Turning an analysis of Asimov's Foundation into art
Oct 2021, phys.org
Just a great example of cross-disciplinary data art and network science, via Datapolis and the Central European University in Budapest: Milán Janosov, Flóra Borsi, Asimov's foundation—turning a data story into an NFT artwork. arXiv:2109.15079v1 [physics.soc-ph], arxiv.org/abs/2109.15079
See also this thing which I don't understand called an NFT platform: https://foundation.app/@milanjanosov/~/92747
Some interesting bits noted in the article:
- We found that among the most mentioned keywords there were three different planets.
- Different planets play different roles in the book. That's why we started to look at the emotional arcs of these planets.
- We extracted a series of sentences about each planet, and we used a happiness scoring algorithm to create their emotional arc.
- The arc of Trantor was going down, and that coincided with the fact that both Trantor and the galactic were also falling during the series; while on the other hand, Terminus, which is the heart of the Foundation, slowly rises.
Then they take an 8,000-word network graph and run it in the chronological order of the book, with the planets linking the words associated with them, but rising and falling throughout the arc of the narrative. So now it's a video. And they made their own soundtrack.
Post Script:
How does the brain interpret computer languages?
Mar 2021, Ars Technica
Interestingly, code-solving activated parts of the multiple-demand network that are not activated when solving math problems. So the brain doesn’t tackle it as language or logic -- it appears to be its own thing.
via MIT, Tufts: Comprehension of computer code relies primarily on domain-general executive brain regions. Anna A Ivanova et al. eLife, 2020. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58906
Post Post Script:
In a neuroprosthetic first, ALS patient sends social media message via brain-computer interface
Jan 2022, phys.org
It's called the Stentrode Brain Computer Interface, developed by brain computer interface company Synchron.
The real news here is that it's blurred the line over what we call invasive neural implants, since it was snaked through his jugular vein. This allows us to get really good signals from your brain without having to drill a hole in your head.
via Synchron Press Release, "First Tweet by Implanted BCI", Dec 2021
Image credit: Asimovs Foundation - Janosov and Borsi - 2021
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