Paintable Computing

One of the inspirations for Pushpin Computing is Paintable Computing, the simulation work carried out by Bill Butera in the Object-Based Media Group at the MIT Media Lab.

The following is a list of references pertaining to Paintable Computing.

• [PDF] Bill Butera's doctoral dissertation.
• [PDF] Bill Butera's doctoral thesis proposal.
• General research presentation.

The following is a list of some of the available movies demonstrating the Paintable Computing simulator and algorithmic techniques.

• Shape Recognition - Circle, Square, Triangle
• Shape Recognition - Square
• Simulator Demo
• Tessellation
• Sound Fragments
• Surface Bus
• Peer with Buoys
• Coordinate System
• Holistic Data Storage 1 (Data Input)
• Holistic Data Storage 2 (Data Output)
• Holistic Data Storage 3 (Killian Court Reconstruction)
• Holistic Data Storage 4 (MIT Medical Reconstruction)