Crafting Material Interfaces

Thermochromic Yarn

Dena Molnar and Nicole Tariverdian: Thermochromic paint and pigments have the ability to change color when heated.

Understanding Flexibility and Conductivity of Metal-filled Epoxies Through A Series of Failures

I decided for this week’s assignment to take up the second brief, and thoroughly investigate the various properties and possibilities of my choice of material.

Copper Flowers

    I was interested in taking a pure element of nature, such as a beautiful flower, and transforming it into a technical matter.

ITO Glass and Conductive Play Doh

ITO Glass Conductive Play Doh How To: Conductive & Insulating Play Doh Recipe Tools: large mixing bowl rolling pin wax paper non-stick saucepan ziplock bags whisk wooden spoon cookie sheet small bowls sponge How To: Conductive Play Doh Main Ingredients: 1-cup of water 1.5-cups of flour ¼-cup of salt 3-tbsp. of cream of tartar 1-tbsp [...]

Leaves of Brass

A Study of How Conductive Materials Behaves on Leaves I wanted to experiment with a natural material that can be found everywhere.

Felted Wool, Silver Thread, and Learning from Mistakes

  I used wool yarn to create a swatch of felted conductive material, testing its relative resistivity in the felting process. I also used wool rovings to create large felted strands, like dread locks—good candidates for silver thread.

Assignment 4: Reading on Sensors

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 To deepen your understanding of electricity and begin to build an understanding of sensor technologies, read the following sections from Jacob Fraden’s Handbook of Modern Sensors: Chapter 1: Data Acquisition Chapter 3, Section 3.5: Resistance Optional reading: Chapter 2: Sensor Characteristics Chapter 3: Physical Principles of Sensing All readings [...]

Crafting Elasticity

By Daekwon Park This project is an investigation of materiality and embedded conductivity.

Conductive LEGOs

By: Adedoyin Ogunniyi   The Conductive LEGOs project was an attempt to create conductive LEGOs.  

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