Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
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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Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors | A short introduction to this album. | 10 2 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors | Transcript -- A short introduction to this album. | 10 2 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe cows that milk themselves | The automatic milking robot that gives cows control over when they are milked. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The cows that milk themselves | Transcript -- The automatic milking robot that gives cows control over when they are milked. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoTempting the cows into the machine | How the robotic milking system works. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Tempting the cows into the machine | Transcript -- How the robotic milking system works. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoFeeding the babies | From the robot milker to the robot feeder in the calf nursery. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoKeeping check on the cows | Regular monitoring and emergency alerts. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Feeding the babies | Transcript -- From the robot milker to the robot feeder in the calf nursery. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Keeping check on the cows | Transcript -- Regular monitoring and emergency alerts. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoWhy go robotic? | Benefits for the cows, the farmer and his family. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Why go robotic? | Transcript -- Benefits for the cows, the farmer and his family. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoMirrors as interactive art | Daniel Rozin’s wooden mirror and how it works. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Mirrors as interactive art | Transcript -- Daniel Rozin’s wooden mirror and how it works. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | VideoBehind the mirror | The technology that drives the mirror. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Behind the mirror | Transcript -- The technology that drives the mirror. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | VideoCreating the prototype | Creating the mirror's building blocks. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Creating the prototype | Transcript -- Creating the mirror's building blocks. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | VideoFrom image to display | How information from the camera is turned into a ‘reflection’ on the mirror. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- From image to display | Transcript -- How information from the camera is turned into a ‘reflection’ on the mirror. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Why milking and mirrors? | Open University lecturer Bernie Clark, explains why the two examples were chosen for the T224 course. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Why milking and mirrors? | Transcript -- Open University lecturer Bernie Clark, explains why the two examples were chosen for the T224 course. | 15 5 2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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