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silent_dialogues_notes [2012-10-18 17:48] nikparn:silent_dialogues_notes [2013-05-17 12:46] (current) alkan
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 ====Lab notes from "silent dialogues" ==== ====Lab notes from "silent dialogues" ====
-part of [[borrowed scenery]] experiments in [[plant communication]]+part of [[:Borrowed Scenery]] experiments in [[:plant communication]]
  
 === 20121016 === === 20121016 ===
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   * microscopy   * microscopy
   * watered plants   * watered plants
-  * notes for [[what a plant knows]] +  * notes for [[:what_a_plant_knows]] 
-  * earthboot device -> [[kokedama]] test+  * earthboot device -> [[:kokedama]] test
  
-project notes MH: +project notes (MH)
  
   * bioluminscent communication vector: dark goggles with mycelium contained, some way of amplifying photon events   * bioluminscent communication vector: dark goggles with mycelium contained, some way of amplifying photon events
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   * sonification (analogue VCO (741) or simple software)   * sonification (analogue VCO (741) or simple software)
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 === 20121017 === === 20121017 ===
  
-  * some notes on action potential (AP) and variation potential (VP) measurement (see [[plant_perception|Plant Perception]])+  * some notes on action potential (AP) and variation potential (VP) measurement (see [[:plant_perception|Plant Perception]])
   * construction of dual coil amplifier and headband (anticipating testing with 2 low frequency signals generated by software)   * construction of dual coil amplifier and headband (anticipating testing with 2 low frequency signals generated by software)
   * discussion of potential signals for dual coil amplifier (low frequency chaotic modulations 5-10Hz as suggested by close reading of: http://www.mindspring.com/~txporter/persemf.htm   * discussion of potential signals for dual coil amplifier (low frequency chaotic modulations 5-10Hz as suggested by close reading of: http://www.mindspring.com/~txporter/persemf.htm
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   * NG suggests further trials with improved signal generation: randomly shifting frequency of carrier within parameters alongside noise modulation so we have a differing signal applied to each coil. patch modified for this purpose.    * NG suggests further trials with improved signal generation: randomly shifting frequency of carrier within parameters alongside noise modulation so we have a differing signal applied to each coil. patch modified for this purpose. 
  
-=== 20121017 ===+=== 20121018 ===
   * further tests of modulated noise source to drive each coil separately. initial tests produced slight, somewhat uncomfortable conditions in subject (e.g. "like a toothache, but lower")   * further tests of modulated noise source to drive each coil separately. initial tests produced slight, somewhat uncomfortable conditions in subject (e.g. "like a toothache, but lower")
   * surface elctrodes for measuring signal propogation in trees. copper wire, gold coated thread, ultrasound transmission gel. mounted at sequent petioles.   * surface elctrodes for measuring signal propogation in trees. copper wire, gold coated thread, ultrasound transmission gel. mounted at sequent petioles.
   * recording of signals - differential amplification, 1x, 50x. credible results, quite noisy, electrode problems, change in either contact or electrochemical contact. strange enveloping observed. observed ~10 min signals may be VP propagation or experimental error.   * recording of signals - differential amplification, 1x, 50x. credible results, quite noisy, electrode problems, change in either contact or electrochemical contact. strange enveloping observed. observed ~10 min signals may be VP propagation or experimental error.
   * kernel panic   * kernel panic
 +  * searching for snorkel
 +
 +=== 20121019 ===
 +  * goggles to contain [[:bioluminescent_fungi]] (mycellial photon exchange instrument - [[:mpeir]]) -> optical communication 
 +  * metaphase typewriter (c.f. [[:nick_herbert]]), primed with "The Power of Movement in Plants" by Charles Darwin -> noise -> statistical proto-meaning
 +  * field expedition -> 2x 10min experimetns with earthboot driving coils. mycelial plugs in various stumps (e.g. http://borrowed-scenery.com/zizim/reports/view/164)
 +  * fermented plant products
 +  * series of 20min session w. [[:mpeir]] and coils using ferns as signal source (short interviews recorded by MH and SJ)
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 +=== 20121020 ===
 +  * open ended
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