So 6.9. 13:30 – 19:30

Panel 1: Body Effects

Ars Electronica Center
Main Gallery: RoboLab (Level -3)

13:30 – 14:30
Featured Artist Talk with Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP) moderated by Horst Hörtner (Ars Electronica Futurelab, AT)

Ars Electronica Center
SkyLoft (Level +3)

14:30 – 15:00
Intro I: BioLab (Manuel Selg, Ars Electronica Center, AT)

15:00 – 15:30
bio.display (Ákos Maróy, realized at The Arts & Genomics Center, NL)

15:30 – 16:00
Root up Biotech (Reinhard Nestelbacher, DNA Consult, AT)

Moderation: Manuel Selg

16:30 – 16:45
Intro II: BrainLab (Christopher Lindinger, Ars Electronica Futurelab, AT)

16:45 – 17:15
From body to soul – new views from humankind (Franz A. Fellner, Primar am Zentralen Radiologie Institut, Siegfried Priglinger, Primar der Augenheilkunde und Optometrie, AKH Linz, AT)

17:15 – 17:45
Holoman (Florian Berger, Andreas Jalsovec, Ars Electronica Futurelab, AT)

18:00 – 18:30
Brain-Computer Interfaces (Christoph Guger, g.tec medical engineering GmbH, AT)

18:30 – 19:00
Biomechanical functionality of the human eye (Michael Buchberger, RISC Software Seekid, AT)

19:00 – 19:30
Saccade-based Display for connecting world (Junji Watanabe, researcher, JP)

Moderation: Christopher Lindinger

Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP) Hiroshi Ishiguro (M’) received a D.Eng. in systems engineering from the Osaka University, Japan in 1991. He is currently Professor in the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University (2002–). He is also Visiting Group Leader (2002–) of the Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute, where he previously worked as Visiting Researcher (1999–2002). He was previously Research Associate (1992–1994) in the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University and Associate Professor (1998–2000) in the Department of Social Informatics at Kyoto University. He was also Visiting Scholar (1998–1999) at the University of California, San Diego, USA. He was Associate Professor (2000–2001) and Professor (2001–2002) in the Department of Computer and Communication Sciences at Wakayama University. He then moved to Department of Adaptive Machine Systems in Osaka University as a Professor (2002-2009). And he became Professor of Department of Systems Innovation in the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University. His research interests include distributed sensor systems, interactive robotics, and android science.

Manuel Selg (DE, AT) From 1988 to 1992, Manuel Selg studied Recombinant Gene Technologies and Chemistry at Western Kentucky University. After receiving his Bachelor of Science, he continued his education in the Molecular Biology Ph.D. program at Loyola University Chicago where he received his doctorate degree in 2001. Twelve years of experience in medical research at several internationally renowned universities preceeded his move to the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences in the fall of 2004. There, he joined the faculty in the Bio- and Environmental Technology Department and is now professor for biotechnology. Since October 2008, he is one of the scientific consultants for the Ars Electronica BioLab, where he helped to plan and set up the laboratory in within the museum environment. He is also developing the workshop program for the AEC BioLab that focuses on the possibilities of modern day gene technology.

bio.display
The original concept of the bio.display project was to create a dynamic display made of genetically modified fluorescent bacteria. The installation, though consisting of millions of living organisms, would act as display, a screen – something we’re used to see from machines. The installation allows the participant to enter an image, for which he will receieve a plate of bacteria, that develops this image overnight. A replica of the chemical process of photography done by millions of living creatures in a small plate.

The projekt bio.display is on display in the Ars Electronica Center, MainGallery: BioLab (Level -3).

Maróy Ákos (HU) Member and founder of several non-profit and commercial initiatives, spread between commercial-grade and open source software engineering, artificial life and emergent systems research, media- and bio-art projects and community radios. Founder and former member of Nextlab, an open lab for new media in Budapest, Hungary. Former member and board member of Tilos Radio, a community radio station in Budapest, Hungary. Founder and former member of the Emergent Systems Research Institute in Budapest, Hungary. Founder and CTO at EU Edge LLC, an outsourced software development company catering mainly to US customers from Budapest, Hungary. Founder and CTO of Scarab Research, a company working with Artificial Intelligence methods to provide smart, personalized product recommendations for e-commerce sites. Member of the double Negatives Architecture group, Tokyo, Japan, working on the generative architecture project called Corpora. Founder and former organizer of the Budapest New Technology Meetup, a monthly gathering of new-tech enthusiasts in Hungary, Budapest. Founder and vice president of the Open Standards Alliance, an organization aiming to promote interoperabilty in the IT industry.

Franz A. Fellner (AT) Dr. Franz A. Fellner studierte Medizin in Regensburg und München. Nach seiner Ausbildung zum Facharzt für Radiologie habilitierte er 2001 an der Universität Erlangen. Zwischen 2002 und 2005 war Fellner Oberarzt am Institut für Radiologie der Landes-Nervenklinik in Linz und ist seit 2005 Vorstand des Zentralen Radiologischen Instituts des AKH Linz. 2007 wurde er zum außerplanmäßigen Professor für Radiologie an der Universität Erlangen ernannt. Er ist unter anderem Mitglied des Forschungs- und Entwicklungsbeirates für die Fachhochschulen Oberösterreichs und mehrerer radiologischer Fachgesellschaften.

