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| Remote Touch | ||
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| Author(s): | Myra Einstein Demetrie Tyler |
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| Instructor: | Holoubek, Todd O'Sullivan, Dan |
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| Class: | Introduction to Physical Computing Networked Expression |
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| URL: | http://itp.nyu.edu/~me686/network_expressions/touch_project.html | |
| Documents: | Touch Pic(JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | physical computing, touch, network, sense | |
| Send touch over a network. | ||
| In attempting to send the sense of touch over a network, 2 devices made up of a grid of "touch pixels" will be used. When one device is pressed, the force is applied to the connected device in addition to itself. When the second device is pressed back, the net forces are applied to both. This gives the feeling that you are pressing against someone through a network. Two cameras will be set up so that the user can view what the person on the other side is doing. | ||
| User Scenario: | When a user pushes on the touch grid, each touch pixel on thier own grid will move down according to the force applied and the corresponding touch pixels on the second user's grid will move up. When the second user pushes on their touch grid, each touch pixel on the first user's grid will move up. When both users are pressing on the touch grid, the net force is applied to each touch pixel, ie the touch pixels of the grid of person who's pressing harder will move down and the touch pixels of the other user will move up. | |
| Technical System Description: | Each touch pixel is made of wood, with a piece of foam at the top and a FSR between the foam and the piece of wood. Each grid will be made of plastic, and will hold 4 touch pixels (2X2) and there will be a membrane that covers the grid. The pixels move with servo motors. | |
| Project References, Research and Literature: | Danny Rozin's metal ball mirror was inspiration for the design of the grid. | |
| Conclusions: | How to create a device that both reads force and applies it. | |