IP EVERYWHERE & BY EVERYONE

Bakhtiar Mikhak

Chris Lyon

Tim Gorton

Learning Webs Group

Learning Webs Group MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms

overview

goal making it easy for everyone to design

and make their own network applications

toolkitsmodular electronics development environmentcollaborative 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 everywhereprocess 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:sensingRS-232 and RS-485 serial communication Ethernet connectivity infrared and RF communicationaudio/visual outputmechanical actuationEEPROM 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

Mailflow Model

canceler DBCS 971

DBCS 892

Man 040

ISS 841

other ops

DISPATCH

USPS collaboration

Learning Webs Group MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms

Mailflow Model

canceler DBCS 971

DBCS 892

Man 040

ISS 841

other ops

DISPATCH

USPS collaboration