Course: Introduction to Physical Computing

Do you remember our definition of physical computing from Week 1? “Physical computing is a subset of the field of embedded systems that also includes an aspect of creativity and …

Teddy Syed is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research in their Research in Software Engineering (RiSE) Group. Recently he led Project Brookdale, a new platform for creating and prototyping wearables. …

In this video, you’ll see some examples of the work being done in physical computing at the moment. Kitronik is a UK company based in Nottingham that was formed in …

In this video, you’ll meet some of the people working in physical computing today. You’ll find out how they got into physical computing and how they grew their careers. They …

Let’s take a closer look at transduction devices. In this presentation, Dr Steven Houben explains how the devices use real world energies to transform digital information into physical phenomena in …

We are excited that you have chosen to join us over the next two weeks to learn more about physical computing. While the term ‘physical computing’ might be new to …

In this first video, you’ll meet some of the people working in physical computing today and hear about the products they have been developing. Pimoroni is a UK company based …

Thank you again for making it to the end of our two week course. We appreciate your perseverance and hope you got everything you wanted out of this course. To …

Physical computing can be broken down into different parts: hardware, which includes the computers themselves and the sensors and actuators that gather and display data; and software, where all the …

As we have seen, physical computing enables us to easily create new digital devices that have a human perspective. Although sometimes created just for fun, they are often created to …

What is the Internet of Things? Like many popular terms that capture the imagination, the meaning of the Internet of Things has evolved over the years, and is built on …

Welcome to Week 2! We hope Week 1 was really helpful for you and you have a good idea about what physical computing is, its history, the hardware and software …

Fashion is only one creative application of physical computing. We’ve compiled a selection of applications that cover a variety of themes and appeal to a wide audience. Music Mimu Artist …

Human decisions are made throughout the creation of physical computing systems. And when human decisions are made, we need to consider the ethics and implications of these decisions. Let’s consider …

Welcome to the end of Week 1. How did it go? Let’s look at everything you achieved this week and what you can expect in next week’s activities. This week, …