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The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently reported on its work on this "intelligent" carpet. The carpet was designed using a pressure-sensitive film and a conductive wire, with more than nine thousand sensors stretching about 10 meters in length. Each of these sensors converts human pressure into an electrical signal, thanks to the slightest physical contact, whether with a foot, a hand, the torso, etc.