emergent2007

2007-12-08T11:04:00.000-08:00

Refuse

2007-11-13T07:26:00.000-08:00

The word can be used in diferents aspects and meanings. In a context refuse means to decline or to reject something, to be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive someone or something, in other context it can be used as meaning of items or materials discarded or rejected as useless or worthless; trash or rubbish.

This is the picture of a student who tries to stop the tanks in Tiananmen Square standing in front of them. He is refusing the regimen.

Identity

2007-11-13T07:24:00.000-08:00

What we call identity is a collective aspect of the set of characteristics or personality, tangible and intangible, by which a thing or a individual is recognizable or known. The identity can be watched and used on every field of science, is a word that proclaims the main and unique characteristics of an object or element.

On the advertising or publicity, the brand's identity is its fundamental means of consumer recognition and symbolizes the brand's differentiation from competitors.

The term of digital identity is usually taken to mean the online equivalent of an individual human being or in some cases organization, companies and even individual electronic devices.

In the genetics field, the genetic identity it's the characterization of an individual's genome (The entire collection of genetic information) by developing a unique DNA band (allele) pattern.

2007-11-13T06:46:00.000-08:00

Bionic
(“Nature did it first and did it better")
is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. The origin of the word 'bionic' is a matter of dispute. Some dictionaries, however, explain the word as being formed from "biology" + "electronics"
The transfer of technology between life forms and synthetic constructs is desirable because evolutionary pressure typically forces natural systems to become highly optimized and efficient. A classical example is the development of dirt- and water-repellent paint (coating) from the observation that the surface of the lotus flower plant is practically unsticky for anything (the lotus effect). Examples of bionics in engineering include the hulls of boats imitating the thick skin of dolphins; sonar, radar, and medical ultrasound imaging imitating the echolocation of bats.

PROPAGANDA

2007-10-30T08:06:00.000-07:00

To understand the idea of independent thinking (sans influence) is just as difficult as to recognize propaganda. Where the first has deteriorated from being self developed ideology to fashion fad, propaganda has transformed from being a crude dictatorial device to strategic and smooth operation (with wide spread applications). From being ‘manipulated truth’ to ‘partial truth’ to ‘plain information’, propaganda, with diverse intensities of meaning across borders, has managed to become a subtle impression as opposed to an imposed war weapon. Probably funny, but with the end of the world war(s), propaganda has determined new ways of winning in its own developed battlefields. Simply put, the word means – planned strategy to influence opinions on a large scale. Today its idea is crucial in media, journalism, politics and capitalism.
http://www.propagandacritic.com/

PUBLICITE'-PUBLICTY-PUBLIC(c)ITY

2007-10-30T08:02:00.002-07:00

Literally translated in some languages as advertisement or advertising, publicite has grown beyond its first meaning along with the industry which supports it intensely. ‘The art of selling’ is one of the more decent and direct phrase which elaborates on the word publicite. And (hence) also marks the rise of capitalism over other forms of governing and social systems. Publicity is the means to popularity and becomes important as an active agent in the discussion of popular culture vs elite culture as well as the notion of culture itself. The birth of such a phenomenon also indicates the dilution of monarchy or absolute authority as opposed to the rise of freedom to choose (elect) and hence making it a priority to win the crowd.

DIASPORA

2007-10-30T08:02:00.001-07:00

Although used to signify the years old movement of Jews from Judea forced upon them by Babylonians, the word is also used for similar dispersion of the community out of Palestine. More appropriately it can be used for the scattering of people away from their original homeland. Such a movement forms an important part of the triad – movement of capital, movement of data (information) and the movement of people. Diaspora as a ‘word’ has added information relating to the woes of the population (which is beyond representation of their movement pattern) across the globe. This cross cultural hybrid and religious mix which characterise our ‘disporic’ situation can be an interesting map of exchange and tension.
http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/mag/2003/04/13/stories/2003041300300500.htm

ECONOMICOLOGY

2007-10-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

Not yet recognised by MS Word, the word, coined by Peter Wege, author of the book – The Eleventh Commandment, is a combination of economics and ecology and everything that relates to the meaning of sustainability in history, culture and society. The usage of the word is limited is yet to be exploited by popular linguists before being put to use in public documents / fiction.

http://www.steelcase.com/na/economicology_environment_knowledgedesign.aspx?f=10249&c=10197

LINK

2007-10-30T07:53:00.000-07:00

Origin from old Frech connexion

The basic meaning is connection between people, things

Reciprocal link, It is a link between two,ore more objects ( link A →link B →link B)two way links to and from websites, also known as "link swaps", "link exchanges" and "link partners" ,

