Transcript Mikhak - Center for Bits and Atoms

IP EVERYWHERE & BY EVERYONE
Bakhtiar Mikhak
Chris Lyon
Tim Gorton
Learning Webs Group
overview
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goal
 making
it easy for everyone to design
and make their own network applications
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toolkits
 modular
electronics development environment
 collaborative modeling environments
Learning Webs Group
MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
tower:
a modular electronic development environment
Learning Webs Group
MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
tower:
a modular electronic development environment
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flexible, extensible rapid prototyping tool
customizable, modular virtual machines
enabling a wide range of applications
 architecture – building IP / IP everywhere
 process modeling
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workplace research: USPS collaboration
system dynamics
 personal
fabrication
Learning Webs Group
MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
tower:
a modular electronic development environment
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foundations:
 multiple
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processor support
Microchip PIC16F877 microcontroller
 inexpensive
 wide user-base
 easy to use
Rabbit Semiconductor 2300 processor module
 more RAM and Flash storage
 an Ethernet port and TCP/IP stack
 power
and programming circuitry
 full pin breakout to every layer
Learning Webs Group
MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
tower:
a modular electronic development environment
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layers:
 sensing
 RS-232
and RS-485 serial communication
 Ethernet connectivity
 infrared and RF communication
 audio/visual output
 mechanical actuation
 EEPROM and CompactFlash storage
 rapid prototyping of new layers
Learning Webs Group
MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
tabletop process modeling toolkit
Learning Webs Group
MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
USPS collaboration
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Mailflow Model
ISS
841
DBCS
892
canceler
DBCS
971
other
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MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
USPS collaboration
Man
040
Mailflow Model
ISS
841
DBCS
892
canceler
DBCS
971
other
ops
Learning Webs Group
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P
A
T
C
H
MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms