Podcasts by Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors - for iPad/Mac/PC
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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Transcript -- Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors from 2010-02-11T02:39:07
A short introduction to this album.
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The cows that milk themselves from 2008-05-16T00:44
The automatic milking robot that gives cows control over when they are milked.
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Transcript -- The cows that milk themselves from 2008-05-16T00:43:59
The automatic milking robot that gives cows control over when they are milked.
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Tempting the cows into the machine from 2008-05-16T00:43
How the robotic milking system works.
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Transcript -- Tempting the cows into the machine from 2008-05-16T00:42:59
How the robotic milking system works.
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Feeding the babies from 2008-05-16T00:42
From the robot milker to the robot feeder in the calf nursery.
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Transcript -- Feeding the babies from 2008-05-16T00:41:59
From the robot milker to the robot feeder in the calf nursery.
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Transcript -- Keeping check on the cows from 2008-05-16T00:41:59
Regular monitoring and emergency alerts.
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Transcript -- Why go robotic? from 2008-05-16T00:39:59
Benefits for the cows, the farmer and his family.
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Mirrors as interactive art from 2008-05-16T00:39
Daniel Rozin’s wooden mirror and how it works.
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Transcript -- Mirrors as interactive art from 2008-05-16T00:38:59
Daniel Rozin’s wooden mirror and how it works.
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Transcript -- Behind the mirror from 2008-05-16T00:37:59
The technology that drives the mirror.
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Transcript -- Creating the prototype from 2008-05-16T00:36:59
Creating the mirror's building blocks.
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From image to display from 2008-05-16T00:36
How information from the camera is turned into a ‘reflection’ on the mirror.
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Transcript -- From image to display from 2008-05-16T00:35:59
How information from the camera is turned into a ‘reflection’ on the mirror.
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Why milking and mirrors? from 2008-05-16T00:35
Open University lecturer Bernie Clark, explains why the two examples were chosen for the T224 course.
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Transcript -- Why milking and mirrors? from 2008-05-16T00:34:59
Transcript -- Open University lecturer Bernie Clark, explains why the two examples were chosen for the T224 course.
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Transcript -- Why milking and mirrors? from 2008-05-16T00:34:59
Transcript -- Open University lecturer Bernie Clark, explains why the two examples were chosen for the T224 course.
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Transcript -- Why milking and mirrors? from 2008-05-16T00:34:59
Open University lecturer Bernie Clark, explains why the two examples were chosen for the T224 course.
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