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The Resource Architectural robotics : ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology, Keith Evan Green

Architectural robotics : ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology, Keith Evan Green

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"The relationship of humans to computers can no longer be represented as one person in a chair and one computer on a desk. Today computing finds its way into our pockets, our cars, our appliances; it is ubiquitous -- an inescapable part of our everyday lives. Computing is even expanding beyond our devices; sensors, microcontrollers, and actuators are increasingly embedded into the built environment. In Architectural Robotics, Keith Evan Green looks toward the next frontier in computing: interactive, partly intelligent, meticulously designed physical environments. Green examines how these 'architectural robotic' systems will support and augment us at work, school, and home, as we roam, interconnect, and age. Green tells the stories of three projects from his research lab that exemplify the reconfigurable, distributed, and transfigurable environments of architectural robotics. The Animated Work Environment is a robotic work environment of shape-shifting physical space that responds dynamically to the working life of the people within it; home+ is a suite of networked, distributed 'robotic furnishings' integrated into existing domestic and healthcare environments; and LIT ROOM offers a simulated environment in which the physical space of a room merges with the imaginary space of a book, becoming 'a portal to elsewhere.' How far beyond workstations, furniture, and rooms can the environments of architectural robotics stretch? Green imagines scaled-up neighborhoods, villages, and metropolises composed of physical bits, digital bytes, living things, and their hybrids. Not global but local, architectural robotics grounds computing in a capacious cyber-physical home"--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 264 pages)
Contents
  • Prologue : Scenes from a marriage
  • Of metaphors, stories, and forms
  • I. Reconfigurable : Spaces of many functions
  • In awe of the new workflow
  • The reconfigurable environment
  • II. Distributed : Living rooms
  • The art of home+
  • The distributed environment
  • III. Transfigurable : Portals to elsewhere
  • A LIT ROOM for the persistence of print
  • The transfigurable environment
  • Epilogue : Ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology
Isbn
9780262334211
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Architectural robotics : ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology
Title
Architectural robotics
Title remainder
ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology
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Keith Evan Green
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Language
eng
Summary
"The relationship of humans to computers can no longer be represented as one person in a chair and one computer on a desk. Today computing finds its way into our pockets, our cars, our appliances; it is ubiquitous -- an inescapable part of our everyday lives. Computing is even expanding beyond our devices; sensors, microcontrollers, and actuators are increasingly embedded into the built environment. In Architectural Robotics, Keith Evan Green looks toward the next frontier in computing: interactive, partly intelligent, meticulously designed physical environments. Green examines how these 'architectural robotic' systems will support and augment us at work, school, and home, as we roam, interconnect, and age. Green tells the stories of three projects from his research lab that exemplify the reconfigurable, distributed, and transfigurable environments of architectural robotics. The Animated Work Environment is a robotic work environment of shape-shifting physical space that responds dynamically to the working life of the people within it; home+ is a suite of networked, distributed 'robotic furnishings' integrated into existing domestic and healthcare environments; and LIT ROOM offers a simulated environment in which the physical space of a room merges with the imaginary space of a book, becoming 'a portal to elsewhere.' How far beyond workstations, furniture, and rooms can the environments of architectural robotics stretch? Green imagines scaled-up neighborhoods, villages, and metropolises composed of physical bits, digital bytes, living things, and their hybrids. Not global but local, architectural robotics grounds computing in a capacious cyber-physical home"--Provided by publisher
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Green, Keith Evan
Dewey number
720/.47
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
NA2543.T43
LC item number
G69 2016eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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M.I.T. Press
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  • Architecture and technology
  • Architecture
  • Buildings
  • Cooperating objects (Computer systems)
  • Intelligent buildings
  • Robotics
  • Smart materials in architecture
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • Architecture and technology
  • Architecture
  • Buildings
  • Cooperating objects (Computer systems)
  • Intelligent buildings
  • Robotics
  • Smart materials in architecture
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Architectural robotics : ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology, Keith Evan Green
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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Contents
Prologue : Scenes from a marriage -- Of metaphors, stories, and forms -- I. Reconfigurable : Spaces of many functions -- In awe of the new workflow -- The reconfigurable environment -- II. Distributed : Living rooms -- The art of home+ -- The distributed environment -- III. Transfigurable : Portals to elsewhere -- A LIT ROOM for the persistence of print -- The transfigurable environment -- Epilogue : Ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology
Control code
960140017
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 264 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780262334211
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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illustrations
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897490
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)960140017
Label
Architectural robotics : ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology, Keith Evan Green
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue : Scenes from a marriage -- Of metaphors, stories, and forms -- I. Reconfigurable : Spaces of many functions -- In awe of the new workflow -- The reconfigurable environment -- II. Distributed : Living rooms -- The art of home+ -- The distributed environment -- III. Transfigurable : Portals to elsewhere -- A LIT ROOM for the persistence of print -- The transfigurable environment -- Epilogue : Ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology
Control code
960140017
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 264 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780262334211
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
897490
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)960140017

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