November 11th, Stammtisch #36

Davide
Introduces the morphogen library by Karsten Schmidt and his experiments with it.
Project code and pictures: http://davideprati.com/projects/flowers

David
Work with an artist doing 3D printing. Enabling sequential 3D printing through a FreeCAD macro.

Project repository: github.com/davidblitz/freecad-arrange

This is how the shapes look once assembled:
http://spektrumberlin.de/news/detail/ongoing-installation-chrysalis-michael-ang.html

Little announcement concerning a new makerspace in Spektrum:
http://spektrumberlin.de/communities/madebyus/about.html

Joana
Is giving a workshop about tracking forensics tomorrow and sunday in Spektrum
http://spektrumberlin.de/news/detail/workshop-tracking-forensics-call-for-participation.html

Briefly introduces her work, which is artistic research around tracking, surveillance, user interfaces
http://janavirgin.com/
Open research and art center in Barcelona: https://hangar.org/en/

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Abe

3D (generative?) artist making renders every day: http://kalsloos.tumblr.com/

Tangents:
William Gibson fractal architecture covers:
http://boingboing.net/2016/10/28/amazing-new-uk-covers-for-will.html - Daniel Brown (images)

Recommended sci-fi books
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem
Rudy Rucker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Rucker
“Sister Alice”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Alice
“Permutation City”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation_City

CityEngine (procedural language to describe architecture):
http://www.esri.com/software/cityengine

Marc
Dinner with friends: https://vimeo.com/136441903

http://www.genekogan.com/
Gene’s is writing a book (constant progress) - machine learning for artists
https://github.com/ml4a/

Learn machine learning
https://www.kadenze.com/courses/machine-learning-for-musicians-and-artists/info
https://www.kadenze.com/courses/creative-applications-of-deep-learning-with-tensorflow/info

tablet2osc: http://linuxmao.org/tablet2osc

Raphaël
https://medium.com/@sableraph/the-cake-is-a-cave-2e49bcd70f79#.zdt6fckmx

Open Source local alternative of 123D Catch
http://www.regard3d.org/index.php
Another application from Autodesk https://remake.autodesk.com/about

Tangents:
Depth info from Android lens blur: https://www.clicktorelease.com/code/depth-player/
https://research.googleblog.com/2014/04/lens-blur-in-new-google-camera-app.html
Microsoft’s Capture 3D: https://youtu.be/DSE-16ceWaU

Things to read

Should Generative Art Be Political?

Robotics
Video Friday: Robot Dance Contest, 500 Drones Flying, and Steady Humanoid
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos 11 Novhttp://www.generativeart.com/GA2012/boris.pdf