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The Scan. Prototyping a post-human scenography
In our digital age, the human eye has lost its privileged positon as the sole and
central audience of an unfolding perspectval world as it fnds itself challenged by
a plethora of post-human eyes. Emerging technologies of vision such as 3D laser
scanningāregarded as less faulty, faster and more accurate than the human eyeā
fnd an ever more central role in producton, analytcs, control and decision making.
Architecture and scenography, practces that are both frmly shaped around the
centrality of vision of the human subject, are challenged to fnd novel ways to
address a hybrid audience of human and non-human modes of vision. How do
we perform and build facing this new audience? How do we deceive or delight
these new eyes? How do we infltrate and inhabit the parallel digital data space
they create? How can we uncover their shadows, their glitches and fallacies and
subvert the realism of their representaton? How can we design an architecture or
scenography for the post-human eye
REDD at the crossroads? The opportunities and challenges of REDD for conservation and human welfare in South West Uganda
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in the tropics could slow climate change while contributing to biodiversity conservation and to improvement of peopleās livelihoods. In this study we assessed the opportunities and challenges of implementing REDD in South West (SW) Uganda. We consulted key stakeholders and reviewed regional literature particularly focusing on the opportunities for conservation and human welfare benefits. We structured our study using the Simpson and Vira (2010) framework for assessing policy interventions. The leading drivers of forest loss and degradation include escalating timber trade, fuel-wood extraction and agricultural expansion. Generally, local stakeholders had limited awareness of REDD, and local expectations appeared un-realistically high. Mechanisms for allocating and administering REDD payments remained unknown. However, Civil Society Organisations appeared the most popular option to manage REDD funding as government agencies had limited credibility. For REDD to succeed, the challenges we have highlighted will need to be addressed: key to success will be improvements in foundational knowledge, enabling institutions and social conditions. Our results have implications for potential REDD activities around the world which face similar challenges.This work was supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to Mbarara University of Science and Technology.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Inderscience via http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJESD.2015.07013
Fabricate 2020
Fabricate 2020 is the fourth title in the FABRICATE series on the theme of digital fabrication and published in conjunction with a triennial conference (London, April 2020). The book features cutting-edge built projects and work-in-progress from both academia and practice. It brings together pioneers in design and making from across the fields of architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Fabricate 2020 includes 32 illustrated articles punctuated by four conversations between world-leading experts from design to engineering, discussing themes such as drawing-to-production, behavioural composites, robotic assembly, and digital craft
Hope for Bohemian ecologists – comments on āA possible role of social activity to explain differences in publication output among ecologists?ā by TomĆ”Å” Grim, Oikos 2008
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Microdroplet-tin plasma sources of EUV radiation driven by solid-state-lasers (Topical Review)
Plasma produced from molten-tin microdroplets generates extreme ultraviolet light for state-of-the-art nanolithography. Currently, CO2 lasers are used to drive the plasma. In the future, solid-state mid-infrared lasers may instead be used to efficiently pump the plasma. Such laser systems have promise to be more compact, better scalable, and have higher wall-plug efficiency. In this Topical Review, we present recent findings made at the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) on using 1 and 2 Ī¼m wavelength solid-state lasers for tin target preparation and for driving hot and dense plasma. The ARCNL research ranges from advanced laser development, studies of fluid dynamic response of droplets to impact, radiation-hydrodynamics calculations of, e.g. ion 'debris', (EUV) spectroscopic studies of tin laser-produced-plasma as well as high-conversion efficiency operation of 2 Ī¼m wavelength driven plasma
Home ranges of rusa deer (Cervus timorensis) in a subtropical peri-urban environment in South East Queensland
Wild rusa deer (Cervus timorensis) are increasing in numbers and distribution in peri-urban eastern Australia. To effectively manage rusa deer, land managers need to know the extent of their movements to determine the appropriate scale of control through trapping and shooting. We found that in a subtropical peri-urban environment in South East Queensland, four rusa deer (three male, one female) with GPS collars annually ranged over areas of <400āha with core areas of ~100āha over a period of 10ā17āmonths. Our limited data indicated their relatively small home ranges varied little in size and location from season-to-season, suggesting that these deer can be effectively managed at the local level
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