National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
Art and Science, Engineering, and Medicine Frontier Collaborations:
Ideation . Translation . Realization
11-14 November 2015
seed idea TEAM D: Restoring Physical Intuition
Increasingly, individuals interact with the world through the primarily virtual interface of computers. Children play with iPads rather than blocks or erector sets. Physical intuition plays a role in the invention of physical objects, architecture, and engineering. None of us is totally disconnected from the physical world—potentially a dangerous place requiring intuition to navigate safely. How can physical interactive displays allow people to test their own physical intuition, developed through interaction with the real world, and emerge with an awareness of its importance and their level of proficiency?
Response: Tools of Unknown Purpose
A collaboration of NAKFI seed idea TEAM D, Art & Science Lab, UC Davis’s Complexity Sciences Center, and more to come.
The project has morphed into the Institute of Unknown Purpose:
o NAKFI Conference site (incl. videos).