pewebb – Tangible Interfaces https://courses.media.mit.edu/2016fall/mas834 MAS.834 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 17:11:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://courses.media.mit.edu/2016fall/mas834/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/09/cropped-TIlogoB-02-copy2-32x32.png pewebb – Tangible Interfaces https://courses.media.mit.edu/2016fall/mas834 32 32 IOTOM https://courses.media.mit.edu/2016fall/mas834/2015/12/01/bitconversation/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:50:17 +0000 https://courses.media.mit.edu/2016fall/mas834/?p=5254 Manisha Mohan, Thomas Sanchez Lengeling, Meryl Fang, Penny Webb, HyeJi Yang

MAS.834 Project 2

]]> ExoMuscle https://courses.media.mit.edu/2016fall/mas834/2015/10/27/exomuscle/ Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:31:38 +0000 https://courses.media.mit.edu/2016fall/mas834/?p=4852 Anthony Baker, Andres Calvo, Meryl Fang, Julia Litman-Cleper, Penny Webb

Muscles convey information about the immediate surrounding physical world through kinesthetic feedback. ExoMuscle can convey information about the non-physical (digital) world beyond the reach of your immediate space.

We have three proposed applications: Driving feedback alert, Time management, and Extra sensory feedback.

The applications range on a gradient from utility to experience, where utility is a direct functional product, and experience is in the realm of wonderment, fiction and alternate possibilities.

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We made many prototypes by looking at muscular functions, form and movement:

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Research shows that the body conveys sentimental information through different body parts, so though our project we hope to establish a connection between physical feedback and data, beyond just the hands and fingertips. 

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