Miscellaneous

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Next world - Intel Claytronics (Programmable matter)

Uploaded on Apr 5, 2009

"Claytronics" is an emerging field of engineering concerning reconfigurable nanoscale robots ('claytronic atoms', or catoms) designed to form much larger scale machines or mechanisms. Also known as "programmable matter", the catoms will be sub-millimeter computers that will eventually have the ability to move around, communicate with other computers, change color, and electrostatically connect to other catoms to form different shapes. The forms made up of catoms could morph into nearly any object, even replicas of human beings for virtual meetings.

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Ambient Intelligence: Awareness

Uploaded on Jun 26, 2007

Sensor network research project at MERL focused on understanding how people use buildings.

Data from hundreds of sensors all over MERL feed work on better sensor hardware, better perceptual tools, better visualizations, and ultimately a better understanding of how people use buildings and how those buildings can help the people within them. Work completed 2006, video edited 2007. Christopher R. Wren, Yuri A. Ivanov, Darren Leigh, Jonathan Westhues, John Barnwell, Alexander Sorokin, Ishwinder Kaur, and Emmanuel Munguia Tapia.

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Creating Objects On Demand With Programmable Matter

Published on Dec 31, 2014

What if you could fax someone a real, three-dimensional object? The solution might come in the form of programmable matter - a material that takes on predetermined shapes and can change its configuration on demand. We’re already seeing early prototypes coming from Carnegie Mellon and Intel in the form of “claytronics.” So what’s in store for this technology, and why should we be excited about it?

If you had a vat of claytronic atoms in front of you, what’s the first thing you’d build with it? Let us know in the comments below!

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Data-Grams: Robot News for CES 2015

Published on Jan 7, 2015

This new Data-Gram for the Robot News Digest reports on the role of robotics in the Internet of Things. What good are eyes and ears without arms, legs, and a friendly face? Convenience is freedom!

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How the Internet of Things will change the world

Published on Feb 11, 2015

When we launched this channel, our very first episode was about the Internet of Things, and how this technology might affect our day-to-day lives at home. Now, over 100 episodes later (when did THAT happen?!) we felt it was time to give this topic an update. What happens when the Internet of Things goes global, and what will we need to do for us to reach this vision of the future?

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IoT with Touch and Printed Electronics presented by Ericsson for Machine to Nature

Published on May 6, 2015

Jan Hederen of Ericsson presents the clickable world, how everything – including nature, can be part of our connected world and how a simple touch allows you to communicate with anything. Today, we are on the brink of an extraordinary revolution where everything that benefits from a connection will have one. This Networked Society is in real time will place many new requirements on us while opening up opportunities beyond our imagination. Those who have the ability to rethink, reinvent and innovate will be winners in this new value-creating ecosystem. In the presentation "The power of touch - Exploring the real world web" Jan Hederen at Ericsson presented at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe discussing and demonstrating their initial findings in creating a clickable world, exploring the opportunities with partners to use printed electronics to realize this new connected world.

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Internet of Things Highlights: 2014 CES

Published on Jan 9, 2014

The Internet of Things is creating countless new connections at the 2014 International CES. Check out the latest connected devices across the show floor.