Everything about Physical computing
Computing involving interactive systems
Physical computing involves interactive systems that can sense and respond to the world around them. While this definition is broad enough to encompass systems such as smart automotive traffic control systems or factory automation processes, it is not commonly used to describe them. In a broader sense, physical computing is a creative framework for understanding human beings' relationship to the digital world. In practical use, the term most often describes handmade art, design or DIY hobby projects that use sensors and microcontrollers to translate analog input to a software system, and/or control electro-mechanical devices such as motors, servos, lighting or other hardware. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Physical computingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The physics of optical computingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: ComputerdenkenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Neural networks and physical systems with emergent collective computational abilities.Cited 15,184 times
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📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Neural networks and physical systems with emergent collective computational abilities.
A computer simulation method for the calculation of equilibrium constants for the formation of physical clusters of molecules: Application to small water clusters
Physical reservoir computing—an introductory perspective
Physical reservoir computing with emerging electronics
Task-adaptive physical reservoir computing
Opportunities and obligations for physical computing systems
The physical limits of computing
Physical Computing and its Scope - Towards a Constructionist Computer Science Curriculum with Physical Computing
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
ComputerdenkenRoger Penrose · 1989
Mathematical methods for physicistsGeorge B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber · 1966
Statisticheskai︠a︡ fizikaL.D Landau · 1938
Brain-Computer Interface ResearchChristoph Guger, Brendan Z. Allison · 2013
Quantum computation and quantum informationMichael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang · 2000
Computational physicsRubin H. Landau, Manuel J. Páez · 1997
Design of digital computersHans W. Gschwind, E.J. McCluskey · 1967
A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (Texts in Computational Science and Engineering)Hans Petter Langtangen, Hans Petter Langtangen · 2009
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