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MIT Gives Everyday Objects a Sense of Contact
· New York time
MIT's X-Hinges design software helps people design and 3D print objects with automatically embedded sensors that perceive and respond to human contact. Examples include lamps and gloves, bringing interactive behavior into ordinary physical items. The sensing capability is not evidence that these objects possess consciousness, despite the tempting language of self-awareness. The useful development is embedding responsiveness into the design process. A lamp can acquire another way to react to its owner without acquiring an opinion about the owner's decorating choices. For now, that seems like an excellent boundary for domestic intelligence.
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