https://michaelsedbon.com michaelsedbon Sat, 09 Apr 2022 09:05:12 +0000 https://michaelsedbon.com en https://michaelsedbon.com/Living-Computations Sat, 09 Apr 2022 09:05:12 +0000 michaelsedbon https://michaelsedbon.com/Living-Computations Living Computations Bio-Hybrid machines manipulating organisms through rules implemented in soft and hardware. These projects look at how biology influences computer science conceptually and at the impact of the implementation of computation and computational thinking to politics, technology and research in biology. Cryptographic Beings Digital storage on vegetal media ▓▓ Binary logic ▓▓ Photosynthetic computing ▓▓ Living Bit ▓▓ Cladophora Aeophilis (Marimo) More infos <img width="4029" height="2146" width_o="4029" height_o="2146" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fbc4b6b69e06725682bca16b43423e9c3dac2d5f5d12de563873e2d824f05b8/RK_00209-straight.jpg" data-mid="141644492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fbc4b6b69e06725682bca16b43423e9c3dac2d5f5d12de563873e2d824f05b8/RK_00209-straight.jpg" /> Cmd: Experiment In Bio Algorithmic Politics <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe14148c50259b9784e261be1ff314320f981634ec08399e0b711626e4e15012/thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="139154831" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe14148c50259b9784e261be1ff314320f981634ec08399e0b711626e4e15012/thumbnail.jpg" /> Evolutionary driven ressource allocation in an artificial ecosystem▓▓ Genetic Algorythms▓▓ Emergent politics▓▓ Financial system▓▓ Cyanobacteria (Spirulina) More infos Alt-C Digital money growing on trees▓▓ Genetic Algorythms▓▓ Plant Microbial Fuel Cells▓▓ Financial Markets▓▓ Photosynthesis More infos <img width="5000" height="2797" width_o="5000" height_o="2797" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b90b63e9ad6ecb56fc7b6c22bdf021a699ccdbc3575edd9cac470114974668e4/thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="139154832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b90b63e9ad6ecb56fc7b6c22bdf021a699ccdbc3575edd9cac470114974668e4/thumbnail.jpg" /> Ctrl <img width="3598" height="3111" width_o="3598" height_o="3111" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e119f9b27d152a00db02ca89804895d1d37fbd9116787e57c5db822dea9e5dc7/thumnailjpg.jpg" data-mid="139154834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e119f9b27d152a00db02ca89804895d1d37fbd9116787e57c5db822dea9e5dc7/thumnailjpg.jpg" /> Unicellular organisms playing videogames▓▓ Cybernetics▓▓ Living Game of life▓▓ Bio Digital Interfaces▓▓ Physarum polycephalum (Slime Mold) More infos https://michaelsedbon.com/Research-curie Sat, 02 Apr 2022 19:08:30 +0000 michaelsedbon https://michaelsedbon.com/Research-curie Research I am currently involved in several research projects including basic research in electrical signaling in yeast communities as part of Pascal Hersen’s Team at Institut Curie in Paris and the IGEM 2022 Team of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research where we aim to design bioelectrical components and circuits in bacteria communities Please get in touch for more information This page detail previous research projects Bacterial-based Electronic Circuits&nbsp; <img width="3247" height="1635" width_o="3247" height_o="1635" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88490007e39517f55042178ae2ff6ae2dcddc282ba6f7283469f963b51745a0b/main.PNG" data-mid="141464117" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88490007e39517f55042178ae2ff6ae2dcddc282ba6f7283469f963b51745a0b/main.PNG" /> Interfacing cells with electronics through SynBio. Electrical control and monitoring of gene expression Work In Progress ▓▓ Ion Channels▓▓ Electro-genetics▓▓ Synthetic Biology▓▓ Hardware for Wetware▓▓ µFluidics▓▓ iGEM 2022 Get in touch for More infos Electro-Biology of Yeast communities Ion Channel based Signaling DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SIGNALING AND GENE EXPRESSION, PASCAL HERSEN Work In Progress ▓▓ Ion Channels▓▓ Electrical state and metabolism ▓▓ Multicellularity ▓▓ Synthetic biology ▓▓ µFluidics ▓▓ Yeasts ▓▓ Insititut Curie, Paris Supervisors:Pascal Hersen <img