The pneumatic I/O chair works as an input device for modelling furniture based on the ergonomics of a specific user. The user sits in place on the chair, comprised of an array of pneumatically inflated vessels. By the user adjusting themselves to the desired position, the pressure placed upon the inflated components will feed back to a parametrically designed 3D model, where the information will update the ergonomic design of a specific chair.
The chair will also work an output device, by storing the data of each individual user, and readjusting its shape to the preferences of each user when they approach and use the chair. This would function via RFID tags that automatically read which user is at the chair, and adjust its shape accordingly.
The ultimate aim of this project would be to improve posture, and create a functional use of radical atoms, whilst utilising the current technologies available to us.
