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Prototyping Dust

I'm working with Shinyoung on a project called "Dust" for Wearables.

"Dust" is a discrete, wearable character who offers spoken affirmation and support in response to "deflated" gestures.

Initially we tried sensing a sigh in order to trigger Dust's affirmations. We planned to mount a stretch sensor inside a waist-belt and sense the expansion and contraction of the wearer's diaphragm. Preliminary experiments with the stretch sensor did not yield favorable results. The stretch sensor seems to be optimized for applications involving greater ranges of motion.

We decided to try a different approach. It may be possible to use pleated material with conductive thread or fabric between the pleats to sense the sigh. In the pictures below, I am pleating a section of fabric to create a prototype of the gesture sensing mechanism.

Second Prototype PleatsSecond Prototype Pleats-1
Second Prototype Pleats-2Second Prototype Pleats-3
Second Prototype Pleats-7Second Prototype Pleats-6

Posted by Michael Chladil on March 23, 2007 02:34 AM |

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Very impressive, clear documentation. The photos are informative. Your personal musings smooth the normally sharp edged techno-bable.

Dad

Posted by: daddy o | May 31, 2007 07:26 PM

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