width="72" height="72" width_o="72" height_o="72" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f19c68f720e561e78c25e4fc45743af0768e791816dc874b86fe55e504798b08/orcid.logo.icon.svg" data-mid="140385634" border="0" data-scale="4" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/72/i/f19c68f720e561e78c25e4fc45743af0768e791816dc874b86fe55e504798b08/orcid.logo.icon.svg" />Alvaro Banderas <img width="2500" height="2500" width_o="2500" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35dd6b3fc4dcd9b50eb5d44bd458c13da22b9534fe69194e5bf15e195c5d8f58/google-scholar.svg" data-mid="140385876" border="0" data-scale="4" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35dd6b3fc4dcd9b50eb5d44bd458c13da22b9534fe69194e5bf15e195c5d8f58/google-scholar.svg" /> Get in touch for More infos Ants Aided Manufacturing Ants-activated materials&nbsp; &amp; Agent-based computer-aided design ▓▓ Weaver ants▓▓ Genetic algorythms▓▓ CAD to life More infos <img width="3273" height="1497" width_o="3273" height_o="1497" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8df537a03666e15375266f217dc1aa0a855ca988581f03572fdf03f7f28c332/antReactor-design.jpg" data-mid="139180391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8df537a03666e15375266f217dc1aa0a855ca988581f03572fdf03f7f28c332/antReactor-design.jpg" /> https://michaelsedbon.com/CMD Wed, 08 Jan 2020 21:55:49 +0000 michaelsedbon https://michaelsedbon.com/CMD Excerpt: Here are 2 artificial ecosystems sharing a light sourceAccess to this light source is granted through a marketEach colony of photosynthetic bacterias can claim access to light thanks to credits earned for their oxygen production.The rules driving the market are optimized through a genetic algorithmThis artificial intelligence is testing different populations of financial systems on these 2 sets of Cyanobacteria.Like so, the photosynthetic cells and the computer are experimenting with different political systems granting access to this resource.The system oscillates between collaborative and competitive states.The genetic algorithm pictures the rules of these proto-societies as genesBy breeding populations of societies, new generations of markets arise.Like so, the sum of microscopic series of events determines the status of the system at a macroscopic scale. <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a07f16b13fc0ef22ff8d92ffb16a9f289f995e775cdd69a3441bf2b421720cf0/2F4A6885-min_12_o.jpg" data-mid="138277048" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a07f16b13fc0ef22ff8d92ffb16a9f289f995e775cdd69a3441bf2b421720cf0/2F4A6885-min_12_o.jpg" /> If one would like to go away from the Cartesian mind-body(machine) dichotomy when perceiving Humans and toward a more universalizable vision of lifeforms where bodies are solely a permeable boundary between semi-closed ecosystems hosting billions of individuals with their own will and interest, together forming the emergent nature of the self, then, such a vision should be transposable to the analysis of a software/hardware stack. Hence, an evolutionary design paradigm for machines and systems will look at scales going from micro-transistors to planet-size computation network infrastructures. Such an analysis requires a thorough investigation of the socio-techno-industrial-political apparatus on which the manufacturing and the exploitation of the parts rely on. <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a719acc89139a71d4c9be5efd40c10bbf5a784b27b36c42fba5cc1057acf2824/IMG_1685_o.jpg" data-mid="138277007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a719acc89139a71d4c9be5efd40c10bbf5a784b27b36c42fba5cc1057acf2824/IMG_1685_o.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e15c77a5d12e050398c2f65ce47790714bae1eb5eac2b9f20fd26baf07c0d562/IMG_1699.jpg" data-mid="138277008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e15c77a5d12e050398c2f65ce47790714bae1eb5eac2b9f20fd26baf07c0d562/IMG_1699.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a583fa8726e6589492ba3510f546b6c94f15fa8fe36b78e9c7af0cedb7a4c9a/IMG_1755_o.jpg" data-mid="138277047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a583fa8726e6589492ba3510f546b6c94f15fa8fe36b78e9c7af0cedb7a4c9a/IMG_1755_o.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54d17b006c6e86615a98b497d2d6736f4e9e247680813810bbc9236c44717dfc/2F4A6956-min_o.jpg" data-mid="138277051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54d17b006c6e86615a98b497d2d6736f4e9e247680813810bbc9236c44717dfc/2F4A6956-min_o.