“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

• 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. x
Poss. L >,<
L= Lev. Rchd. or = x
S= Stainblty.

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, long-
term 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
 Bibliography
• 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
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