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Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors - for iPod/iPhone

Categories

Courses, Education, Technology

Number of episodes

22

Published on

2010-02-11 02:39:00

Language

English

Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors - for iPod/iPhone

What’s This Podcast
About?

What have computers got to do with cows? Can a wooden mirror help us understand the computing behind digital image capture? Neil Rowse is the first dairy farmer in the UK to use a computerised system that gives cows control over when they are milked, and allows him to remotely monitor the welfare of individual animals. Daniel Rozin has created an computer operated mirror made from 835 tilting wooden tiles. With the help of a digital camera and a computer programme, the wooden tiles mimic the digital pixel information and tilt themselves into a ‘reflection’. This material is taken from The Open University course T224 Computers and processors.

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The Open University 2008

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