Our parasite is meant to be a warning for potential bruises. Many times people do not realize that they bumped into something which will later cause a bruise. The parasite is triggered when there is a sudden force. There is a continual movement until the parasite is fully formed. For this iteration, we integrated our parasite on someone’s arm and head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We thought of these actuators as parasites in the sense that they are always on you but they are not necessarily bad or taking advantage of you. They are mainly buddies that accompany you to warn you about potential harm rather than cause you harm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spider Friend – Natalia Santiago <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The main idea behind this actuator is that you wear it on your arm and it inflates when you hit something. The actuator is dressed up as a little spider that accompanies you throughout your day and warns you about hitting yourself or potential bruises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a demonstration of the pneumatic actuator without fabric. The piece is designed to go around your arm and move in an accordion-like up and down fashion. The main pneumatic pouch that wraps around your arm has 3 other actuators attached to it connected through a hole welded in the middle. The motion I intended to recreate was a sort of leach up and down motion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n