MPC Topic 0- part 2: Computers and Electronics in Everything and Everywhere: a Brief Review of Computational Artifacts

S.W. Loke

Copyright, S.W.Loke, 2010

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Recall

Pervasive computing: mobile computing & ubiquitous computing Harnessing & User interacting with devices worn on, or carried by, the user AND devices embedded in the environment Interplay between devices on user and the users environment

Embedding

computers, networking and sensing into everyday objects

Bringing the computer to where the action is Our emphasis: what kind of software and applications over such an interconnected proliferation of devices?

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Shoes

Verb For Shoe senses your activity level and automatically adjusts to improve comfort and performance http://www.verbforshoe.com/beta4/ Tap-n-bass http://www.timebend.net/projects/? projectID=tap_and_bass&noframes=1 adiStart Fusion Shoes http://www.shopadidas.com/shop/index.jsp? categoryId=2458607&source=OVER_LP:Polar&OVMTC=standard&OVADI D=4101584022&OVKEY=ecg %20shirt&OVKWID=36150530522&OVRAW=ECG%20Shirt

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Shoes

Verb For Shoe senses your activity level and automatically adjusts to improve comfort and performance http://www.verbforshoe.com/beta4/ Tap-n-bass http://www.timebend.net/projects/? projectID=tap_and_bass&noframes=1 adiStart Fusion Shoes http://www.shopadidas.com/shop/index.jsp? categoryId=2458607&source=OVER_LP:Polar&OVMTC=standard&OVADI D=4101584022&OVKEY=ecg %20shirt&OVKWID=36150530522&OVRAW=ECG%20Shirt

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Shoes

Verb For Shoe senses your activity level and automatically adjusts to improve comfort and performance http://www.verbforshoe.com/beta4/ Tap-n-bass http://www.timebend.net/projects/? projectID=tap_and_bass&noframes=1 adiStart Fusion Shoes http://www.shopadidas.com/shop/index.jsp? categoryId=2458607&source=OVER_LP:Polar&OVMTC=standard&OVADI D=4101584022&OVKEY=ecg %20shirt&OVKWID=36150530522&OVRAW=ECG%20Shirt

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Shoes

Verb For Shoe senses your activity level and automatically adjusts to improve comfort and performance http://www.verbforshoe.com/beta4/ Tap-n-bass http://www.timebend.net/projects/? projectID=tap_and_bass&noframes=1 adiStart Fusion Shoes http://www.shopadidas.com/shop/index.jsp? categoryId=2458607&source=OVER_LP:Polar&OVMTC=standard&OVADI D=4101584022&OVKEY=ecg %20shirt&OVKWID=36150530522&OVRAW=ECG%20Shirt

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Carpet

Flying Carpet http://www.petracolor.de/FC/Flying.html Digital Quilt http://faculty.risd.edu/faculty/dpeltz/ projects2004.html Healing Series http://www.blep.com/healing/index.htm Interactive Walkways http://electroland.net/flash.php The Layer http://www.greyworld.org/#news_/v1 Thinking Carpet http://www.inteletex.com/FeatureDetail.asp?NewsId=3569

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Pillows

CMU: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/11/technology/circuits/ 11hugs.html Comm via pillows

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Responsive/Reciprocal Architecture and Space

ReFashion Lab http://smart.tii.se/smart/projects/ refashion/index_en.html Aegis Hyposurface http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/Projects/ Aegis_Hyposurface.php

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Furniture
Interactive Furniture (tables, chairs, walls) http://craftwww.epfl.ch/cherubini/caif/

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TrashCan

Touchless TrashCan http://www.touchlesstrashcan.com/share/cgi-bin/site.cgi? site_id=touchlesstrashcan&page_id=trashcanstainless

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Umbrella
Pileus http://www.pileus.net/ (see video)

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Alarm Clock

WAK3300 by Philips with WiFi and music streaming http://gadgets.fosfor.se/philips-streamium-wak3300networked-alarm-clock/ A set of networked alarm clocks http:// www.appliancedesign.org/3ad/design/alarmclock.pdf Technology behind an early Internet Alarm Clock (2000) http://www.research.telcordia.com/iapp/ ac-whitepaper.pdf

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Clothes

FabCell http://idl.sfc.keio.ac.jp/project/fabcell/ adiStar Fusion apparel http:// www.shopadidas.com/shop/index.jsp? categoryId=2458607&source=OVER_LP:Polar&O VMTC=standard&OVADID=4101584022&OVKEY =ecg %20shirt&OVKWID=36150530522&OVRAW=EC G%20Shirt loveJackets http://www.5050ltd.com/loveRedux.html life-saving shirt detects when you fall http://articles.cnn.com/ 2004-10-12/tech/explorers.fall.detector_1_invention-device-clothing?_s=PM:TECH

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Bags
Build your own bag http:// alumni.media.mit.edu/~nanda/design/ electronics/byob/byob.html Courtly Bags http://www.5050ltd.com/courtlyBags.html Fashion victims http:// www.fashionvictims.org/

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Toilet

a toilet that measures salt and sugar levels in your urine (Toto) http://www.toto.co.jp/en/

