TSES 3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tses, Zygote, Eduardo Kac
29 Jan 2020
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In addition to the 10 tenets, this site shows several examples of chindogu. In the chindogu examples the goal/purpose of problem solving is achieved, but the artifact isn"t used making the artifact unuseless. Laminated paper towel: mismatch of inner environment with purpose. 10 kg cellphone: mismatch of inner environment with psychosocial environment. Assuming that the goal/purpose is embedded in the psychosocial environment, an artifact would then be the interface of: Consider gfp protein (gfp protein/tool, biotechnologist/techniques, molecular biology/technology) https://www. universityofcalifornia. edu/news/how-basic-research- jellyfish-led-unexpected-scientific-revolution. Started with asking a simple question about a jellyfish and lead to a powerful new tool that completely transformed research. Osamu shimomura discovered a protein in the jellyfish that glowed bright green when exposed to blue light gfp (green fluorescent protein). Martin chalfie thought about how to put this protein into a roundworm species he was studying in order to see inside see what couldn"t be seen with a microscope.
