Comments on: Norman Packard’s handmade cells

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:44:37 +0000

There wasn’t enough back and forth on that, Tom – it’s a very valid concern. It’s pretty easy to say “it’s going to happen anyway” with any new technology… but the new questions technologies open up require a great deal more time and thought than we really had to discuss here.

By: …My heart’s in Accra » Our Windpowered Robot Overlords

…My heart’s in Accra » Our Windpowered Robot Overlords — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:40:59 +0000

[...] For whatever reason, the Pop!Tech crowd appears less terrified of Theo Jansen’s artificial life than of Norman Packard’s. Jansen builds enormous, elegant, incredibly beautiful “animals” – Artifauna – from yellow plastic tubing. The machines – powered by the wind – roam the beaches of the Netherlands in herds, picking a path between the sea and the dry sand. Or, at least, they do when Jansen lets them loose. [...]

By: Tom Mandel

Tom Mandel — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:28:08 +0000

Ethan – what do you think about the ‘well, somebody’s going to do it anyway…’ response to the audience member’s point? Was there any further back/forth on this issue?