| Abstract: |
The introduction of audio
CDs into the market place probably represented
some of the first examples of digitally formatted entertainment media
widely
accessible to the public. It changed the way people bought and
used their
music collections. Similarly MP3 formats combined with the
exploitation of
the internet have changed again how people consume, and now share,
music.
The sharing process can be described as an individual sharing the
experience
of their music collections with many others. In this talk, I will
show how
adding sensors and wireless networking technology with some extra signal
processing can add another dimension to how people consume, share and
now
interact with music. The example platform of these technologies
is a new
device called the DJammer.
The DJammer brings turntable like creative
functionality to the MP3
world while offering a collaborative platform for sharing the creative
process over the network. It not only provides a new tool to DJs and
musicians but also empowers each listener to a new type of community
experience by giving them the ability to actively participate in any jam
session. In essence, the DJammer changes the 1-to-n creative process to
a
truly n-to-n collaborative experience. This paper describes the
technologies
incorporated into the DJammer, and discusses the implementation of the
prototype DJammer. Usage models and future enhancements are also
described.
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| Biography: |
Mark T. Smith received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University
of Utah in 1983 and joined Hewlett Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto,
California the following year. At HP labs he has been a hardware
and system
engineer in a large number of research efforts in the areas of special
purpose processors, graphics and video systems, embedded computing, and
information appliance systems. His research activities are in the
areas of
sensor technologies and next generation fixed and mobile communicating
information appliances and systems, especially those that exploit
multimedia
data and context awareness. In addition to his current role as the
department head of the Sensing and Mobile Systems Department at HP
Labs, he
is also a visiting professor to the School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering during the spring semester. The course he is teaching
this
semester is ECE8883A, Sensor Enabled Embedded Systems.
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