Chad Talbott designed this demo using Steve Gray's World Automation technology.
The purpose of this demo is simple: a tag can refer to anything. So, using this, why
can't a tag refer to a CD? No problem. The tags are small quarter sized tags which can be read by our readers. These readers, when interfaced with our Java software will spit back a UBIC (Universal Digital Identity) which is used as a reference, similar to a URL, in the digital world.
The software can be extended to the scenario that you could carry a tag which references your favorite CDs. You could place the disc down and the computer could randomly select a CD from your favorite selection to play. You could bring your shrunk disc to a friends house and play the CD through a high quality audio stream that is being piped through the Internet. Or, if your house is so equppied to have multiple 'listening stations', you could throw the shrunken discs down on a table and the closest speakers could start sounding. |