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**Write four paragraphs to define the term 'physical computing'. (4 paragraphs) **

Physical computing is an interactive design involving software or hardware with a physical system. Its goal is to take human’s multisensory perceptions incorporate it into multimedia.

Physical computing is used to trigger human’s multisensory pathways in different parts of the brain to stimulate difference senses, such as visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile.

Professor Hiroshi Ishii of the Tangible Media Group aims to alter graphical images on the computer into concrete objects. Ishii defined his goal of his work is to, “give physical form to digital information, employing physical artifacts both as a representations and controls for computational media” (Bennett & O’Modhrain, 2007), the idea of the transformation of digital information into interactive tools through his example of his Music Bottle project.

The Music-Bottle project portrays the idea that different bottles and sounds represent a different memory for his mother in her hometown. Reach bottle is linked with a sound which is projected after the removal of the lid. It is tangible interface connecting digital information to tangible objects.  **Here are two links to videos describing new authoring devices for prototyping, which include software and technical information. Write two paragraphs each describing their prototyping methods, and describing what they are enabled to do. (4 paragraphs)**  //D. Tools// D. Tools is a physical form of prototyping which involves physical components and a computer system. In the system, results are simultaneous to the actual action of the user. This way, the user can immediately differentiate the better or worse way of creating their structure.

This is an example of a interactive-design as it yields fast and interactive response between the computer and the user. It also lets the user to test out their system before putting it together, allowing them to test for probable errors and reasonable solutions.

//Exempler// Exempler is driven by sensory signals.