Hyperlink, a reference in a hypertext document to another document or other resource
Hypertext is text which is not constrained to be linear.
Hypertext is text which contains links to other texts. The term was coined by Ted Nelson around 1965 (see History ).
HyperMedia is a term used for hypertext which is not constrained to be text: it can include graphics, video and sound , for example. Apparently Ted Nelson was the first to use this term too.
Hypertext and HyperMedia are concepts, not products.
Hard link, a reference or pointer to physical data on a storage volume
LINK+, an online library catalog
Static link, used in programming languages like Pascal to support nested functions, allowing a nested function to access the local variables of its parent
Symbolic link, a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file
Data link, downlink, point-to-point link, satellite link, electronic communications links
Linked list, a basic data structure
Chain Link, A type of Super awesome medieval armor that stops arrows.
Linker,
Links (web browser),
Magnet: URI scheme,

DIGITAL

2007-10-30T04:07:00.001-07:00

A digital system is one that uses discrete values (often electrical voltages), representing numbers or non-numeric symbols such as letters or icons, for input, processing, transmission, storage, or display, rather than a continuous range of values (ie, as in an analog system).
The distinction between "digital" and "analog" can refer to method of input, data storage and transfer, or the internal working of a device.
The word comes from the same source as the word digit and digitus: the Latin word for finger (counting on the fingers) as these are used for discrete counting.
The word digital is most commonly used in computing and electronics, especially where real-world information is converted to binary numeric form as in digital audio and digital photography. Such data-carrying signals carry one of two electronic or optical pulses, logic 1 (pulse present) or 0 (pulse absent). Their is always a kind of network in processing this datas or in conecting different digital systems together.

GENETIC

2007-10-29T07:40:00.000-07:00

“All is algorithm!”

Genetic in biology is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms. Knowledge of the inheritance of characteristics has been implicitly used since prehistoric times for improving crop plants and animals through selective breeding.

The genetic code is full of symmetry, and a true understanding of genetic information must start with an appreciation of this symmetry.

Genetics, in biology, the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms
Genetic (linguistics), in linguistics, a relationship between two languages with a common ancestor language
Genetic algorithm, in computer science, a kind of search technique modeled on evolutionary biology

Notes
http://futurefeeder.com/index.php/archives/2006/08/06/genetic-architecture/

COMPOST

2007-10-29T06:39:00.000-07:00

Organic waste now can be used for two main very productive matters… soil fertilizer and energy supplier. With the use of a BIO-DIGESTOR Methane-gas can be extracted from a big amount of organic waste, also the remainder of this process is a fertilizer very rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Re-thinking architecture in terms of organic architecture —always with clear mind about the differences between design process and final result— as thinking of an organic design process —very much related with growth than with simply aggregation of parts— is also allowed to think on a decomposed organic design process which will be mostly all the used design methods that were used only in one project or just used. But, as the organic waste is more richer with a great variety of organic sources, then what will be encouraged in the compost architecture will be the mix of decomposed organic design process to forge a new way of thinking, taking advantage of what other architects already developed but with the compromise of making a big leap from the initial state.

This is also very simple an difficult at the same time… by this days is very simple to copy and paste pictures, mp3, dwg, etc… is even very simple to copy a complete script, the difficulty is about being able to consider all the actual knowledge as raw material, also decomposed organic design process, just to be able to look after a more global and complete phase of design, which in all ways will be considered as a never ending process. And oviously to get a GOD result/process.

NETWORK

2007-10-28T12:53:00.000-07:00

The word is created of two words net and work. Networks are always a interconnection of groups or systems. The word Network is mostly used in connection with computer and cable networks. But networks exist in all structures, whether in organism in plant or in society. The word network exists since a long time, but the frequency of using the word is extremely increased since the time of computer. For example the connection in our oranganism is on of the difficulties processes. There are so many dependences from one organ to another and from the interconnections in our genetic code. If only one part in our genetic code is wrong or is missing the complete structure is getting imperfect. New technologies try to copy this kind of interconnections with a lot of high-tech. This new technologies is named bionic, it is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technologies. This technology use all knowledge, we have of biology, human medicine ... and connect it with technology. To generate such a high tech machine required a big network of people who exchange there knowledge and they generate a bionic machine which runs with a lot of network processes.

Several different types of networks exist, i.e.
Human network
-Business network
-Economic network
-Sexual network
-Social network
Media
-Radio network
-Television network
Technology
-Electrical network
-Computer network
-Telecommunications network
-Network Systems

SYMMETRY

2007-10-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

Harmonious, proportionality and balance. Symmetry reflects perfection.

It's a correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane or about a center or axis.

The human body is a great representation of symmetry, by extension, the natural universe.

In architecture the ability of a large structure to impress or even intimidate its viewers has often been a major part of its purpose, and the use of symmetry is an inescapable aspect of how to accomplish such goals.

We can see Symmetry every were, Symmetry in mathematics, Symmetry in logic, Symmetry in Biology, Symmetry in telecomunications, Symmetry in history, religion, and culture, Symmetry in Social Interactions, Symmetry in music, Symmetry in architecture, etc.

Notes

http://www.codefun.com/Geometry_information1.htm