IP EVERYWHERE & BY EVERYONE
The Learning Webs Group at the MIT Media Laboratory focuses on empowering individuals to design and create their own network applications through modular electronics and collaborative modeling environments. Featuring toolkits and a flexible, extensible prototyping environment, the Learning Webs Group emphasizes easy-to-use systems that support multiple processor architectures. Key innovations include customizable virtual machines and extensive communication capabilities thereby enabling a broad spectrum of applications for personal fabrication and system dynamics.
IP EVERYWHERE & BY EVERYONE
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IP EVERYWHERE & BY EVERYONE Bakhtiar Mikhak Chris Lyon Tim Gorton Learning Webs Group
overview • goal • making it easy for everyone to design and make their own network applications • 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 • flexible, extensible rapid prototyping tool • customizable, modular virtual machines • enabling a wide range of applications • architecture – building IP / IP everywhere • process modeling • 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 • foundations: • multiple 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 • 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 Man 040 D I S P A T C H Mailflow Model ISS 841 DBCS 892 DBCS 971 canceler other ops Learning Webs Group MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms
USPS collaboration Man 040 D I S P A T C H Mailflow Model ISS 841 DBCS 892 DBCS 971 canceler other ops Learning Webs Group MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms