Arduino : What is Physical Computing"

Arduino : What is Physical Computing?

quoted from " Getting Started with Arduino ", p.3

What is physical computing?

1. Physical Computing uses electronics to prototype new materials for designers and artist.

2. it involves the design of interactive objects that can communicate with humans using sensors and actuators controlled by a behaviour implemented as software running inside a microcontroller ( a small computer on a single chip ).

See also : the book "Physical computing"

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