Crafting Material Interfaces

Research on Actuators

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 For this assignment, you’ll research different material actuators in small teams.

Crafting Kit for Teens and Pre-teens

PPT

Sensing a Plant

Sam Jacoby Create a cheap, simple, and reproducible multiple-sensor platform for sensing plants in an indoor setting—a ‘kit’ of sorts, though modularity will be of secondary concern to ease-of-use and functionality. Ideally, the system could be assembled by people without prior electronics or programming expertise, students in particular.

Unknown Armature: “Breathe” (Hendren & Sherman)

Unknown Armature: Breathe For the final project, we’re planning a wearable vest that registers and actuates based on the inhalation and exhalation of breath in the wearer.

Wall Sense

Link to my presentation: WallSense

Responsive Surface

  Click “Here” to download PDF presentation file (Movies were removed because of the max file size)

Modular Pneu-Facade system

By Daekwon Park    The Modular Pneu-Façade System(MPFS) is a kinetic façade system that investigates the intersection between biologically inspired design, smart technology, and architectural façade system.