1. IP EVERYWHERE & BY EVERYONE Bakhtiar Mikhak Chris Lyon Tim Gorton Learning Webs Group

2. 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

3. tower:a modular electronic development environment Learning Webs Group MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. tabletop process modeling toolkit Learning Webs Group MIT Media Laboratory & Center for Bits and Atoms

8. 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

9. 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