Through The Lens

“My body is like breakfast, lunch and dinner. I don’t think

Through the Lens of Sports, Film & Theater All sides of the lens Exploring the Human Mind & Body Relationship

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June.25.2009 Chris Richards

Are We Human Or Are We Dancer?

Can’t we be both? • To objectively view the human Mind & Body experience, related to the “Lens of Sports, Film and Theater,” we must first identify the subject through the lens: • Subject: a human being that prepares physically and mentally for an event, feat, demonstration or challenge.

Dichotomy or Uniformity? • The subject is built with the physiological components needed to yield a minimum degree of performance: • Actual physical cultivation of these traits • Level of physicality possible: (x) • Level of physicality reached: >,< or

10,000 Years of Physical Genetic Ability Code meets The X= Phys. Poss. L= Lev. Rchd. S= Stainblty.

x L >,< or = x

S =?

Metabolism: chemical reaction that maintains life

WHAT’S UP?

Synergy is Taking Shape! • Grzeszczuk & Terzopoulos demonstrated: 10,000 years of genetic programming enable a healthy human body to process ATP (Adenosine Triphospate), the Universal cellular fuel. • The majority of humans have this program (D.N.A.), the fuel (ATP) and the equipment: the body

Automated Learning of Muscle-Actuated Locomotion Through Control Abstraction

Grzeszczuk & Terzopoulos: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

Synthetic Snake Model • Actuators : 20 (N) • • •

Springs: 40 Stiffness : 50.0 Unites: 1.0

• Formula for locomotion (in the snake model): • U (t) = [u1(t)….. U3i (t)…..u N (t), which N=20. • E (u(t)) = ≀ (u1 Eu (u(t)) + u2Eu (v(t))) dt. • For locomotion, there must be the proper equipment, the proper energy source and the correct formula or

D.N.A.: The Human Playbook

Consciousness and muscle activity “Muscle activity and running speed is closely coupled to the rate of synthesis of ATP in muscles.  Fuels giving the most rapid rates of energy production are found in limited amounts.  Long-term exercise must be supported through the use of fat as an energy source.  Since lipid metabolism is relatively slow, longterm activities must progress at slower rate than high speed short-term activities.”

To a Centipede and His Hundred Legs A centipede was happy quite, Until a frog in fun Said, "Pray, which leg comes after which?" This raised her mind to such a pitch, She lay distracted in the ditch, Considering how to run.

Science Vs. Reality • Watching the “Unbelievable” • Witnessing “The Not-Possible”

2008 Olympic Games • France: Three fastest swimmers in the world • USA: A solid team

It is Possible to Achieve Beyond Possibility

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United States Census Bureau Automated Learning of Muscle-Actuated Locomotion Through Control Abstraction: Radek Grzeszczuk and Demetri Terzopoulos: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, published by UCLA 1995. Journal for Applied Phisiology: Gottschall & Kram 1999 Human Physiology in Space, Barb Lujan and Ron White 2000-2008 Don’t Swallow the Sea Water Mike Reed March 2002 http://www.medbio.info/Horn/Time%206/muscle_metabolism.htm http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5686e/y5686e04.htm