Terminology
Feedback
"Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop.[2] The system can then be said to feed back into itself."(Wikipedia)
Homeostasis
"Homeostasis is the state of steady internal conditions maintained by living things.[1] This dynamic state of equilibrium is the condition of optimal functioning for the organism and includes many variables, such as body temperature and fluid balance, being kept within certain pre-set limits (homeostatic range). Other variables include the pH of extracellular fluid, the concentrations of sodium, potassium and calcium ions, as well as that of the blood sugar level, and these need to be regulated despite changes in the environment, diet, or level of activity."(Wikipedia)
Umwelt
"In the semiotic theories of Jakob von Uexküll and Thomas A. Sebeok, umwelt (plural: umwelten; from the German Umwelt meaning "environment" or "surroundings") is the "biological foundations that lie at the very epicenter of the study of both communication and signification in the human [and non-human] animal"."
Related projects
Ingmar Riedel-Kruse lab at stanford university
- Trap it [1]
Museum visitors could use blue, green or red light to draw patterns on the screen and observe how the Euglena reacted. The microorganisms avoided blue light, so drawing a circle around one of the microbes would trap it, which became the name for one of the scientific mini-games
- Euglena soccer, start at 27:05, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdx7BkYSCq4
Players earn points by guiding the Euglena through the goal posts.
- Euglena PacMan, [2]