Light Has More Intuition Than Some People I Know

January 25, 2008

Have you ever been at a party or in a meeting with a "Me Monster?" This person talks nonstop about himself and shows no awareness of others.  ME ME ME ME ME ME ME

Now there's a lamp that is, literally and figuratively, brighter than him. Made with artificial intelligence, the AI Light made by London-based Complex Matters, a spin-off from University College London, changes shape and varies its intensity based on what's going on around it. How intuitive.

I saw an article in Cubed describing the light and then got in touch with Siavash Mahdavi, the managing director to ask him a couple of questions about the light, which was designed by Assa Ashuach.

The light has several sensors: two motion sensors, two light sensors, one short range and one long range, and eventually a sound sensor.

If someone enters the room, the long range motion sensor is triggered and the light performs a small dance to greet its visitor. The shorter range motion sensor could be directed to react to people  congregating around a breakfast table or sitting area, for example,where activity will cause the light to respond and move.

According to Mahdavi, every AI Light behaves in a different way. "If it continues to get the same inputs, it can get bored and stops reacting.  New behaviors within the room intrigue the AI Light and cause it to react in a more pronounced way."

I'd like invite this light to my next party. 

Comments

[Wikipatents]

This website has some awesome ideas and new inventions! If you're looking for patents from inventions I recommend checking out WikiPatents.com. It is a helpful site for anyone with patent related interests.

Thanks,
~Matthew

[Tonsure Wimple]

Vermillion Sands, baby.

Someday they will go mad.

[syed husain]

An interesting concept, and it would be great to have at a party but it isn't all that useful. I mean imagine trying to read a book using that.

[Mysterymeat]

Beautiful - Now, any idea on how mere mortals might acquire one of these celestial lights any time soon?