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jkufro Demo 3: Responsive Cars

Justin Kufro Partner: Oshada Gunasekara These responsive cars are made to communicate through sensing the world through limit switches. One car moves only when its limit switch is…

“Quadraturen III: Wirklichkeit” Background Research by Jen Kwang

Documentation for the speaking piano can be found here. Summary The project shown in the above video is called “Quadraturen III: Wirklichkeit” (or “Squarings III: Reality”), created by…

Mira the Baby Robot – Background Research

Summary Pixar animator Alonso Martinez’s Mira (2017) is an expressive “baby robot”. Mira is part of a family of robots by Martinez, crafted to expound upon the way…

Rain Room, 2012 – Background Research by Sora Shin

Rain Room, 2012 Barbican, London; MoMA, NY; Yuz M, Shanghai; LACMA, LA; The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, MI Summary Rain Room (2012) is an installation…

xuetingl-background research

Rationale: The main motivation for this project is to offer extra help to people who are arranging a party. The autonomous “Follow Me” cooler is designed to follow…

kirmanh: Background Research

Context “Future Self” is an interactive art piece by the art collective Random International (known for the Rain Room at MoMA, now part of the permanent collection of…

kirmanh: Pratfall

This pratfall machine takes advantage of shoddy construction techniques for comedic effect. The use of wheels in the body’s design creates a diversion, giving the viewer the false…

ZeroN: Levitated Interaction Element from MIT Media Lab

Background Context: In 2011 Jinha Lee created ZeroN at the MIT Media Lab. This physical computing project allowed the user to place metallic objects, in this case a…

Background Research – Leah Kendrick

The FabricKeyboard Project by MIT Media Lab: Responsive Environments  A new multi-modal musical instrument has been designed and constructed by MIT’s Media Lab. The sensor-ridden, textile keyboard engages…

Demo 2 – Leah Kendrick

The design of my pratfall contraption was inspired by the swings outside of Donner and the structures minor swaying that occurs when a swinger pumps too hard! My…