Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution theconference@mediaevolution.se https://videos.theconference.se Media Evolution is a membership organization that help media industries to innovate and grow. The videos in this podcast are generated at our annual conference The Conference and lectures we arrange throughout the year. http://www.mediaevolution.se en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution Videos generated by Media Evolution Media Evolution is a membership organization that help media industries to innovate and grow. The videos in this podcast are generated at our annual conference The Conference and lectures we arrange throughout the year. http://www.mediaevolution.se media, music, games, publishing, future, social, tv, film, 334841 episodic no https://videos.theconference.se/files/rv0.0/sitelogo.gif https://videos.theconference.se http://videos.theconference.se/susanne-wedlich-natural <p><span><p><b>“Oceans - I am sorry to say this - are covered from top to bottom in slime.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p><p>Life Is Slimey. What is slime? You wonder about that often, don’t you? Susanne Wedlich, the author of the book “Slime - A Natural History” does, too. If you ever write a book that several booksellers refuse to put on the shelves in sheer disgust, you will know that you’re onto something.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Inspired by love stories of snails, Susanne became an expert on slime. Have you realised how much slime is all around us? With the statement “all life is slimey”, Susanne sums up the versatile nature of slime. Sometimes it functions as glue, lubricant, filter or for defence purposes. Sometimes it is part of larger networks like wetlands. There is no exact definition of slime but it is rather a quality of material. Think of stiff water - slime accumulates a lot of water that is bound in a multidimensional network. It has the very cool ability to keep danger away, while remaining open. Have you ever wondered about how to establish healthy boundaries for yourself, while being open for connection with other beings? Slime can do that.</p><p><br></p><p>It is smart and has memory - this was exemplified by an experiment in Tokyo where researchers put slime on a city map and placed oatmeal on the outside edges. Slime then figured out the most effective way to reach the oatmeal. Fascinatingly, the slime trails resembled the actual transportation network map of Tokyo. She concluded her talk with the urge to find and preserve the right balance of slime in our lives: too much and too little is equally bad.</p></span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/susanne-wedlich-natural"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968556/77234397/e38b45566a275140541ff6253a1cb88b/standard/download-9-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77234397 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:58:46 GMT Susanne Wedlich – (Natural) Intelligence “Oceans - I am sorry to say this - are covered from top to bottom in slime.”Life Is Slimey. What is slime? You wonder about that often, don’t you? Susanne Wedlich, the author of the book “Slime - A Natural History” does, too. If you ever write a book that several booksellers refuse to put on the shelves in sheer disgust, you will know that you’re onto something.Inspired by love stories of snails, Susanne became an expert on slime. Have you realised how much slime is all around us? With the statement “all life is slimey”, Susanne sums up the versatile nature of slime. Sometimes it functions as glue, lubricant, filter or for defence purposes. Sometimes it is part of larger networks like wetlands. There is no exact definition of slime but it is rather a quality of material. Think of stiff water - slime accumulates a lot of water that is bound in a multidimensional network. It has the very cool ability to keep danger away, while remaining open. Have you ever wondered about how to establish healthy boundaries for yourself, while being open for connection with other beings? Slime can do that.It is smart and has memory - this was exemplified by an experiment in Tokyo where researchers put slime on a city map and placed oatmeal on the outside edges. Slime then figured out the most effective way to reach the oatmeal. Fascinatingly, the slime trails resembled the actual transportation network map of Tokyo. She concluded her talk with the urge to find and preserve the right balance of slime in our lives: too much and too little is equally bad. “Oceans - I am sorry to say this - are covered from top to bottom in slime.”Life Is Slimey. What is slime? You wonder about that often, don’t you? Susanne Wedlich, the author of the book “Slime - A Natural History” does, too. If you ever write a... Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 27:20 <p><span><p><b>“Oceans - I am sorry to say this - are covered from top to bottom in slime.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p><p>Life Is Slimey. What is slime? You wonder about that often, don’t you? Susanne Wedlich, the author of the book “Slime - A Natural History” does, too. If you ever write a book that several booksellers refuse to put on the shelves in sheer disgust, you will know that you’re onto something.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Inspired by love stories of snails, Susanne became an expert on slime. Have you realised how much slime is all around us? With the statement “all life is slimey”, Susanne sums up the versatile nature of slime. Sometimes it functions as glue, lubricant, filter or for defence purposes. Sometimes it is part of larger networks like wetlands. There is no exact definition of slime but it is rather a quality of material. Think of stiff water - slime accumulates a lot of water that is bound in a multidimensional network. It has the very cool ability to keep danger away, while remaining open. Have you ever wondered about how to establish healthy boundaries for yourself, while being open for connection with other beings? Slime can do that.