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Polkadots
Author(s): Tyrone Whitfield
Instructor: Igoe, Tom
Class: Sensor Workshop
   
URL: http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~ttw225/sensors/polkadots.html
Documents: (JPEG)
Keywords: mtc express, mutiple touch, max, jitter, sensor
 
An interactive and visual musical touchpad device giving the user control using multiple fingers and pressure.
One day while in the equipment room, I noticed that we had some devices that I had not seen used. After some research verified that the MTC Express, a touch pad sensor that tracks multiple touch and pressure, was purchased a few years ago but no drivers were available to update to the current operating systems. I chose this device for my sensor report with the hopes of reviving use of this device. Polkadots is a product of my research and work on the MTC Express. It is a musical program that allows the user to play notes with one or multiple fingers and pressure while visually seeing their keystrokes.