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d8a2be922f13f3571da6640097e6fe3052b8e141ca36671531dd363c2f21b11/IMG_1883_o.jpg" data-mid="138277065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d8a2be922f13f3571da6640097e6fe3052b8e141ca36671531dd363c2f21b11/IMG_1883_o.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c9f31a3e05f13e10e8dee901a650560fa943857a52aee2048da0d919c67c522/IMG_1830_o.jpg" data-mid="138277064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c9f31a3e05f13e10e8dee901a650560fa943857a52aee2048da0d919c67c522/IMG_1830_o.jpg" /> The parts compounding CMD, from the custom made sensors we used to the design of the software, are all questionable as their material reality relies on design choices made or induced by the process of making them and our ambition when designing the project.On top of the variables modulated by the genetic algorithm are these material constants that get expressed through data collection and processing, and that, ultimately, will be part of the decision-making process.This tension between the politics of ideas and the ones of the materials is inherent in the thought process behind CMD. <img width="2026" height="1762" width_o="2026" height_o="1762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fcc892816105fc00346b1363185434e3f3e002708bca65a3c3d490ab4f39392/br1.jpg" data-mid="138277079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fcc892816105fc00346b1363185434e3f3e002708bca65a3c3d490ab4f39392/br1.jpg" /> <img width="1302" height="1743" width_o="1302" height_o="1743" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37114eb62a7374261b64f5ab1cf43ef67689a4433779d07d617524108ebfbd8b/o2-cell.jpg" data-mid="138277080" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/37114eb62a7374261b64f5ab1cf43ef67689a4433779d07d617524108ebfbd8b/o2-cell.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4aa2b2acdfb9ebc04412f2e3ac4d590f6e464287ddf62397c1ec63fe6da82fe4/C0105_913691.jpg" data-mid="138277072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4aa2b2acdfb9ebc04412f2e3ac4d590f6e464287ddf62397c1ec63fe6da82fe4/C0105_913691.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea8450e04e04bdce4eeaea736db0ad3046ce8ffbfe6c9b351d81fbeb45ee3095/C0106_914136.jpg" data-mid="138277073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea8450e04e04bdce4eeaea736db0ad3046ce8ffbfe6c9b351d81fbeb45ee3095/C0106_914136.jpg" /> <img width="540" height="304" width_o="540" height_o="304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28db19547add43fd4043a24b977f9301fab295c595eea3c763d34211ba3374b6/pcb-macro-compressed.gif" data-mid="138277083" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/540/i/28db19547add43fd4043a24b977f9301fab295c595eea3c763d34211ba3374b6/pcb-macro-compressed.gif" /> CMD is to be seen as an experimental setup where the initial conditions were designed to allow an automated data collection process informing a machine learning setup (a genetic algorithm). This learning process is currently occurring at Mu Hybrid Art House where the project is exhibited. More information about the convergence of the algorithm and the data collection will follow in the next weeks. RATIONAL: As information technologies get embedded in our everyday life, the increasing complexity of the entangled networks drive emergent properties of these infrastructures that get translated into political agendas (Bratton, 2016). The performance of these systems relies on the collection of ever more and more precise datasets abstracting life, social interaction and economy into information points. As we get embedded in this self informing feedback loop, our perception of reality, as well as our agency on it, is hardcoded in the system’s rules (Deleuze, 1992; Baudrillard, 1994; Scott, 1998). The rapid breakthroughs of synthetic biology in the last two decades (From the end the Human Genome Project, 2003 project to CRISPR-Cas9, 2014) has steered the field toward questionings extremely close to the one encountered through digitalism problematics (Calvert, 2012). The existence of Bio-Hacking community and the patenting of genomes as software (Venter, 2010) made us question the