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Bits and Atoms Beliefs. Digital Logic was a bad idea Bugs will have programs Engineers will not design complex systems The future of personal computation is personal fabrication The most advanced technologies are needed in the least-developed places. The Center for Bits and Atoms.
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Bits and Atoms Beliefs • Digital Logic was a bad idea • Bugs will have programs • Engineers will not design complex systems • The future of personal computation is personal fabrication • The most advanced technologies are needed in the least-developed places
The CenterforBits and Atoms • content representation • nm km • NSF: infrastructure, students, outreach ($13.75M) • Sponsors: joint research, tech transfer, IP • Building: Fumihiko Maki artists macrofab kids nanofab biofab
Shrinking the Internet (Raffi Krikorian, Matt Hancher, H. Shrikumar, Pehr Anderson) physical plant
Implementation (Matt Hancher, Raffi Krikorian)
Architecture (Vicente Guallart, Metapolis)
Embedded IP Beliefs • IP to leaf nodes • Slower can be better • No server dependence • Architecture is architecture • X10, Lonworks, CAN bus, emWare, BACnet, … • open, interoperable, scalable, … • IP/UDP/TCP/HTTP • $, pins, power, … • Internet 0 • standards, testbeds, …