thomassl – 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 thomassl – Tangible Interfaces http://mas834.media.mit.edu 32 32 inPacman http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/11/03/inpacman/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:27:38 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=4958 The popular arcade game Pacman comes to the real world!

Users will be able to play Pacman through the interaction of the shape display. With the shape display is possible to dynamically move objects around the surface, using this idea Pacman and the Ghosts can advance through the physical world.

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By changing the height of the pins Pacman is able to advance through the different maze configurations. The maze will change depending on game difficulty. The dots that Pacman eats in the game can be represented either by projecting or pins of different heights.

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]]> Pneumatic Calendar http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/09/28/pneumatic-calendar/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 02:41:52 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=4507 Todays calendars have moved from the physical form to the digital one. Pneumatic calendar is a physical calendar with digital and pneumatic properties. The calendar is capable of deforming its shape for everyday use, as well as being in sync with your digital one.

The shapes are computationally controlled by each day’s activities. The calendar would dynamically store information about each user schedule and activities, and would be possible to change schedule to another user. For example, if a person enters the room or synchronizes his phone to the calendar.

The calendar consists of various pneumatics, some of them rigid, soft, bubble and spring. Depending on the day or event the pneumatic changes its pre-defined structure to another one. Each state would be useful display important events. For example, it would be possible to display “Lunar Eclipse” as a red bubble pneumatic.

 

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]]> Thomas Sanchez Lengeling http://mas834.media.mit.edu/2015/09/21/thomas-sanchez-lengeling/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:23:41 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=4265 Hi all!!, I am Thomas, I’m a MIT Media Lab student in the Opera of the Future Group. I have a background in Computer Engineering and specialized in heterogenous computing and computer graphics.  But I am also a visual artist, I incorporate programming into a visual aesthetic context to create live visuals, interactive applications and live performances. Visual work ranges from organic propagated systems to self-rhythm visuals.

Looking forward to working with you all!
My email is thomassl@mit.edu

and my webpage is http://codigogenerativo.com/

 

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