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| URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/689A22EF-81AF-4C21-8E0A-180A481BFE44 | - |
| Identifier | http://www.researchgate.net/publication/280644611_The_Digital_Soul_of_Smart_Materials_-_Creating_Programmable_Environments_without_Parts | - |
| Language | en | - |
| Title | The digital 'soul' of smart materials. Creating programmable environments without parts | en |
| Creator | Ouggrinis Konstantinos-Alketas | en |
| Creator | Ουγγρινης Κωνσταντινος-Αλκετας | el |
| Content Summary | To begin with, one needs to investigate the definition of the word ‘digital’. During the past 10 years, the digital discourse has presented a variety of contexts within which one could search for definitions. From a scientific perspective, a digital system is able to handle raw data by assigning to it discrete (discontinuous) values in order to file it. “Although digital representations are discrete, the information represented can be either discrete, such as numbers and letters, or continuous, such as sounds, images, and other measurements.”1 On the other hand, non-digital (or analog) systems use a continuous range of values to represent information. The word ‘digital’ is most commonly used in computing and electronics, especially where actual, real-world information is converted to binary numerical values. It can also be used to describe a process in which information is deconstructed into tagged and valued little pieces that can be formed in various ways, either to be analyzed, manipulated or represented. The core of this idea is the breakdown of continuous sets of data perceived by human cognition to a seemingly limitless body of values.2 The first digital tools appeared as simple data processors, going through endless streams of disconnected values, such as product prices for the market as well as for statistics. This task marked the birth of computation. More refined machines emerged during the World War II, when the Allies were struggling to break the German codes. Since then, the ability to simulate and compare revolutionized the industry, leading at one point to the adaptation of these early electronic tools for designing purposes, although mainly for mechanical assemblies. Later on, sophisticated control systems emerged, introducing automation in production and smoother operations. The digital tools became media the moment they were able to relate disconnected values, creating entities that resembled the analog. It was this step that made them popular, because from that time on, they became understandable. The products seemed smooth or continuous to the naked eye and only through an extensive zoom mode the pixel effect was revealed. From a Husserlian point of view, if it looks smooth/analog then it is considered as such. This is the moment when the digital definition became blurred. | en |
| Type of Item | Πλήρης Δημοσίευση σε Συνέδριο | el |
| Type of Item | Conference Full Paper | en |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| Date of Item | 2015-11-17 | - |
| Date of Publication | 2012 | - |
| Bibliographic Citation | K.-A. Oungrinis, "The digital 'soul' of smart materials. Creating programmable environments without parts," presented at EAAE/ENHSA International Conference: Scalelessseamless. [Online]. Available: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/280644611_The_Digital_Soul_of_Smart_Materials_-_Creating_Programmable_Environments_without_Parts | en |
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