</p><p><br></p><p>It is smart and has memory - this was exemplified by an experiment in Tokyo where researchers put slime on a city map and placed oatmeal on the outside edges. Slime then figured out the most effective way to reach the oatmeal. Fascinatingly, the slime trails resembled the actual transportation network map of Tokyo. She concluded her talk with the urge to find and preserve the right balance of slime in our lives: too much and too little is equally bad.</p></span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/susanne-wedlich-natural"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968556/77234397/e38b45566a275140541ff6253a1cb88b/standard/download-9-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 intelligence natural intelligence slime http://videos.theconference.se/christina-agapakis-natural <p><span><p><b>"The future is synthetic."</b></p><p><br></p><p>How do you feel about synthetics? Are you thinking about a wildly sticky, static electric, polyester shirt right now? Many of us have negative connotations of synthetics as something unnatural, artificial and based on ancient fossil fueled techniques. The history of science up until now has placed nature by definition as separate and below humans, thereby creating a division between nature and technology.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Christina Agapakis from Gingko Bioworks introduces in her talk the “meatverse”, her vivid vision for society, where we (re)unite technology and nature. She asks big questions like how might we create a new kind of culture around biological development with nature? How might we design biological tools regenerative for all beings without the use of fossil fuels? How might biological programmers log into the ‘wood wide web’ to help co-create new forests?</p><p><br></p><p>She closes her talk with a call to celebrate nature and technology and to reflect how we might use nature without filling the world with garbage.</p></span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/christina-agapakis-natural"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968578/77234587/ebc0ff422cb6f506755288d099cefdcb/standard/download-6-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77234587 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:53:53 GMT Christina Agapakis – (Natural) Intelligence "The future is synthetic."How do you feel about synthetics? Are you thinking about a wildly sticky, static electric, polyester shirt right now? Many of us have negative connotations of synthetics as something unnatural, artificial and based on ancient fossil fueled techniques. The history of science up until now has placed nature by definition as separate and below humans, thereby creating a division between nature and technology.Christina Agapakis from Gingko Bioworks introduces in her talk the “meatverse”, her vivid vision for society, where we (re)unite technology and nature. She asks big questions like how might we create a new kind of culture around biological development with nature? How might we design biological tools regenerative for all beings without the use of fossil fuels? How might biological programmers log into the ‘wood wide web’ to help co-create new forests?She closes her talk with a call to celebrate nature and technology and to reflect how we might use nature without filling the world with garbage. "The future is synthetic."How do you feel about synthetics? Are you thinking about a wildly sticky, static electric, polyester shirt right now? Many of us have negative connotations of synthetics as something unnatural, artificial and based on... Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 22:01 <p><span><p><b>"The future is synthetic."</b></p><p><br></p><p>How do you feel about synthetics? Are you thinking about a wildly sticky, static electric, polyester shirt right now? Many of us have negative connotations of synthetics as something unnatural, artificial and based on ancient fossil fueled techniques. The history of science up until now has placed nature by definition as separate and below humans, thereby creating a division between nature and technology.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Christina Agapakis from Gingko Bioworks introduces in her talk the “meatverse”, her vivid vision for society, where we (re)unite technology and nature. She asks big questions like how might we create a new kind of culture around biological development with nature? How might we design biological tools regenerative for all beings without the use of fossil fuels? How might biological programmers log into the ‘wood wide web’ to help co-create new forests?</p><p><br></p><p>She closes her talk with a call to celebrate nature and technology and to reflect how we might use nature without filling the world with garbage.</p></span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/christina-agapakis-natural"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968578/77234587/ebc0ff422cb6f506755288d099cefdcb/standard/download-6-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 intelligence natural intelligence http://videos.theconference.se/qa-natural-intelligence <p><span><p>Q&amp;A for the session&nbsp;(Natural) Intelligence featuring&nbsp;Susanne Wedlich and&nbsp;Christina Agapakis.<br></p> </span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/qa-natural-intelligence"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968567/77367528/05bb05f20407cf68d4579dcaf2202796/standard/download-11-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> http://videos.theconference.se/photo/77367528 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:53:27 GMT Q&A – (Natural) Intelligence QA for the session(Natural) Intelligence featuringSusanne Wedlich andChristina Agapakis. QA for the session(Natural) Intelligence featuringSusanne Wedlich andChristina Agapakis. Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution 06:20 <p><span><p>Q&amp;A for the session&nbsp;(Natural) Intelligence featuring&nbsp;Susanne Wedlich and&nbsp;Christina Agapakis.<br></p> </span></p><p><a href="http://videos.theconference.se/qa-natural-intelligence"><img src="http://videos.theconference.se/64968567/77367528/05bb05f20407cf68d4579dcaf2202796/standard/download-11-thumbnail.jpg" width="75" height=""/></a></p> 2022 intelligence natural intelligence