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Fluid Interfaces

Designing systems for cognitive enhancement

#robotics #design #virtual reality +59 more
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Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +55 more
Project Research

Therms-Up!: DIY Inflatables and Interactive Materials by Upcycling Wasted Thermoplastic Bags

Therms-Up! is a DIY method of creating inflatables and prototyping interactive materials from wasted thermoplastic bags that easily found...

in Tangible Media
Kyung Yun Choi · Hiroshi Ishii
#design #human-computer interaction #environment +1 more
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Open Ocean

Open Ocean

#robotics #virtual reality #art +31 more
Project Research

On-Face Olfactory Interfaces

We envision that a close-to-nose interface could be used as a complementary or alternative wearable method to nasal cannulas or mask...

in Fluid Interfaces
Pattie Maes · Judith Amores Fernandez +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +6 more
Article Research

3 Questions: Using fabric to “listen” to space dust

Fabric samples are headed to the ISS for resiliency testing; possible applications include cosmic dust detectors or spacesuit smart skins.

via MIT News · Nov. 25, 2020
in Responsive Environments
#sensors #space #materials +1 more
Project Research

SpaceSkin: Resilient electronic textiles for distributed sensing on protective fabrics in low Earth orbit

Overview: The outermost skin of a space-based structure is designed using materials known to protect against the harsh elements of space....

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Juliana Cherston
#environment #health #sensors +7 more
Article Research

SciFi-preneurship: Episodes 1 and 2

Postdoc Dan Novy on SciFi-preneurship, a summer series from the All Turtles Podcast.

via All Turtles Podcast · June 12, 2019
in Object-Based Media · Open Ocean
#art #fabrication
Project Research

Doze: On-skin Scent Diffusion and Drug Delivery Patch

Doze is an IoT enabled platform for personalized scent diffusion and on-skin drug delivery. Leveraging a hydrogel technology, the Doze sy...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono
#human-computer interaction #bioengineering #consumer electronics +7 more
Article Research

Leveraging a 3D printer “defect” to create a new quasi-textile

Tulle-like DefeXtiles can be 3D printed with no custom software or hardware.

via MIT News · Oct. 26, 2020
in Tangible Media
#3d printing #materials #fabrication +1 more
Project Research

DefeXtiles: 3D printing quasi-woven textiles via underextrusion

OverviewDefeXtiles are thin, flexible textiles of many materials that can quickly be printed into a variety of 3D forms using an inexpens...

in Tangible Media
Jack Forman · Hiroshi Ishii
#design #fashion #3d printing +3 more
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Hybrid Sculptures

in Future Sketches
Gaurav Patekar · Zach Lieberman
#robotics #design #art +1 more
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Tangible Media

Seamlessly coupling the worlds of bits and atoms by giving dynamic physical form to digital information and computation

#robotics #design #virtual reality +39 more
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Floral Cosmonauts: Self-assembling silver dendrite networks in microgravity

Biological neuronal networks are highly complex and interconnected with superior information processing capabilities. Such networks have ...

in Space Exploration Initiative
Harpreet Sareen
#design #manufacturing #space +3 more
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +50 more
Accepting Applicants
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Bubble Talk: Translating the presence of modern digital chat into fleeting bubbles

In this project the ephemeral and intangible aspects of human communication are represented by a soap-bubble. The shapeless, intangi...

in Tangible Media
Kyung Yun Choi
#design #art #fabrication
Project Research

TESSERAE: Self-Assembling Space Architecture

Overview: How will we build the coming generations of Space Architecture—the modules, space ships, and space stations that will ensc...

Ariel Ekblaw
#robotics #design #agriculture +11 more
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Object-Based Media

Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies

#robotics #design #virtual reality +50 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

KnittedKeyboard

Knitting is an established textile manufacturing technique that has been pervasive in the garment and technical fabrics industry. In comp...

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Joseph A. Paradiso
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +9 more
Archived
Project Research

WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication for Object Creation and Modification

In this work, we propose a novel fabrication method for 3D objects based on the principle of spooling. By wrapping off-the-shelf material...

in Tangible Media
Joanne Leong · Ken Nakagaki +1 more
#design #human-computer interaction #3d printing +2 more
Archived
Archived
Project Research

kinetiX

kinetiX is a transformable material featuring a design that resembles a cellular structure. It consists of rigid plates or rods and elast...

in Tangible Media
Jifei Ou · Jannik Peters +2 more
#design #art #manufacturing +3 more
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Article Research

WraPr is a spool-based system for creating and modifying 3D objects

Known as “WraPr,” the system presents a novel fabrication method for creating new or augmenting existing 3D objects with soft materials.

via Arduino Blog · April 24, 2020
in Tangible Media
#design #3d printing #materials +1 more
Article Research

WraPr, a spool-based 3D fabricator

I thought I’d seen plenty of fab stuff done with filaments, but obviously I hadn’t seen it all. That’s pretty groovy.

via WIRED · April 27, 2020
in Tangible Media
#design #3d printing #materials +1 more
Post Research

Jamming to Knitting, Music to Machines: Bringing interdisciplinary research to the manufacturing ecosystem

Here's my take on the future of textiles, as well as the connection between research and manufacturing.

April 13, 2020
in Responsive Environments
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +7 more
Article Research

ETH Zurich at the WEF – RETHINKING Creativity

KnittedKeyboard at ETH Rethinking Creativity Pavilion

via ETH Zurich · Jan. 24, 2020
in Responsive Environments
#design #human-computer interaction #consumer electronics +5 more
Publication Research

WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication for Object Creation and Modification

Joanne Leong, Jose Martinez, Florian Perteneder, Ken Nakagaki, Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication Method for Object Creation and Modification. In TEI'20, February 9-12, 2020, Sydney, NSW, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1145/3374920.3374990

Poster, Feb. 2020
in Tangible Media
#human-computer interaction #fabrication
Article Research

Augmented reality changing the factory landscape from PTC's room with a view

Valentin Heun describes his work with the PTC Reality Lab to transform factory operations by using augmented reality.

via Forbes · June 25, 2019
in Fluid Interfaces
#augmented reality #interfaces #fabrication
Publication Research

Self-Assembling Space Habitats: TESSERAE design and mission architecture

Ekblaw, Ariel, and Joseph Paradiso. “ Self-Assembling Space Habitats:TESSERAE Technology and Mission Architecture for Zero-g Construction ” To appear in the Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference (2019).

Proceedings, March 2019
in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #sensors +2 more
Article Research

Manufacturing in Shenzhen

Jin Joo Lee elaborates on her experiences studying in Shenzhen, China.

via WordPress · July 12, 2015
in Hacking Manufacturing
#learning #manufacturing #fabrication
Project Research

FIBERBOTS: Design of a multi-agent, fiber composite digital fabrication system

FIBERBOTS is a digital fabrication platform fusing cooperative robotic manufacturing with abilities to generate highly sophisticated mate...

in Mediated Matter
Christoph Bader · Joao Pedro Goncalves Marins Costa +5 more
#robotics #architecture #construction +2 more

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