In Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, pp. 3-8, IOS Press, 2009.
Links | BibTeX | Altmetric | Tags: Science Fiction Prototyping
@inproceedings{Johnson2009,
title = {Science Fiction Prototypes Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Future and Love Science Fiction},
author = {Brian David Johnson},
editor = {Vic Callaghan and Achilles Kameas and Ang\'{e}lica Reyes and Dolors Royo and Michael Weber},
url = {https://ebooks.iospress.nl/doi/10.3233/978-1-60750-034-6-3},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-60750-034-6-3},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Environments},
pages = {3-8},
publisher = {IOS Press},
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