Need a SmartSurface be autonomous? I'm starting to think not.
According to Wikipedia, an "autonomous" robot is one which "can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance." Often, autonomy is talked about in fractions: Robots can be partially, or fully autonomous.
But what about a robot/SmartSurface that requires human interaction in order to operate? What if the surface is about human interaction, and therefore, even though it can perform interesting tasks, it can only perform those tasks if the human is there? Maybe the human doesn't have to be controlling it directly, but they are still giving input to the system.
On a different note:
A tubeworm variety (feather duster) coming out of its tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xWs9_4kioA
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