nature of life and its relationship to Information. While recent developments in biological computing redefine the material nature of computation by trading silicone based hardware for carbon-based designs (Adamatzky, 2016), cybernetic forms of control are now getting incumbent to biological processes. This new status quo granting non-human entities agency over political, economic and ecological systems at an unprecedented speed urge the need to establish design and cultural frameworks for biological machines If humains are deeply technological and technology is part of our nature(D. Harraway, 1985) then our tools are cultural and material extensions of ourselves. The anthropocenic condition has proven that former design paradigm was driven by human first problematics often disregarding their impact on ecosystem. A post anthropocenic view on that going beyond the human centric should look at the way evolution occurs in ecosystem, hence, creating an evolutionary design paradigm. Cmd is feeding on the data collected on these artificial ecosystem to inform a genetic algorithm designing the rules of the software structuring the interactions among these proto-societies The mechanical productions of the pieces composing the bio reactors has been produced in my workshop in Paris and assembled in the Hybrid Form Lab <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b53b620d0aa69f513a0c1dc67e5a1028ed661aae360883227cf7adfed6c7379/2F4A6412_o.jpg" data-mid="138277052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b53b620d0aa69f513a0c1dc67e5a1028ed661aae360883227cf7adfed6c7379/2F4A6412_o.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1b93ea5ab2a180de292fb12c1f922c42556e60ee71dbe739f9ef51b699d4cfd/2F4A6421_o.jpg" data-mid="138277054" border="0" 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CMD2.0 as part of Evolutionaries@ MU Artspace<img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bad5d258d5697f564517d76787d0f0ce41eee96978f7cdebda37d5e1e3bcc082/IMG_2325-min_o.jpg" data-mid="138277090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bad5d258d5697f564517d76787d0f0ce41eee96978f7cdebda37d5e1e3bcc082/IMG_2325-min_o.jpg" /> <img width="4120" height="2656" width_o="4120" height_o="2656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f63247224c0d2f96b422ac23b60ba067233f5a46157b81c9d27d642466ea00be/IMG_2419-min.jpg" data-mid="138277095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f63247224c0d2f96b422ac23b60ba067233f5a46157b81c9d27d642466ea00be/IMG_2419-min.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2362" width_o="3543" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef6ace7239ab7da0ba561a11eec8ab36ef7f745a0c4a024b6a7d1583af1b6194/50721738793_031485710e_o.jpg" data-mid="138277097" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca20ad86184bcac4ec36dab436411e359692f37645f3943a4c28be90b3e4a151/IMG_2331-min_o.jpg" data-mid="138277094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca20ad86184bcac4ec36dab436411e359692f37645f3943a4c28be90b3e4a151/IMG_2331-min_o.jpg" /> Selected Press: Neural, 66, State of Emergency Sci-Art Magazine, Algorythmic, June 2020 Creative Application Network MU Tv Arshake Credits &amp; acknowledgement: Concept and production: Michael SedbonCollaborators:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Bio-physics of photosynthesis &amp; Hybrid Forms Lab (VU)▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ &nbsp;Raoul Frese(VU)▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ &nbsp;MU Hybrid Art HouseTechnical Support:&nbsp; &nbsp; Sandrine D'Haene &amp; Manu Alfonso Soler▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ Alexander Lambertz &amp; Mees Dieperink On-site production &amp; coordination: MU Hybrid Art House Early prototypes done at Maker Bay Hong Kong with the help of Mike Yuen Chun KwongVideo: Maison MimesisMusic: Alva Noto - Uni SubFrench spirulina partner: Spiruline Haut de FranceThis project has been produced as part of the Bio Arts and Design Award 2019It was exhibited at MU Artspace, Eindhoven, NL as part of the Polarities show (29th of November 2019 to March 1st 2020) https://michaelsedbon.com/Alt-C Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:12:39 +0000 michaelsedbon https://michaelsedbon.com/Alt-C <img