Comments on: Why put magnetic paint on ants? http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Holland Griffis http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1643690 Holland Griffis Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1643690 Pastime for the love of god. Pastime for the love of god.

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642998 anansi133 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642998 If you kill a mouse or a rat in a trap, few people are going to object. But if you videotape it and post it to youtube, it's going to raise some eyebrows. This video isn't so extreme as that, and if the guy were a real researcher making an authentic case for a scientific theory, he'd get a pass. This is just some yahoo harassing the wildlife and filming the results for amusement. It's not axe murder creepy, but it's kinds gross. That's my artistic critique of the performance. If you kill a mouse or a rat in a trap, few people are going to object. But if you videotape it and post it to youtube, it’s going to raise some eyebrows. This video isn’t so extreme as that, and if the guy were a real researcher making an authentic case for a scientific theory, he’d get a pass. This is just some yahoo harassing the wildlife and filming the results for amusement. It’s not axe murder creepy, but it’s kinds gross. That’s my artistic critique of the performance.

]]> By: WhyBother http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642799 WhyBother Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642799 I was sold on the idea as soon as I read it! Although upon reflection, I may have been slightly biased by the Etch-A-Sketch+Ant Farm=Insect-O-Sketch from MST3K. I was sold on the idea as soon as I read it!

Although upon reflection, I may have been slightly biased by the Etch-A-Sketch+Ant Farm=Insect-O-Sketch from MST3K.

]]> By: saraeanderson http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642517 saraeanderson Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642517 Maybe it's just to hold off the "cruelty to animals" flamewar that always ensues, so no one's going "And IRB approved this?"   Maybe it’s just to hold off the “cruelty to animals” flamewar that always ensues, so no one’s going “And IRB approved this?”  

]]> By: abstract_reg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642348 abstract_reg Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642348  Well, does he consider himself a social insects researcher? Self-identity is pretty much identity.  Well, does he consider himself a social insects researcher? Self-identity is pretty much identity.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642244 ocker3 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642244  Good point, perhaps the ant is screaming out "kill me, I can't take this anymore!!"  Good point, perhaps the ant is screaming out “kill me, I can’t take this anymore!!”

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642178 Gulliver Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642178 Won't someone think of the <i>ants‽</i> Meanwhile, here's a computer ten times smarter than an ant: http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/10/scientists-create-artificial-brain-with-2-3-million-simulated-neurons/ Won’t someone think of the ants‽

Meanwhile, here’s a computer ten times smarter than an ant:
http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/10/scientists-create-artificial-brain-with-2-3-million-simulated-neurons/

]]> By: katkins http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642139 katkins Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642139 Not to get all scientific or anything, but since it seems likely that a lot of ant communication is pheromonal, how is he controlling for chemicals released by the dead ants, regardless of which colony they come from, and for those release by ants in (magnetic) distress?   Not to get all scientific or anything, but since it seems likely that a lot of ant communication is pheromonal, how is he controlling for chemicals released by the dead ants, regardless of which colony they come from, and for those release by ants in (magnetic) distress?  

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642074 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642074 How long till the human trials? How long till the human trials?

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642073 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642073  The "errors" are actually social markers, left there to separate the literate from hoi polloi.  Ant.  The “errors” are actually social markers, left there to separate the literate from hoi polloi.  Ant.

]]> By: blorgggg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642049 blorgggg Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642049 It's one of my favorite hobbies! It’s one of my favorite hobbies!

]]> By: blorgggg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642037 blorgggg Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642037 Howdy guys! Interesting discussion. For the record, my PhD (which I'm just starting cracking on) is on the topic of "Digital Naturalism." The idea stems from the fact that new technology typically only comes to play in lots of animal behavioral science during the official experimentation and analysis stages, and is very useful for extracting quantitative data. However, I feel that there is an way to complement the more positivist elements of science by working with ethologists to design "performative tools" which can be used in the earlier "assay" stages of science. Here they are getting to know their organisms, their peculiarities, and building tacit knowledge with their subjects before they meticulous craft and implement their actual experiments.   It's a process aiming to combine performance studies, critical making, and bio-media, to provide novel insights for scientists and hopefully empower their entire experimental process.  My goal is to make it back down to panama this summer to work with my ethologist friends, set up a tropical jungle "maker-lab," and do some situated digital design work connecting people-organisms-and digital agents and craft some fun, insightful performances and cybiotic artifacts! So wish me luck! Also, so, officially, I am a digital media student, working in a robot lab, that studies insects, and works with social insect scientists.but why we gotta put labels on things :) Howdy guys! Interesting discussion. For the record, my PhD (which I’m just starting cracking on) is on the topic of “Digital Naturalism.” The idea stems from the fact that new technology typically only comes to play in lots of animal behavioral science during the official experimentation and analysis stages, and is very useful for extracting quantitative data. However, I feel that there is an way to complement the more positivist elements of science by working with ethologists to design “performative tools” which can be used in the earlier “assay” stages of science. Here they are getting to know their organisms, their peculiarities, and building tacit knowledge with their subjects before they meticulous craft and implement their actual experiments.   It’s a process aiming to combine performance studies, critical making, and bio-media, to provide novel insights for scientists and hopefully empower their entire experimental process.
 My goal is to make it back down to panama this summer to work with my ethologist friends, set up a tropical jungle “maker-lab,” and do some situated digital design work connecting people-organisms-and digital agents and craft some fun, insightful performances and cybiotic artifacts! So wish me luck!

