Author Archives: racheln

Final Project: Dynamic, Dioramic Exploration of Christmas Over Time

by Rachel Nakamura (rnakamur) and Joseph Paetz (rpaetz) We have created ChristmasViewfinder, an diorama with actualized, moving pieces comparing Christmas as it relates to today’s modern, capitalism-fueled society against its religious origins. We juxtaposed modern Christmas commercials with the religious figures of the

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Final Project: Dynamic, Dioramic Exploration of Christmas Over Time

by Rachel Nakamura (rnakamur) and Joseph Paetz (rpaetz) We have created ChristmasViewfinder, an diorama with actualized, moving pieces comparing Christmas as it relates to today’s modern, capitalism-fueled society against its religious origins. We juxtaposed modern Christmas commercials with the religious figures of the

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Fabric Sensor: Soft Sensor

(link to our past documentation of this project) (code for this project can be found here) We designed a fabric sensor intended for the user to take one-word notes and send said notes as reminders to themselves. Our primary purpose

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Fabric Sensor: Soft Sensor

(link to our past documentation of this project) (code for this project can be found here) We designed a fabric sensor intended for the user to take one-word notes and send said notes as reminders to themselves. Our primary purpose

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Fabric Sensor Prototype

By Rachel Nakamura (rnakamur) and Joseph Paetz (rpaetz) We wanted to create a soft, fabric sensor that one could interact with to create reminders for later if one doesn’t have paper, pens, notebooks, or ways to record reminders immediately available. The idea of

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Fabric Sensor Prototype

By Rachel Nakamura (rnakamur) and Joseph Paetz (rpaetz) We wanted to create a soft, fabric sensor that one could interact with to create reminders for later if one doesn’t have paper, pens, notebooks, or ways to record reminders immediately available. The idea of

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Arduino Capacitive Sensing with Single Pin

CapPin is the single pin, btw. This is for anyone looking to do a one-touch fabric button with (almost) NO FORCE!! :O GitHub – via Iframely

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Arduino Capacitive Sensing with Single Pin

CapPin is the single pin, btw. This is for anyone looking to do a one-touch fabric button with (almost) NO FORCE!! :O GitHub – via Iframely

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Designing for Wearables CMU Paper!

Here’s the CMU paper from 1998 about Designing for Wearability! A really great read, highly recommend it. cs.cmu.edu – via Iframely

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Designing for Wearables CMU Paper!

Here’s the CMU paper from 1998 about Designing for Wearability! A really great read, highly recommend it. cs.cmu.edu – via Iframely

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Sensing Prototype: Collabright

Ninety percent of communication is nonverbal. Though everyday life is full of nonverbal communication such as traffic signals, morning alarms, and even facial expressions, people often find themselves unable to work as a team once they can no longer verbally speak

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Sensing Prototype: Collabright

Ninety percent of communication is nonverbal. Though everyday life is full of nonverbal communication such as traffic signals, morning alarms, and even facial expressions, people often find themselves unable to work as a team once they can no longer verbally speak

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“Solar Bikini” by Andrew Schneider (2006)

The “Solar Bikini” is the work of Brooklyn designer Andrew Schneider, created for the 2006 Tisch School’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Winter Show. The wearer is capable of charging small electronics, and can even go swimming while wearing it! (Note: do

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“Solar Bikini” by Andrew Schneider (2006)

The “Solar Bikini” is the work of Brooklyn designer Andrew Schneider, created for the 2006 Tisch School’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Winter Show. The wearer is capable of charging small electronics, and can even go swimming while wearing it! (Note: do

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“Massage Me” by Mika Satomi, Hannah Perner-Wilson (2007)

“Massage Me” is a “wearable massage interface” that turns a back massage into a video game controller. From their website: Playing Massage me requires two people, one who wears the jacket to receive the massage and one who massages the

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“Massage Me” by Mika Satomi, Hannah Perner-Wilson (2007)

“Massage Me” is a “wearable massage interface” that turns a back massage into a video game controller. From their website: Playing Massage me requires two people, one who wears the jacket to receive the massage and one who massages the

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“Selfie Hat” by Christian Cowan-Sanluis (2014)

The “Selfie Hat” by Christian Cowan-Sanluis was developed in collaboration with Acer in order to promote Acer’s Iconia A1-840 tablet. Regardless of its original intent, the unwieldy, glittery, pink sombrero impressively defies the laws of gravity to support a large tablet fold-out

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“Selfie Hat” by Christian Cowan-Sanluis (2014)

The “Selfie Hat” by Christian Cowan-Sanluis was developed in collaboration with Acer in order to promote Acer’s Iconia A1-840 tablet. Regardless of its original intent, the unwieldy, glittery, pink sombrero impressively defies the laws of gravity to support a large tablet fold-out

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