Artificial Intelligence Pioneer

Interview with kynamatrix board member Marvin Minsky conducted on November 3, 2010, by Michael Bicks, producer of “Smartest Machine on Earth,” and edited by Peter Tyson, editor in chief of NOVA Online > Read more

Electronic Composition

Interesting musical devolution: 1bitsymphony > Read more

Transportation Alternatives

The Martin Jetpack

Automotive Visions

BMW Concept Car: GINA

Proximity algorithm

Because millions can be left homeless when disaster strikes, kynamatrix is planning sustainable and collaborative environments for the homeless to reintegrate into society.

kynamatrix's goal is to research, design, and document a scalable, emergency urban environment plan by creating a fractal-like recursive algorithm, also known as a "Scalable Recovery Algorithm." kynamatrix expects the plans to handle from 1,000 to 100,000 people per instance and to be rapidly deployable across the nation.

The algorithm can have additional applicability to assist displaced veterans, homeless people in general, and can be adapted to assist other cultures around the globe.> Read more (pdf)

Innovation Notes

You have to be willing to be misunderstood when you innovate," said PhoCusWright CEO Philip Wolf in his Travel Innovation Summit opening remarks. "By definition, innovators have compelled themselves to ignore problems and failures in the quest to accomplish something important... " http://www.ukwire.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=20081216003200H7738

Intuitive Musical Instrument

Collaborative electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible multi-touch interface: Take a look at the video demo of Reactable.

http://www.reactable.com/

Artist Bjork made use of this very cool interactive technology at Coachella 2007.