[Music]
[Music]
as a kid I love to draw with pencil on
paper trying to create expressive
drawings with subtle details and
remember sitting in the Attic in front
of my computer messing around with
mspaint trying to create some pieces of
art as well it was at this time that I
fell in love with both the physical
qualities of the world that surrounds us
and with computers about 70 years ago in
1940’s men began to develop the computer
as a new type of tool at first these
computers were only accessible to small
group of engineers as they physically
had to rewire the computer for every new
task later on with the development of
software a layer was added on top of
this computer logic this made it easier
for people to understand and thus more
accessible to a larger group of people
for fast-forward to today when we look
at in the world around us we see that
with the presence of graphical user
interfaces and touchscreen devices
virtually any person is capable to
utilize computing technology you see
with every step we not only made it more
accessible but we changed the way we
relate to these computing devices we’re
at first computing devices were big and
scary-looking seemingly useless pieces
of electronics to most people nowadays
we have turned them into our own
personal servants being at our disposal
whenever we desire so if we can already
easily tell computers what to do what’s
the next step in computing
I believe computers can go far beyond
this to me
computers are not merely a servant there
are an actual extension of myself
whereas as a human being I’m capable of
being creative or spontaneous see
connections even when there might not
even be none a computer is very capable
of dealing with large data sets and
being very precise about it by learning
to program or learning to speak the
computer’s language so to say I’ve
managed to enhance my capabilities with
those of the computer and then it hit me
this could be possible for anyone not
for everyone by learning how to program
but by coming up with a new type of
language in my work I focused on doing
just that together with a group of
designers I’ve developed a new type of
language not one of symbols or
characters and numbers to program
computer but the physical language of
force touch and movement
the physical properties of the haptic
engine the tool I created can be
programmed in this way as the same knob
can change from a smooth turning knob to
one with clicks in it or one with a lot
of resistance any type of force we
experience in the real world can be
replicated in this way the force of
touch or haptics as we like to call it
something we use on a daily basis to
explore the world when we page through a
book when we sense if a fruit is ripe or
when we tie laces and it is something we
use to communicate a pat on the shoulder
a kiss or first handshake they all allow
us the communal communicate a lot in the
fraction of a second next in my work
with haptics it is valuable to note that
computers are starting to become able to
go beyond the binary with the
advancements and developments in AI or
artificial intelligence computers are
starting to learn to not only identify
and classify but understand more
abstract notions they start to
understand different types of things or
objects people pictures sounds and to
some extent even behavior so how could
we combine these programmable physical
responses and how could these be
combined with the computer intelligence
where might they be applied and how
would this change our relationship with
computers it could already be in the
simplest of products things we use on a
daily basis for example a water tap
every morning when you wake up
you get out of bed you have to reprogram
the water tap or set the right
configuration again but what if the
water SEP you get to know your
preferences suggest what you would might
be liking that that time of day and what
if we could start a dialogue with these
water steps by using these haptics by
doing so the water tap can start to be
evolved along with you it can start to
learn what you like but it becomes much
more interesting when we apply this kind
of technology in a more dynamic context
a great example of this is a digital
camera
imagine a camera that gets to know what
type of subject you like to photograph
in real time this camera can help you
with the help of haptics to kep here
just the thing that you like and it is
at this time that when the borders
between the intelligence of the camera
and the users start to vanish they blend
it’s not merely about the intelligence
of the camera or about the intelligence
of the user it’s the combined
intelligence of both that create this
magic and in this way you will never
miss a valuable moment in the future we
would even be able to apply this to
things like self-driving cars and
imagine driving in a self-driving car
and with the haptics trying to
incorporate and negotiate just exactly
what will happen what kind of driving
style the relationship you have with
that car could start to resemble things
like a horse and a rider it’s never
anymore about one or the other it’s
always about combined strength of both
well these are just some examples of
course as we’re starting to touch upon
the capabilities of these types of
technologies now I want you all to think
about all the devices you have and think
do you want them to be your servants or
an actual extension of yourself
thank you
[Applause]
[Music]
