Name of the project: Cord UI

Team Members: Patrick Johan Nicolaas van Hoof,Philipp Schoessler,Sang Leigh & Krithika Jagannath

Text description of your project system: Cords are usually viewed as messy and unsightly objects. Wireless technologies have been used for a while now to enable data connectivity in most computers or mobile phones and are also being used increasingly to charge devices and appliances, thereby eliminating the necessity of cords. Still, wires and cords are here to stay for at least a few more decades. In this project, we developed novel ways to render a new appeal to cords, and thereby make a case for their presence. In our research we came across papers in which ropes were used as tangible objects with digital shadows as well as instances where a few artists have used cords in a creative manner to accentuate decor. We decided to use the cord or cable itself in a novel way, to represent a certain functionality of the device depending on the shape (knots, coils, etc) and touch (pressure, intensity).

More details in the document here: CordUI P1 Text Description

At least three pictures demonstrating your system:

A link to your presentation slides: CORD_UI_131016_PRESENTATION
Video link to youtube or vimeo (optional): https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tRhWitEM8Qw