width="5000" height="2797" width_o="5000" height_o="2797" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85c99f47f3c541409fb45c831bac0202cf23ef6dbd39edb5c9d3e7e82388c977/IMG_1071_3_o.jpg" data-mid="138277100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85c99f47f3c541409fb45c831bac0202cf23ef6dbd39edb5c9d3e7e82388c977/IMG_1071_3_o.jpg" /> Excerpt: Alt-C is an installation that uses electricity produced by plants to power a single board computer mining a cryptocurrency. During the photosynthesis process, green plants release sugars and organic matters in the soil. These nutrients will then be digested by bacterias releasing electrons. As electrons flow between the two electrodes, the electrical current is then leveraged to power a cryptocurrency mining rig. As money grows on trees, it is then possible to draw a correlation between atmospheric condition and production of cryptocurrencies. A neural network had been trained to predict the crypto mining rate in regard to the weather forecast in the UK. The AI will try to come up with a strategy to reinvest the grown/harvested money into farmable land. As the system grows, it will attempt to plant more trees to provide for the required energy.Could an ecological computer virus reverse deforestation? Rationale Alt-c question our relationship to ecosystems in regards to networked technologies and abstraction problematics. What would it mean to perceive forest and fields as giant networked processing or powering the information grid? How forecasting technics in places in the finance industry can recall Aeromancy (Cloud reading Divination)? What would it mean to live in a world where economic would be driven by the weather forecast, atmospheric conditions or any naturally occurring phenomenon? Would this made us respect more natural ecosystems or nourish our will to control them? With enough abstraction and control, could we plan on growth? In such a context, would economic growth lead to ecological sutanability or a total financialization hegemony on farmable lands making them vulnerable to the fluctuations of the market? <img width="5000" height="1940" width_o="5000" height_o="1940" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac28ad1964931a2e48ef2e49a0cc2c7639e20d20470487dee991082f061f7ecc/IMG_1087_o.jpg" data-mid="138277101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac28ad1964931a2e48ef2e49a0cc2c7639e20d20470487dee991082f061f7ecc/IMG_1087_o.jpg" /> Building the dataset of atmospheric data <img width="5000" height="2973" width_o="5000" height_o="2973" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/037887c4afa0c57377deb6605e11e09b65af11a59623b1a9623fd780d5b657c1/IMG_1119_o.jpg" data-mid="138277102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/037887c4afa0c57377deb6605e11e09b65af11a59623b1a9623fd780d5b657c1/IMG_1119_o.jpg" /> Building the dataset of atmospheric data <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac6fcfd932e4f2ecbfe0270bd3dcac13ef45a8ab24a1a5317054c4d48e0ae9b1/IMG_0995_2_o.jpg" data-mid="138277099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac6fcfd932e4f2ecbfe0270bd3dcac13ef45a8ab24a1a5317054c4d48e0ae9b1/IMG_0995_2_o.jpg" />Training the Neural Network @ LCC's Creative Computing Lab <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/757fe0edf806006a2bb635b441439837f8e61675c8e9a90fc6a6908bc8d36065/IMG_0961_o.jpg" data-mid="138277098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/757fe0edf806006a2bb635b441439837f8e61675c8e9a90fc6a6908bc8d36065/IMG_0961_o.jpg" />Training the Neural Network @ LCC's Creative Computing Lab ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 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Press: ▒▒▒▒ &nbsp;Creative Application Network ▒▒▒▒&nbsp; Deutchland funk kultur ▒▒▒▒ &nbsp;The coinspondant Credits &amp; acknowledgement: ▒▒▒▒ Tobias Revell, MA Interaction Design Communication @ London College o Communication, UAL ▒▒▒▒ Wesley Goatley , MA Interaction Design Communication @ London College of Communication, UAL ▒▒▒▒ Georgina Voss , MA Interaction Design Communication @ London College of Communication, UAL ▒▒▒▒ Adam Corrie, Prototyping Lab @ London College of Communication, UAL ▒▒▒▒ Tom Lynch, Prototyping Lab @ London College of Communication, UAL ▒▒▒▒ Pim De Jagger, Plant-e