Interactive 3D display of human anatomy

yuepingwang.com/atomu

Description

Atomu is a tangible interface that allows people to dissect and view human organs through physically manipulating the installation. The installation supports a life size human figure covered by deformable fabric, and the visual content is projected onto the fabric from behind. Twelve proximity sensors are also installed in the back of the fabric, and depending on how deep the user pressed into the fabric, the sensors send the depth data to Processing and alternates the projection of human organ section views with the corresponding depth.
This project investigates new ways to interact with virtual information in physical space. It integrates and overlays the digital “interface” on top of tangible experiences and spacial deformations.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.002, Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007

Feel how many people’s happiness are ignored in most countries around the world just because they are not the majority at a glance. An installation concern about LGBTQ topic that is more powerful than any data visualization.

Description

[What is it?]
It’s a physical installation from Intro to P-com class.

[What’s it about?]
To put it simple: it’s about gay marriage. While the whole United States were celebrating ‘Love Wins’, most counties around the world, people who are members of LGBTQ community are still being shut the door upon their face by marriage. However, to many people, this fact is just a statistic data they read in news. Is this work, I want to show the audience how ‘straight only’ marriage works and how many people’ life-long happiness are easily ignored by this kind system.

[What do you need for winter show?]
Only a small table (or share one with others). And an electronic outlet that I can reach with extension cord. The project is smaller than 15*15 inch.

[What tech & material you’re using?]
I’m using a stepper motor to drive a handmade conveyor belt (with lead screw and other parts) to transfer my wooden Symbols of couples, an ultrasonic distance sensor to see if there’s a couple, a color sensor to detect its color and a servo to push it down if it’s not ‘qualified’.

[How’s the user experience?]
(In future version, I want the users to randomly pick a country (or region) and put a random couple on the conveyor, and the machine would work according to the situation of the selected region (ex. If select the US, then the LGBTQ couple won’t be push down as they could get married in the US.)) But for now, the audience only need to pick one couple from the ‘trash box’ or the waiting area to the conveyor belt and watch. They will see that the straight couples going to the ‘Land of happy ever after’ smoothly, but the LGBTQ couples are pushing down to a trash box on the way there.

[What’s your perspective?]
I just want to show this fact visually and dynamically. Seeing those cute little ‘couples’ been pushed down, would be definitely more powerful than seeing data or report. I try not to be judgmental and demonstrate the idea in an empathy way. I won’t insult anyone as me myself belong to the community.
[Why should I choose you?] a. The concept could be interesting for some audience. And might even be a tiny little bit helpful for consciousness of equal rights.
b. To help me do better and become a better version of myself. I’m 100% sure I’m not the best, neither is my work. But I really cherish this opportunity, as it’s actually life-changing. At the beginning of the semester, I knew nothing about physical computing, and electric circuit and coding scares me. But now, here I am, building a project and apply for showing it. I really wish I could bring one of my work to SIGGRAPH, which I only participated as student volunteer before. Winter show would be a ideal start for me. As I told Rob when applying floor staff: I think I could do better when I have the responsibility to take care of others. Now I’m good at shop related things as a staff. I hope I could do better when I can hear from audiences from different background.

[How can you make sure you’ll be ready?]
It is still under construction right now. But I’ve figured out how to do it for every part of it. The hardest part is getting the right components to make the conveyor, and I’ve got them and found a tutorial that I’m following. And I talked to Hao(2nd year who made a conveyor), PP(also made conveyor before), Rubin, Jingwen and everyone that can help me. I’m sure it’ll be ready to show before the deadline, as I don’t want to lose this opportunity.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007, Intro to Fabrication

Try this "Wheel of Fortune", you may get a chance to make cotton candy yourself!

