Pourable smart matter
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSimon Hunt, Mark E. Scott-Nash
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Abstract
There is disclosed in an example, a pourable smart matter having a plurality of compute nodes, the compute nodes having: a mechanical structure having a plurality of faces, the faces having abutting face detectors; a network interface; and one or more logic elements comprising a positional engine to: identify a neighbor compute node abutting at least one of the faces; and build an individual positional profile based at least in part on the identifying. The pourable smart matter may be used, for example, to determine the geometry or volume of a container.
Claims25
An apparatus, comprising:
- a mechanical structure having a plurality of faces, the faces having abutting face detectors;
- a network interface;
- and
- one or more logic elements comprising a positional engine to:
- identify a neighbor apparatus abutting at least one of the faces;
- and
- build an individual positional profile based at least in part on the identifying.
A pourable smart matter comprising:
- a plurality of compute nodes, the compute nodes comprising:
- a mechanical structure having a plurality of faces, the faces having abutting face detectors;
- a network interface;
- and
- one or more logic elements comprising a positional engine to:
- identify a neighbor compute node abutting at least one of the faces;
- and
- build an individual positional profile based at least in part on the identifying.
One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for instructing a processor to provide a positional engine to:
- identify a neighbor compute node abutting at least one face of a host compute node for the positional engine;
- and
- build an individual positional profile for the host compute node based at least in part on the identifying.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.