Satya Hariharan
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Towards a User's Manual of Building Worlds

AI-assisted cultural translation methodology bridging cutting-edge technology with traditional knowledge systems. Provides frameworks for helping agricultural communities adopt precision agriculture and mining communities understand proposed operations through innovative spatial visualization.

Towards a User's Manual of Building Worlds

Methodology & Approach

  • Developed methodology for transforming conceptual frameworks into innovative spatial prototypes, directly applicable to helping farming communities understand and adopt precision agriculture technologies.
  • Created approaches for bridging AI/ML technologies with cultural frameworks, enabling translation between AI-driven agricultural insights and traditional farming knowledge systems.
  • Demonstrated capability to navigate ambiguous project requirements with confidence—essential for resource industry startups operating in uncertain regulatory environments and evolving market conditions.
  • Explored non-anthropocentric design approaches applicable to agricultural AI systems that account for soil microbiomes, plant communication networks, and ecosystem relationships rather than purely human-centered metrics.
  • Developed Unity and 3D world-building methodologies for helping mining communities visualize proposed operations, environmental impacts, and mitigation strategies bridging technical engineering data with lived spatial experience.

Resource Industry Applications

Agricultural Technology Implementation

Cultural-technical translation frameworks for helping farming communities understand precision agriculture, bridging AI-driven insights with traditional farming knowledge systems.

Mining Community Engagement

3D visualization methodologies for helping communities understand proposed mining operations, environmental impacts, and mitigation strategies through spatial relationship mapping.

Commodity Market Intelligence

Complex system visualization approaches for understanding commodity relationships, supply chain vulnerabilities, and market dynamics through innovative representation methods.

Technology Adoption Strategy

Frameworks for navigating uncertain regulatory environments and evolving market conditions while introducing AI, IoT, and blockchain solutions to conservative industries.

Year

2023

Context

TofTH Research Fellowship

Technologies

  • Unity
  • AI Visualization Tools
  • Photogrammetry
  • Systems Theory
  • Cultural Translation
  • Spatial Intelligence
  • Community Engagement