Also, so, officially, I am a digital media student, working in a robot lab, that studies insects, and works with social insect scientists.but why we gotta put labels on things :)

]]> By: Daneel http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642035 Daneel Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642035 Why not put magnetic pain on ants? Why not put magnetic pain on ants?

]]> By: blorgggg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642027 blorgggg Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642027 If you want to see another use of magnetic paint, check out the prototype game, HUNGRY HUNGRY ANTEATERS. Different tools let you explore the materiality of ants! (some of which may be magnetic!) We battle the use ofI use some sticky-hand type material, http://dwig.lmc.gatech.edu/studio/?p=917 or straight to the video http://youtu.be/PZVHY0Z_uGU?t=14s  If you want to see another use of magnetic paint, check out the prototype game, HUNGRY HUNGRY ANTEATERS. Different tools let you explore the materiality of ants! (some of which may be magnetic!) We battle the use ofI use some sticky-hand type material,

http://dwig.lmc.gatech.edu/studio/?p=917

or straight to the video http://youtu.be/PZVHY0Z_uGU?t=14s 

]]> By: blorgggg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642019 blorgggg Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642019 This is Quitmeyer! I apologize that I tend to refer to all the lovely lady ants as "guys" or "he." All the ones you see there are wonderful Aphaenogaster cockerelli ants. Just sleep deprived, and the cultural norms of speech take over!  This is Quitmeyer! I apologize that I tend to refer to all the lovely lady ants as “guys” or “he.” All the ones you see there are wonderful Aphaenogaster cockerelli ants. Just sleep deprived, and the cultural norms of speech take over! 

]]> By: Cornan http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642018 Cornan Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642018 Wow. I'm glad so many people are rushing to the defense of the ants. THEY'RE FREAKING ANTS, PEOPLE. Wow. I’m glad so many people are rushing to the defense of the ants. THEY’RE FREAKING ANTS, PEOPLE.

]]> By: blorgggg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642017 blorgggg Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642017 @BDiamond, I would Totally be down for that! @BDiamond, I would Totally be down for that!

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1642009 BDiamond Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1642009 How's about we paint Quitmeyer with magnetic paint and pull him around with a giant electromagnet, like the ones used at junkyards? How’s about we paint Quitmeyer with magnetic paint and pull him around with a giant electromagnet, like the ones used at junkyards?

]]> By: Robert Hendrickson http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1641994 Robert Hendrickson Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1641994 Man, if this didn't just just become my new favorite show! "Oh, we better bite him in the head to calm him down." Whoever writes this stuff is hilarious. Will definitely be giving Two Broke Girls a run for their money. Man, if this didn’t just just become my new favorite show! “Oh, we better bite him in the head to calm him down.” Whoever writes this stuff is hilarious. Will definitely be giving Two Broke Girls a run for their money.

]]> By: Sam Ley http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1641984 Sam Ley Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1641984 I think the comment was more to remind people that this isn't what actual research is like, though I suspect many people imagine it as such. Not that Quitmeyer isn't doing something interesting and potentially useful, it just isn't formal research at this point (whether or not he is being paid for it). I think the comment was more to remind people that this isn’t what actual research is like, though I suspect many people imagine it as such. Not that Quitmeyer isn’t doing something interesting and potentially useful, it just isn’t formal research at this point (whether or not he is being paid for it).

]]> By: SumAnon http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1641960 SumAnon Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1641960 ♪ Single Female Lawyer ♫ ♪ Single Female Lawyer ♫

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1641940 anansi133 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1641940 Next we should watch someone pull the wings off of flies. Y'know, for science! Next we should watch someone pull the wings off of flies. Y’know, for science!

]]> By: Robert Holmén http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1641937 Robert Holmén Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1641937 "(Quitmeyer, for the record, is not a social insects researcher.)" If this were an interesting musical creation would we feel the need to assert that the person "is not a musician" just because he doesn't collect a paycheck for it? “(Quitmeyer, for the record, is not a social insects researcher.)”

If this were an interesting musical creation would we feel the need to assert that the person “is not a musician” just because he doesn’t collect a paycheck for it?

]]> By: Patrick Aaron Murphy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1641915 Patrick Aaron Murphy Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1641915 It's a weird "past-time"?  Is anyone proofreading these things? It’s a weird ”past-time”?  Is anyone proofreading these things?

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/why-put-magnetic-paint-on-ants.html#comment-1641859 Snig Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209685#comment-1641859 Ant defense against zombies.  Ant defense against zombies. 

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