Hacking Space Exploration + Science

45 min. talk given at Interaction12 in Dublin

Transcript

1. Hacking
   science
   + space
   Ariel Waldman
   

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2. I’m
   @arielwaldman
   

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3. ARPANET
   1969
   NASA
   

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4. 2
   billion
   5
   hundred
   

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5. Hacking
   space observation
   National Geographic / Getty
   

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6. != open
   Trey Ratcliff
   

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8. f***ing
   teddy
   bears
   in
   space
   University of Cambridge Department of Engineering
   

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9. doing
   something
   changes
   how you
   see it
   Matt Biddulph
   

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10. disruptively accessible
    Matt Jones, CC license, flic.kr/p/68q1i9
    

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11. invisibility
    cyborgs
    space travel
    interstellar stuff
    Apollo 12
    

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12. 95% of everything is
    invisible
    NASA, ESA, MASSEY
    

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13. etc.
    NASA
    

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14. Timo Arnall, flic.kr/p/6boH4L
    

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15. dark matter
    NASA, ESA, MASSEY
    

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16. Pope Saint Victor
    

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17. dark
    energy
    

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18. 95% of everything is
    invisible
    NASA, ESA, MASSEY
    

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19. 95% of everything is
    weak
    interaction
    design
    Millenium Simulation
    

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20. 95% of everything is
    weak
    interaction
    design SCIENCE!
    

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21. Animal Superpowers by Chris Woebken
    

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22. superpowers?
    University of Osnabruck
    

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23. sense
    affordances
    Björk
    

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24. Randy Buckner, Bruce Rosen, Massachusetts General Hospital
    

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25. synesthesia
    Bell Telephone Laboratories
    

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26. syneseizure
    Matt Biddulph
    

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27. Matt Biddulph
    

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29. feeling
    sight
    Matt Biddulph
    

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30. the
    future
    of
    science
    Matt Biddulph
    

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31. optical overdose
    Rhurtubia
    

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32. spacetime smasher
    Maximilien Brice, Michael Hoch, Joseph Gobin, CERN
    

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34. CMS / CERN
    

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35. particle windchime
    Ariel Waldman
    

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36. AFP/POOL, Fabrice Coffrini
    

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37. invisibility
    cyborgs
    space travel
    interstellar stuff
    Apollo 12
    

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38. we are all
    cyborgs
    Timo Arnall, flic.kr/p/9DGYpD
    

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39. Javier Ocasio
    

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40. seismologist
    lust
    LukeW
    

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41. quake
    canary
    

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42. invisibility
    cyborgs
    space travel
    interstellar stuff
    Apollo 12
    

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43. space
    tourist
    Virgin Galactic
    

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44. =$200,000 usd
    

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45. local
    NASA
    

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46. Disney, Pixar
    

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47. google
    lunar
    x prize
    Team Italia
    

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48. Team Arca
    

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49. Team Jurban
    

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50. C-BASE Open Moon
    

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51. 7 years before human-on-Moon contact...
    NASA
    

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52. crash landing
    in 1962
    ranger
    4
    NASA
    

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53. closer to home
    European Space Operations Centre
    

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54. What will you do when space is as cheap
    and accessible as the Web is today?
    czCube
    

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55. What will you do when space is as cheap
    and accessible as the Web is today?
    IFTF
    

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56. pricey
    picosatellites
    Violet Blue
    

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57. tubesat
    kit
    Alex Antunes
    

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58. orbital
    experiments
    Interorbital
    

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59. John Gordon
    

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60. homebrew
    computer
    club
    1975
    Apple I
    

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61. Andrew Gerrand
    Ariel Waldman
    

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62. Christie Dudley
    

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63. 52
    years
    ago
    Explorer VI, NASA
    

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64. Stephanie Vacher
    Paul Mison
    

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65. invisibility
    cyborgs
    space travel
    interstellar stuff
    Apollo 12
    

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66. unprocessed
    interstellar
    stuff
    NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith - STSci. and the HUDF Team
    

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67. 5.2 million users without human interaction
    Humiksk
    seti@home
    

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68. Brian McCarty
    robots
    are
    dumb
    

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69. galaxy zoo
    

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71. no
    data
    monkeys
    rajeshdc
    

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72. Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Richard Nowell
    data access inspires investigation
    forums as a collaboration tool
    better machine learning
    green peas
    

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73. Matt Biddulph
    exoplanets
    

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74. 721 / 160 billion
    blprnt, vimeo.com/19642643
    

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75. Kepler
    

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77. Planet Hunters
    

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78. Planet Hunters
    

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79. NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith - STScI, and The HUDF Team
    unprocessed
    interstellar
    stuff
    

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80. unprocessed
    internet stellar
    stuff
    Xeni Jardin
    

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81. astrotagging
    Anton Vakulenko
    

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83. “It also provides a channel for professional and
    amateur astronomers to collaborate, as a world
    coordinate system makes currently
    hard-to-access amateur imaging data
    interoperable with professional projects.”
    M100, by Filippo Ciferri
    

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85. spacelog.org
    

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86. open !=
    accessible
    Matt Ogle
    

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87. Jessica Spengler
    

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88. science
    hack
    day
    Gretchen Curtis
    

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89. Tantek Çelik
    science hack day
    Matt Biddulph
    

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90. Matt Biddulph
    

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91. David Harris
    

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92. RadioKate
    

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93. Matt Biddulph
    

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94. Ariel Waldman
    

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95. yay
    for
    hack
    days
    Jeremy Keith
    

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96. science
    hack
    day
    .com
    Tom Coates
    

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97. & dublin!
    

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98. Apollo 12
    

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99. arielwaldman.com
    spacehack.org
    thank you.
    

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