as a kid I love to draw with pencil on
paper trying to create expressive
drawings with subtle details and
remember sitting in the Attic in front
of my computer messing around with
mspaint trying to create some pieces of
art as well it was at this time that I
fell in love with both the physical
qualities of the world that surrounds us
and with computers about 70 years ago in
1940’s men began to develop the computer
as a new type of tool at first these
computers were only accessible to small
group of engineers as they physically
had to rewire the computer for every new
task later on with the development of
software a layer was added on top of
this computer logic this made it easier
for people to understand and thus more
accessible to a larger group of people
for fast-forward to today when we look
at in the world around us we see that
with the presence of graphical user
interfaces and touchscreen devices
virtually any person is capable to
utilize computing technology you see
with every step we not only made it more
accessible but we changed the way we
relate to these computing devices we’re
at first computing devices were big and
scary-looking seemingly useless pieces
of electronics to most people nowadays
we have turned them into our own
personal servants being at our disposal
whenever we desire so if we can already
easily tell computers what to do what’s
the next step in computing
I believe computers can go far beyond
this to me
computers are not merely a servant there
are an actual extension of myself
whereas as a human being I’m capable of
being creative or spontaneous see
connections even when there might not
even be none a computer is very capable
of dealing with large data sets and
being very precise about it by learning
to program or learning to speak the
computer’s language so to say I’ve
managed to enhance my capabilities with
those of the computer and then it hit me
this could be possible for anyone not
for everyone by learning how to program
but by coming up with a new type of
language in my work I focused on doing
just that together with a group of
designers I’ve developed a new type of
language not one of symbols or
characters and numbers to program
computer but the physical language of
force touch and movement
the physical properties of the haptic
engine the tool I created can be
programmed in this way as the same knob
can change from a smooth turning knob to
one with clicks in it or one with a lot
of resistance any type of force we
experience in the real world can be
replicated in this way the force of
touch or haptics as we like to call it
something we use on a daily basis to
explore the world when we page through a
book when we sense if a fruit is ripe or
when we tie laces and it is something we
use to communicate a pat on the shoulder
a kiss or first handshake they all allow
us the communal communicate a lot in the
fraction of a second next in my work
with haptics it is valuable to note that
computers are starting to become able to
go beyond the binary with the
advancements and developments in AI or
artificial intelligence computers are
starting to learn to not only identify
and classify but understand more
abstract notions they start to
understand different types of things or
objects people pictures sounds and to
some extent even behavior so how could
we combine these programmable physical
responses and how could these be
combined with the computer intelligence
where might they be applied and how
would this change our relationship with
computers it could already be in the
simplest of products things we use on a
daily basis for example a water tap
every morning when you wake up
you get out of bed you have to reprogram
the water tap or set the right
configuration again but what if the
water SEP you get to know your
preferences suggest what you would might
be liking that that time of day and what
if we could start a dialogue with these
water steps by using these haptics by
doing so the water tap can start to be
evolved along with you it can start to
learn what you like but it becomes much
more interesting when we apply this kind
of technology in a more dynamic context
a great example of this is a digital
camera
imagine a camera that gets to know what
type of subject you like to photograph
in real time this camera can help you
with the help of haptics to kep here
just the thing that you like and it is
at this time that when the borders
between the intelligence of the camera
and the users start to vanish they blend
it’s not merely about the intelligence
of the camera or about the intelligence
of the user it’s the combined
intelligence of both that create this
magic and in this way you will never
miss a valuable moment in the future we
would even be able to apply this to
things like self-driving cars and
imagine driving in a self-driving car
and with the haptics trying to
incorporate and negotiate just exactly
what will happen what kind of driving
style the relationship you have with
that car could start to resemble things
like a horse and a rider it’s never
anymore about one or the other it’s
always about combined strength of both
well these are just some examples of
course as we’re starting to touch upon
the capabilities of these types of
technologies now I want you all to think
about all the devices you have and think
do you want them to be your servants or
an actual extension of yourself
thank you
[Applause]
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