Month: March 2024

STEM and STEAM differ by the letter ‘A:’ the Arts. As motivation, consider an alternate ‘A’: Apple, Inc. Presently the most highly-valued publicly-traded company, one might speculate which competitive advantages have helped it realize this position. While underlying circuits, algorithms, and associated engineering are clearly important contributors to Apple’s success, their masterful integration with world-class design — both of physical, visual, and interaction varieties — has been central to Apple’s attainments.

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Faculty:

Brygg Ulmer

As researchers and practitioners seek to operationalize peripheral interaction, many key questions remain unresolved. Where might such technologically-mediated interventions best be deployed? What might they look like? How might such deployments age and evolve through time?Toward engaging these questions, one path is to consider related exemplars from centuries past, and use these to inform forward looking prototypes and envisionments. With an eye toward the future of peripheral interaction and as description of our particular trajectory, we begin by reflecting on early “tangible bits” peripheral interaction experiences. We follow these with ancient examples from the walls of Lascaux, Ur, and Babylon. Drawing from these inspirations, we illustrate and discuss three grounding envisionments upon the halls and walls of habitable spaces.

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Faculty:

Brygg Ulmer

Alexandre Siqueira

Chris Branton

Miriam Konkel

The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture is excited to announce a new initiative, the ANFA Doctoral Platform, inviting early career and doctoral researchers from all levels to participate and present at this upcoming event series.

The platform presents an invaluable opportunity for prospective participants to share their work with a wider audience of academia and practice and provide an opportunity to receive feedback or inspire future researchers in neuro-design related fields investigating human neurophysiological response to the built environment.

The first meeting took place February 29, 2024 with presenters Dr. Sneha Jain, Qi Yang, and Nour Tawil. More information about the platform can be found here.