We experience a world ruled by the principles of classical physics. We can feel gravity, mass, acceleration, and observe the effects of surface tension or magnetism. Yet, the substances that surround us are made from waves and particles governed by alien rules that are completely incongruous with what we perceive. Sometimes, one thing is in two places at the same time, or perhaps everywhere all the time. Some substances behave differently if you are looking at them, and when you are not. Others interact with substances that could be kilometres away, what Einstein described as "spooky action at a distance".
Quantum Technologies are a relatively new emerging field on the interactions of light and matter, such as high-precision clocks, electronic computers, Laser technologies, all digital communication technologies, medical devices such as MRI or CT Scanners, new energy supply technologies such as solar fusion or speculative technologies like teleportation.
"The scientific reading of natural systems and phenomena has recently been adopted as one of the main driving forces for new developments in designing processes, such as neural networks, flocks of birds, genetic coding, fractal geometries and various computational machineries." (ia#4 Feng, Quantum Architecture, 2011) They have facilitated our ability to realise new kinds of spatial and material organizations already enriching our understanding of the inner logic of space and material* and we would like to ask in this module for these new kinds of spatial and material organisations through views on Quantum principles. How does it appear and which aesthetics and affordances can it take for us in the field of Interaction Design? From this point new forms of interactions between users and their constructed environments can be envisioned from us through computational tools and fabrication strategies.
*Today the most precise explanation of our physical world has not only triggered huge amount of New Technologies mentioned above, but has also introduced a revolutionary Quantum world view that considers the material world as a non-deterministic construct, deciphered with probability and interactivity.
Example String Theory description:
Resonant-Transmuters
String theory is a framework that describes the nature of sub-atomic particles as one-dimensional objects called strings. The vibrational state of these strings is what defines mass and other properties of the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
The connection between resonance and substance can also be witnessed in Resonant-Transmuters. This class of artefact can change their substance and form based on the frequency of oscillation. Various interactions with Resonant-Transmuter can introduce a new oscillation and immediate transformation. You may have experienced this effect, say, while playing the radio too loud, only to discover your dinner table has turned into a fishing-rod.
Notes:
https://www.virtualspace.matters-of-activity.de
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/people/prof-marcos-cruz
https://www.ericklarenbeek.com
Loss of Distance - or space zero gravity
Trans-digital materials
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