Interactively probing swarm behavior with laser pointers

[TheQlabs]

In 2003-2004 wen i was in gent, belgium i have discussed interactive based laser design with syfi,...

[TheQlabs]

In 2003-2004 wen i was in gent, belgium i have discussed interactive based laser design with syfi in the UK.

[Lascap]

@James: Yes. I *think* we could extract the group-based prior with this method. That's what I was getting at with the "political symbol" task. I should have settled for something easier, like "horse". What does the canonical horse look like? Also note that when I ask for making it tighter, the scatter INCREASES. This has social implications. People not knowing who they are. Don't have the full lecture, sorry. This is it.

[jhedges3]

rad. it would be nice to hear this entire lecture. do you have video of it? you could put it up on academicearth. did you notice the transition from 'O' to 'A'. seemed like many people on the right side of the O went to the left side of the A and vice versa. you can also see people making small adjustments to tighten it up. seems like you could do group versions of standard tasks with this. do a newsome dot coherence and have them point (instead of saccade). the influence of a group-based prior?

[DariusLerup]

the hardest part was to keep your eye on your own dot. Often I have to bring my dot off so I could figure out which was mine, especially when all the dots were concentrated together. Popping the balloons was fun tho

[TheGreenSweater]

sometimes, just keeping my "dot" still was the best way to find it...I kept it still as you suggested making the "A" and noticed that as one of the first still dots, mine became a juncture that other people organized their dots around...