NEWSUIST 2018 Vision talks: Gregory Abowd - The Material for the 21st Century

UIST 2018 Vision talks: Gregory Abowd - The Material for the 21st Century

Abstract:

30 years after Weiser’s inspirational words on ubiquitous computing, I revisit one of the premises of that work. I propose a new era of self-sustainable computing through the development of computational materials that can be truly woven into the fabric of everyday life and create decades of inspiration for new researchers across a variety of disciplines. I will define and demonstrate some initial examples of computational materials and explain why self-sustainable computing provides a compelling vision for computing in a post-Moore’s Law world.