WHAT
Furniture that communicates. Either pieces that communicate with each other, with the environment, or that bring in data from outside.
WHY
To create a dynamic environment that is made dynamic not by traditional digital inputs and outputs, but more subtle means.
To create the feeling of connection one gets w/ traditional devices in a home through physical objects.
Turning data into design/architecture
SPECIFICS
Networked pieces.
An API for networked architecture components/Design many, build one
Modularity facilitated by humans as actuators.
embedded light/electronics