mfang – Tangible Interfaces http://mas834.media.mit.edu MAS.834 Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:52:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://courses.media.mit.edu/2015fall/mas834/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/09/cropped-TIlogoB-02-copy2-32x32.png mfang – Tangible Interfaces http://mas834.media.mit.edu 32 32 IOTOM http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/12/08/iotom/ Tue, 08 Dec 2015 05:14:52 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=5279 IOTOM: Atom-Inspired Building Blocks

 atom bond

Inspired by atom structures and coming to the middle ground of human-assembly objects and self-assembly objects, we use magnetism as connectors to realize computer/human-assisted assembly. Building blocks with programmable on/off magnets create a dialog between the user and the material. Data-driven shapes allow versatile applications.

Technical Overview: We build three blocks, two truncated cones and one cylinder. Each of the truncated cones is embedded with an electromagnet on the faces, and the cylinder are embedded with two metallic disks on the opposite faces. The electromagnets turn on every fifteen seconds.

 

Applications:

        -Computer-Guided Assembly

        -Telepresence Assembly

        -Construction Telepresence Assembly Feedback Mechanism

Related Works: M-Blocks,  Topobo, Triangles.

 

Team: Meryl Fang, Thomas Sanchez Lengeling, Manisha Mohan, Penny Webb and HyeJi Yang

Final Presentation Slides: MAS.834 Project 2 Presentation

Final Paper: IOTOM_Paper

]]> Data Tangibilization http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/11/03/data-tangibilization/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:05:30 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=4977  

 

Idea 1:

Data visualization is a common practice today, but some much more information could be conveyed through a 3d dynamic I/O data tangibilization table. It could display data in conventional ways such as 3d bar/pie charts, but it could also display it in respect of the property of the data or the question one tries to answer. E.g. texture, color, shape can all be used to represent the differentiation in data.

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Idea 2: On a second thought, creating a dynamic shape-shifting chess game would be great.

]]> Magic Balloon http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/09/28/magic-balloon/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 02:58:11 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=4505 This is inspired by a friend of mine, an anxious college senior among many other, who always carries at least two stress balls with her. Everyone needs some spontaneous happiness once in a while.

 

One walks into a balloon-lit (inspired by the shape-shifting lamp) room sad. The ballon and the string are of pneumatic properties. He tries to catch the string on the balloon to cheer him up. The motion of jumping can increase the length of the string attached.

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He can make the balloon into a yoyo and play with it. Again, the length string of the yoyo can be changed by the motion and force exerted on it. The yoyo now has harder texture.

And if he really wants, he can reshape the yoyo into a stress ball with a key chain and keep it in his pocket. The texture is softer than the yoyo but stiffer than the balloon.

 

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]]> Meryl Fang http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/09/20/meryl-fang/ Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:20:46 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=4251 Hi! I am Meryl. I am a senior from Wellesley College majoring in Math. Before that, I studied Physics for a year at McGill University. I have always been interested in design but never really dived into this field. The idea of creating an intersection between art and engineering really excites me. I have programming experience in Python and Java.

I’m looking forward to working and learning from you all. Feel free to email me at mfang@wellesley.edu.

 

 

 

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☆☆☆☆ Design
☆☆☆☆ Electronics
★★★☆ Programming
☆☆☆☆ Biology
★☆☆☆ Chemistry

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