This course was about connecting computers to the physical world. We regularly connect ourselves to computers, for example via keyboard, mouse, monitor, and touch screen. However, many creative computing applications require a computer to connect to the physical world via other sensors (buttons, dials, thermometers, distance sensors, pressure sensors, accelerometers, light sensors, …) and actuators (motors, steppermotors, servo’s, leds, lcd’s, electrical appliances, …). Through computer programming, meaningful interaction patterns between sensors input and actuator output can be created. Typical application domains where computers sense and act in the physical world are robotics, interactive installations, home automation, and experimental research equipment.
