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Organic Interaction

// June 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // antarikShamM, Biomimicry, organic media, Technology, Thirdimension

My pursuit for happiness found in nature continues. I am learning how is it connected to technology or how technology can be tied in the ways nature is? Biomimicry is already on its way. The people at biomimicry institute believe that all the problems that are technical and design challenged are already solved in nature. We just need to know how to translate them to human made technologies. This reminds me of how nature is not just “Nature”, nurturing all of us? Its a intellectual treasure. Answer to most of technical designs are already out there is what I believe too.

For example, let us consider the example of Object Oriented programming in the field of computer science. It consists of 5 things basically,

1) Classes and objects
2) Data encapsulation
3) Data Abstraction
4) Polymorphism
5) Inheritance

All of these are basically found in nature. Everything in nature is in some form of inheritance. Some might have single name but multiple forms. Considering the human body as a form of nature, look how many forms humans have? Infinite?

Also look at the way I interact with daily objects and natural life around me. Its like “I don’t have to think at all”, data abstraction isn’t it? And that’s because everything in nature is encapsulated in the form of objects which has behaviours and properties.

Though, what I wanted to discuss in this post was about what are different aspects of natural interactivity compared to that of today’s cutting edge technology.

Today’s technology, is about seamless interaction which provides information on time. Today’s technology is immersing out like mobile web. Information connected on the go.

But what about nature? For example without the help of any technology, if I plan to go for hiking or travelling across the mountain. It takes effort, adventure, thrilling moments to experience, learn, feel and understand that very interaction. Its result is gradual. Why? I don’t know why. But it reminds me that “Process” is more important than results. I also learn that smiling through struggle = Process

So let us now analyse, what did I learn from that natural interaction. I did not only learn, but also felt which was a bigger learning for me. I learnt about the process and learning about the process. I learnt Struggle is a form of smile . Isn’t that interaction worth while having?

Here is some inspiration to take,

Organic media – THE WAY FOR HCI

// May 6th, 2010 // No Comments » // antarikShamM, Biomimicry, organic media, Thirdimension

As I talked about Organic media in my last post, What is that organic media has to offer that HCI of today lacks? I think most of the HCI lacks HHI. HHI means Human Human Interactions. HCI brings all the wonderful interactions of providing information just in time with seamless gestures which are so easy to use by any layman.

On the other hand what it lacks is, the consequences of the interaction. What is the takeaway from the interaction? Yes information, maybe not health, maybe not inner joy.

I think of organic interactions in which interactions are answered for the inner world. I think of interactions through computer which would better help human human interactions. I think organic media will help us answer when the technology be used? is it really necessary in time?

There are many questions and its answers which I am after. Its a wonderful journey of interactions when I think of both HCI and organic media and how they are connected or how they can be?

Biomimicry, ecology media and organic media

// May 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // antarikShamM, Thirdimension

There are flood of all these devices in which information is provided just on time, just on need and in a seamless manner with natural gestures. There is yet something to be found in those devices. Its something I experience while meditating 4:30 A.M. in the morning, while playing physical(real) sport, while hiking, while biking, while being with nature. What is that natural media offers and that digital media yet does not offer?

I think possible solutions lie in the field of biomimicry, ecology media and organic media. The last one is something which came off the top of my mind after years of practice of meditation and pranayama. The difference between digital interactions and natural interactions that I find most of the time are

Digital Interactions provides addictiveness in the environment. I can anticipate about what I need, the information, the people, the color and so on.

On the other hand Natural interactions takes time and effort to gain some result. The result is the most unique experience. Its not the addictive one but the unique experience.

So should digital interactions involve unique experiences? I think the answer is certainly yes. Because after all we, our body is made up of organic material and for us to interact fluidly, more organically the interactions should be more natural over time. They should involve some effort, some area of unknowings, some mystery. The humaness of technology.

After all we all question, what is the mystery behind the universe? and that very question drives us forward to look out for the mystery and it reveals over time.

In short, nature is inspiration not only in terms of physical biomimcing but also in terms of process, design and inner engineering.