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