Crafting Material Interfaces

Research

Thermochromic Inks

Dena Molnar, Daekwon Park, Nicole Tariverdian ThermoInkPresentation_1 Resources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDFACj607Dg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckgz5DuivU&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20z-PHLbdUA&feature=related http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/designing-dynamic-textiles http://www.ppg.com/corporate/ideascapes/glass/products/alliance/Pages/pleotint.aspx  

Infrared Ink and Camera

  My reading concerns a project by Daniela Rosner and Kimiko Ryokai that attempts to weave something of the process of making a handcrafted object such as a knit into the fabric of the knit itself. More specifically, Rosner and Ryokai wants to weave the memories in the form of audio, visual as well as [...]

Chemiresistors

By Oz Agar, Shan Gao, Dena Molnar

Nurturing Natural Sensors

Ade Ogunniyi, Fawn Qiu, Sam Jacoby Nurturing Natural Sensors Kuznetsov, S., Odom, W., Pierce, J., and Paulos, E. Nurturing natural sensors. In Proceedings of the Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp), ACM Press (2011), 227-236. Ways of Sensing This paper is not really about sensors at all, at least not what we think of when we [...]

fiber optic bend sensors

Timothée Boitouzet and Sara Hendren Fiber optic bend sensors blend the powerful transmission properties of optical fibers with multiple sensing capabilities. Through detectable changes in the longitudinal bend of the fiber shaft, these sensors can track changes in strain, pressure, and more—and can sense multiple properties at once in their multi-modal form. Their small size [...]

Pressure and Proximity Sensing(Capacitive)

    Daekwon Park & Nicole Tariverdian SmartSkinPresentation_2 (link to our presentation PDF) STARTER PAPER SmartSkin: An Infrastructure for Freehand Manipulation on Interactive Surfaces – Jun Rekimoto SmartSkin: A sensor that recognizes multiple hand positions and shapes and calculates the distance between the hand and the surface by using capacitive sensing and a mesh-shaped antenna.

Bend + Stretch Sensor Research

 

Assignment 5: Research on Sensors

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 See student posts here For this assignment, you’ll research different classes of sensor materials in small teams.

Metal-filled Polymers and Conductive Adhesives

What are Metal-filled Polymers and why are they used? The term polymer sometimes refer to plastics, but also encompasses a large class comprising of both natural and synthetic materials. Some natural materials are: shellac, amber, natural rubber and cellulose.

Carbon Nanotubes

    By Dena Molnar, Daekwon Park, Jill Sherman