Siegfried G. Priglinger (AT) Studium der Medizin an der Universität Wien. Postdoctoral Fellowship am Schepens Eye Research Institute der Harvard Medical School in Boston zum Thema “Immunbiologie der Netzhauttransplantation”. Ausbildung zum Facharzt für Augenheilkunde an der Augenklinik der Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität in München. Grundlagenforschung zur Wundheilung in der Augenchirurgie und zur Nachstarprophylaxe. Klinische Studien zu retinalen Gefäßerkrankungen und altersbedingter Makuladegeneration. Juli 2006: Habilitation und Ernennung zum Hochschuldozenten. Seit Juli 2007 Leiter der Augenklinik des AKH Linz.
Seit Januar 2008 Wissenschaftliche Leitung von MAZ-Augen (Mikrochirurgisches Ausbildungs- und Forschungszentrum Linz)

Christoph Guger (AT) Während eines Auslandssemesters in Nordamerika lernte Christoph Guger die faszinierende Welt des Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) kennen. An der Johns Hopkins Universität erfuhr er, dass die TU-Graz auf diesem Gebiet eines der führenden Institute ist. Zurück in Österreich spezialisierte er sich weiter auf diesen Bereich. Das Doktoratsstudium beendet er erfolgreich 1999. Mit seinem Studienkollegen und Freund Günter Edlinger, der die Begeisterung für diese Wissenschaft mit ihm teilt, gründete er im selben Jahr die Firma „g.tec Guger Technologies OEG“ in Graz, die heuer, nach 10 jährigem Bestehen immer noch erfolgreich in mehr als 55 Ländern auf der Welt tätig ist.

Brain-Computer Interfaces
Ist Kommunikation zwischen Hirn und Computer möglich? Ja, das Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) bezeichnet eine Schnittstelle, die ohne die Nutzung von Armen oder Beinen eine Verbindung zwischen dem menschlichen Gehirn und dem Computer herstellt. So ist es möglich nur durch Kraft der Gedanken Briefe zu schreiben, zu musizieren oder virtuell durch eine Wohnung zu steuern. Christoph Guger erklärt, wie es funktioniert und welch vielfältigen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten es bereits gibt.
Im Rahmen der Ausstellung im BrainLab in der Main Gallery des Ars Electroncia Center können die Besucher das BCI auch selbst probieren.

Michael Bucherberger (AT) Michael Buchberger, born 1974, studied Software-Engineering and Informatics at the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences and at the University of Linz. His dissertation in the field of Medical-Informatics was concerned with the biomechanical modeling of the human eye. He worked in several industry software projects and as researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Since 2003 he was head of the department for Medical-Informatics of the Upper Austria Research (UAR), a non-profit research organization funded by the local government of Upper Austria. With 2008, the research department for Medical-Informatics moved to the RISC-Software GmbH as non-profit research organization owned by the RISC Institute of the University of Linz and the Upper Austria government. Within the last 14 years, Buchberger was involved in research and teaching within several research projects on the modeling and simulation of biomedical and biomechanical software systems. During this time he was continuously involved in the design and implementation of complex software systems in the medical field.

Saccade-based Display for connecting world
We have succeeded in full-scale color image presentation with large Saccade-based Display (SD). Even life-size photographic images such as humans and landscapes can be displayed. The enhancement of the image quality of SD provides a new perspective on aesthetic production. Artists can have a choice of SD as a new form of visual presentation media. In the traditional presentation technique, the static and dynamic images are presented with different media. For example, photo is static and movie is dynamic. In contrast to such techniques, SD can be a combination of static and dynamic media. A presented image with SD is generated by a viewer’s dynamic eye movement, and contains information of the movements. In other words, moments in motion are captured in a perceived image, and the images are sequentially presented according to each eye movement. In the future, the special characteristics in SD can be applied to interdisciplinary linkups between engineer, scientist, and artists.

Junji Watanabe (JP) Junji Watanabe (JPN) was born in 1976, and received Ph. D. in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2005. He studies cognitive science and communication devices with applied perception. His studies and works have been presented not only in international conferences such as SIGGRAPH, but also in art festivals such as Japan Media Arts Festival and Ars Electronica. He also works on the stage design of performing art with media performance unit “cell/66b”. The works titled “test-patches” were performed in Ars Electronca in 2002. His work “Visual Resonator” received honorary mentioned in “NextIdea” 2004. His works “Save YourSelf!!!” and “Slot Machine Drawing” were exhibited in Ars Electronica Center from 2007 to 2008, and “Saccade-based Display” is currently presented in new Ars Electronica Center.
http://www.junji.org/