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Displays
livePic http://www.livepic.jp/ Examples http://portal.acm.org/ ft_gateway.cfm?id=1109182&type=pdf

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Dog Collar

Snif http://sniflabs.com/ (gone but sniftag video at http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9K6UAT7EIrk&feature=plcp )

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Picture Frames

Digital Picture Frames with wireless connectivity http://www.digitalframes.com.au/index.php Frames with Internet connectivity http:// electronics.howstuffworks.com/digital-pictureframe.htm/printable Build your own http://www.shuttertalk.com/articles/ digitalframe

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Pen

Anoto Pen http://www.anoto.com/

SRC: http://www.acreo.se/upload/Publications/Proceedings/OE00/00-KAURANEN.pdf

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Cups and Related

MediaCup with sensing, processing and communication capabilities http://mediacup.teco.edu/ Smart Lids (non-electronic) http://www.smartlidsystems.com/ Smart Spoon is equipped with sensors that measure temperature, acidity, salinity, and viscosity, and is connected to a computer via a cable. The sensors evaluate the different properties of the food, and send them to the computer for further processing. http://www.media.mit.edu/ci/projects/intelligentspoon.html

Sunday, 17 June 2012

New artifacts

Z-agon http://www.z-agon.com/ ShootBall http://www.ok.sfc.keio.ac.jp/shootball/en/ index.html BiblioRoll http://www.ok.sfc.keio.ac.jp/biblioroll/ main_e.htm Ambient Devices (Orb) http://www.ambientdevices.com/ MusicCube
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k6g5t3038v743642/

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New Terminology for Enhanced Things

Spime: things

that are searchable, you can track their location, usage histories and discourse with the other things around them
Blogjects: objects that blog

track and trace where they are and where theyve been, have self-contained (embedded) histories of their encounters and experiences, always have some form of agency they can foment action and participate; they have an assertive voice within the social web.

e.g., Pigeon that Blogs, Pets that blog, Shoes that blog - add GPS, sensors, camera and networking to an object Ref: see WhyThingsMatter.pdf

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More

Things That Think Consortium http:// ttt.media.mit.edu/ Toys: with music and sensors and all http:// www.toysymphony.net/ More Projects http://mountain.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ ~tanakalab/paper.html The Smart Home Project has a list of some smart devices for the home (see smarthome.pdf) Chapter 4 of Context-Aware Pervasive Systems

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Music
Cyber Sound Project http:// www.csp.sfc.keio.ac.jp/uni/main.htm New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) conferences http://www.nime.org/ committee.html

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Homes

HTS http://www.hometouchsystems.com.au/ Aware Home Gatech with sensing equipment, including cameras in the ceiling, microphones in the walls and invisible trip sensors in doorways. http://www.awarehome.gatech.edu/ The Adaptive House http://www.cs.colorado.edu/ ~mozer/house/

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Cities

New Songdo City ubiquitous computing city http://www.songdo.com/ default.aspx Ubiquitous Computing in Tokyo associating IDs with physical objects and locations http://www.tokyo-ubinavi.jp/index_en.html Sonic City http://www.viktoria.se/fal/projects/soniccity/concepts.html IPCity mixed reality interfaces http://www.ipcity.eu/?page_id=7 Smart Cities http://cities.media.mit.edu/ DigitalCities Project http://www.digitalcitiesproject.net/intro.php Mobiles, sensors, city http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/ParticipatoryUrbanism/index.html

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SRC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law
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Conclusion: Evolution of Computational Artifacts

Due to Moores law

New devices Enhancement to existing devices Transformation of devices (i-phone, etc) Transformation and redefinition of everyday objects (computational ability, sensing, networking)

convergent devices aims towards universality, multi-function, multipurpose divergent devices aims towards specialization, differentiation, singlefunction, single-purpose artificial animism animating objects (impart/give artificial life) Accompanied by

Evolution of networking technologies Evolution of models and paradigms for software New applications

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Technical & Pragmatic Issues

Hardware & Software

E.g., design a smart bookmark E.g., design a smart wardrobe E.g., design a smart pill bottle

Challenge: design your own device based on an everyday object (must include computation, sensing and networking capabilities), and get a chocolate bar!!

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Recall

Pervasive computing: mobile computing & ubiquitous computing Harnessing & User interacting with devices worn on, or carried by, the user AND devices embedded in the environment Interplay between devices on user and the users environment Embedding computers, networking and sensing into everyday objects Bringing the computer to where the action is

Our emphasis: what kind of software and applications over such new (or enhanced) devices and over such an interconnected proliferation of devices?
E.g.: utilizing cameras on mobile phones http://www.mobot.com/index.html

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Where Next?
More recent directions:
Smart spaces: -embedding computing infrastructure into an enclosed area -user programming and interaction with the space? Invisibility: -minimize user distraction -can this be done fully? Localized scalability: -intensity of interaction between a users personal computing space and his/her surroundings increases, and the density of interactions as the user moves -parameters for such variation?

M. Satyanarayanan, Pervasive Computing: Vision and Challenges, IEEE Personal Communications, 2001
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Uneven conditioning: -not every space is equally smart -can it be masked?