Category: Introduction to Physical Computing
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Haptec Bike Navigation
Catherine Rehwinkel, Samuel Sadtler, Marc Abbey Haptec. Feel your way around. Touchsense navigation to free your mind on your bike. haptec.io Description Haptec Bike: an integrated multi-modal system for bicycle navigation which allows a cyclist to intuitively feel their orientation to magnetic North, or a destination-beacon, as well as a more traditional step-by-step Google Maps…
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Privé – Your own space, when you need it!
Denny George, Upasana Jain Have you ever shared a space with someone and wished you could shut others out and have your own private space? Privé , an interactive Modular Partition Screen lets you do that with a single touch! http://www.upasanajain.com/?p=86 Description The Interactive Partition Screen is made out of modular units, allowing people who…
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Thy-Band
Tigran Paravyan Thy-Band is a set of wireless wearable devices for musicians that can be used to visualize their energy and emotions during live performances. http://itp.openthy.com/pcomp/2014/12/3/thy-band-v10 Description Muisicians usually have VJ people who do the visualisations for them. Obviously they collaborate, but we never see the “energy” of the musician represented visually. Imagine if you…
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Big Data Cloud
Jingwen Zhu Big Data Cloud provides people with a visible and tangible experience of interacting with big data. http://www.jingwenzhu.com/2014/12/big-data-cloud/ Description In the Applications class, we had a lot of speakers talk about big data. They discussed how big data benefits our lives, how it inspires us, and how it make us transparent, etc. But big…
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SPACEBEATS
Yang Zhao, Zhen Liu Drop the beat in the Infinite space!! https://medium.com/@kathsome/spacebeats-33d7794ff154 Description SPACEBEATS is a digital music instrument creates a feeling of playing drumbeats in the space through gesture and light. Drumbeats are played with just a simple wave of hand, which is much like the suspending feeling of space. The sound will also…
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Beatwalker
Shaun Axani Beatwalker provides the soundtrack of your life through dynamically changing music that responds, in real time, to your movements. http://shaunaxani.com/2014/12/03/beatwalker-updates/ Description We fantasize about what the soundtrack of our lives would sound like: often times a beautifully crafted orchestra that reflects our daily activities not unlike a film’s musical score. Beatwalker realizes this…
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Droplet++
Chanwook Min The work is interactive light installation. In order to make great movement of society, it need numerous people’s movement, not only a person’s movement. http://chanwookmin.com/index.php/artworks/droplet/ Description The work is interactive light installation. Social changes in the world are made by numerous people’s movement, not a person movement. For example, On December 12, 2014,…
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Discontrol
Edson Soares A disco-ball controlled by the heartbeat and clapping hands. http://www.hiedson.com/discontrol Description Imagined to inspire people to dance, the Discotech is a retro artifact with a touch of physical interaction. Its main parts include a suspended Disco Ball connected via bluetooth with a glove. The glove captures the pulse of the user making the…
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Silophon
Dalit Shalom, Louis Minsky Silophon is an assistive instrument/toy designed to create a positive experience of sound, specifically for children with autism. Silophon is designed to look like the classic xylophone, crafted with felt, allowing the user to play by hitting the keys with their hands or soft mallets, and also allowing the user to…
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Pet
Teresa Lamb I constructed a fur sensor able to detect how it's being petted. Description Pet is a furry multi-directional pressure sensor. I constructed her from conductive and resistive fabrics, foam, and fur. While experimenting with different textiles, I observed that fur invited a few specific interactions. I attempted to create a sensor able to…