I propose a project with soft actuators that manipulate lenses for human vision. The bending of the actuators is determined by gestures of the hands, which would comically mimic those used by phone devices. The goal is for the lenses to make us see our surroundings as if they were on a screen and to become hyperaware of the differences between how we interact with our physical and digital spaces.
Zijun Wang, Qiguang He, Shengqiang Cai, Artificial Muscles for Underwater Soft Robotic System, Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50476-2, (71-97), (2021).