# Everything around you can become a computer

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2019
- Speaker: Ivan Poupyrev
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Engineering, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ivan_poupyrev_everything_around_you_can_become_a_computer)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Designer Ivan Poupyrev wants to integrate technology into everyday objects to make them more useful and fun -- like a jacket you can use to answer phone calls or a houseplant you can play like a keyboard. In a talk and tech demo, he lays out his vision for a physical world that's more deeply connected to the internet and shows how, with a little collaboration, we can get there. Unveiled in this talk: Poupyrev announces that his newest device, Jacquard, is now publicly available for all designers to use.

## Lectures

1. [Everything around you can become a computer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ivan_poupyrev_everything_around_you_can_become_a_computer/a5cda0eb686a), 13 min (TED's player)