STARTS

Regional STARTS Centers

FRI 6.9. | 12:15 – 13:15 During STARTS Day, the Regional STARTS Centers take the opportunity to present some of their major activities through the prism of education.
PatentPandas.org
Jie Qi (US), Carol Lin (US), May Qi (US), Ira Winder (US)

PatentPandas.org is a resource built to explain (scary!) patent law using (not-scary!) panda comics. The website has three core parts: Resources: information pages that explain the patent system (like prior art, what is patentable, infringement, etc.) using friendly language and humorous panda comics. Stories: accounts by everyday inventors who had adventures (or misadventures) involving patents and highlights what they learned from their experiences. Get Help: for innovators who are in need of legal support, we compiled a list of pro bono law clinics that offer to help innovators referred from patentpandas.org
Meandering River
onformative (DE), kling klang klong (DE)

Meandering River is an audiovisual art installation comprised of real-time visuals and music composed by an A.I. through machine learning. The piece reinterprets the shifting behavior of rivers in the landscape, regarded from a bird’s eye view. Minor changes of riverbeds are not visible for the bare eye, as they are gradually happening over time. Spanning over multiple screens Meandering River visualizes these altering landscapes and makes the changes visible. It leaves the observer with a unique perception of time.
Journey on the Tongue
Ayako Suwa (JP), Evala (JP), Yasuaki Kakehi (JP)

Journey on the Tongue is a totally new taste and sound installation which invites you on a spectacular multi-sensory journey. Realized by the three artists Ayako Suwa, the pursuer of "Expressive food," sound artist Evala, the founder of “See by Your Ears,” and media artist Yasuaki Kakehi, who explores new haptic experiences. This work is a new perception of sound and taste.
ZeroX
Hakan Lidbo (SE)

A strategic board games in 3 layers. Any piece can become any other piece.
Infusing Empathy in Self Driving Cars Through Anime Expressions
Yuki Moriyama (JP), Eiji Kawata (JP), Ryohei Fukushi (JP)

In collaboration with Japanese animation studio Polygon Pictures, Mercedes-Benz has designed animations of different scenarios in which autonomous vehicles could build informed trust with humans. The basic idea when designing animes is that a lot of emotion is expressed in a few strokes. The key issue that this project concerns itself with is therefore: How can these basic principles be used for intuitive communication between human and machine?
X+N
Hakan Lidbo (SE)

*X+N* is a board game where pieces and board re-build, split, morph, change size, shape and properties throughout the game.
Groove – Motion as a Language
Studio 7.5 (DE)

This project investigates the communicative potential of reactive surfaces and focuses on the collaboration between humans and autonomous vehicles. The membrane perceives and reacts to the environment like a sea anemone. The aim of the project is to use these expressive possibilities to transmit processes and intentions of an autonomous system to the environment.
X-or
Hakan Lidbo (SE)

The roll of a dice determines the board and the pieces in the complex strategic game *X-or*.
Facebook Algorithmic Factory
Vladan Joler (RS)

Facebook Algorithmic Factory sheds light on the invisible processes that take place inside the world’s largest social network. Inside this black box, non-transparent algorithms are deciding what kind of content will become a part of our reality, what will be censored or deleted, which ideas will spread and what news will gain most visibility. They are also defining new forms of labour and exploitation.