Description

I am going to design a simple game to test how lucky you are at the day. There will be a “Wheel of Fortune” in p5, and it is always rotating. If people press the mouse, it will stop at one color, and different colors will lead to different results. Only PINK, ORANGE and BLUE will activate my servo which opens the box, so that people can get different colors of sugar to make cotton candy themselves. Otherwise, they may get some other feedbacks, and some colors lead to nothing but “Thank you for participating”. (I need a table to store my machine and boxes, and I need to be near socket.)

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007

Transform yourself into a different body. PoV gives you the opportunity to experience the world from a different point of view.

http://www.roilev.com/category/pov/

Description

PoV is a system that allows you to take control over a characterless puppet, making it an extension of your own mind and body and raising questions about our physical existence and the ability to be in two different parts of the world at the same time.
The first prototype allows the users to control a 26″ manikin with their mobile device, moving him in space and watching the same room from its lower point of view which makes the world seem completely different.

In the future this manikin will have a human size and by sending it to different places around the world it will allow us to engage more deeply in conversations, enhancing the current video calls we are limited to by providing us with the ability to move and turn.

The manikin is fabricated by a combination of wood and electrical components, giving it a friendly look to engage people interacting with it and make it feel more natural yet a different and unique experience.

The importance of points of view was long discussed by philosophers and film theorists, PoV aims to provide us with our own point of view in long distance conversations.

Classes

Intro to Fabrication, Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007, Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.005

The answer of why ostrich would put its head in ground.

http://www.yiiihan.com/blog/2016/12/11/ostrich-box_pcom-final-proposal/

Description

I love ostrich, their behavior and appearance are something I feel interesting to explore. Many people think the reason of why ostrich always hide its head in the sands is because fear, but this is not scientifically approved, and the scientific explanation also makes the ostrich mundane. I believe sometime there is no right answer for something in our life, or we can ignore the boring answer to believe the right one in our mind. Maybe ostriches are just exploring another world when they put their head in the ground.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007

A moving painting controlled by text the participants choose.

http://www.carlieyz.com/2016/11/16/moving-painting-plan/

Description

Every day, we speak. We talk to different people. Language and text are one of the most important ways we shape and express our own realities. So often it is not necessarily the words alone that have meaning, but the context in how those words are spoken. The concept behind Seen/Feel is to translate a text input that allows for alternative realities to be depicted with two-sided paint using the Moire pattern. As people choose what letters to place into a controller, spelling out words that help express themselves according to their own life experience and culture background the painting rotates to create and abstract Morie effect. Within the code there are also 2 words that when inputted(FEEL or SEEN), will complete the image on one side of the painting, either completing the image for the participant or completing an image for the viewers on the other side. Therefore creating two separate realities.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007

This project explores the potential connection and interactive experience between physical objects and virtual interface.

https://physicalcomputingsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/pcom_final-dynamic-blocks/

Description

In this project, we explore the potential connection and interactive experience between physical objects and virtual interface. Specifically, we experiment how real objects can connect with a through multi-touch, and generate changing graphic synchronized with its physical motion.

Classes

Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007, Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.007

Make your own art piece.

http://www.jixuansun.com/2016/12/08/icm-final-presentation/

Description

This project is an interactive painting that users could create moving geometric shapes on the physical canvas. Using Kandinsky’s painting as visual reference, all the patterns you make moving slowly but aesthetically. Instead of drawing things on the LCD display, maybe an oil painting canvas will give people more sense of creating and relaxing. Equipments required a Kinect 1414 and a projector.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.005, Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007

Revealing an inner landscape that one hides from public sights.

http://www.miao-tian.net/2016/11/16/pcom-final-week-two/

Description

A recent personal experience inspired me to create a installation that represents a secret place inside everyone’s heart. It is a rich and vibrant place but it is difficult for other people to enter. we feel safe and comfortable in this secret world but it is not entirely positive because shadows and darkness do exist. However, it is possible to glimpse parts of one’s inside world if you spent a little more time and love.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media ITPG-GT.2233.001, Intro to Fabrication, Introduction to Physical Computing ITPG-GT.2301.007