Where Does the Real World End - The Blurring of the Physical and Digital
summary
Argues that sensors plus cheaper compute and ubiquitous networking create high‑fidelity models of the physical world that can be read and acted on, cites replacing an IBM 1800 with a programmable controller and the Silent Herdsman cow chips that predict milk output, points to AR/VR, predictive maintenance and smart homes that infer presence from cellphones, warns of security failures like 140,000 compromised cameras and machine‑speed feedback that bankrupted a trading firm, and urges open standards and ethics.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 0:33Cars, factories, autonomous
- 1:14Embedded systems, programmable controllers, robots, actuators
- 1:28A story from my past-two generations of technology
- 12:09Ubiquitous and improved communications infrastructure
- 12:51Cloud computing
- 28:30Distributed computing techniques
- 33:59Design of visualizations, artificial worlds, and interactions
- 35:10Society-level discussion of ethics and purpose
- 38:53Increased centralization of data
- 40:18Machine-speed feedback loops and failure modes
- 41:38Increased exposure to hardware
- 43:54Increased productivity, efficiency
- 44:38Safety, repeatability, and reliability
- 45:25Access to expertise regardless of location
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