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More information at Artfab website
Touché
Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects
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More information at Disney Website
Botanicus Interacticus
YouTube / DisneyResearchHub – via Iframely
Acoustruments
Passive, Acoustically-Driven Interactive Controls for Hand Held Devices
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More information at Disney reserach website
Machine Learning for Max and Pure Data
ml.lib: Robust, Cross-platform, Open-source Machine
Learning for Max and Pure Data
Github link
Open Source & Swept Frequency Sensing
Techniques in Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing: An Open Source Approach
Related, for your PDF hoarding pleasure: http://www.nime.org/archives/
More Related Links and Such
Interesting: Analysis of human gestures in the 3D space to control multimedia interfaces)
A patent for detecting liquid levels through capacitance sensing.
Using Swept Frequency for finding faults in a telephone line (patent), and for detecting wetness
Using unique capacitance properties of an individual to create an identifiable fingerprint. That is, identifying somebody by touch – such as which user is touching a multitouch surface. pdf.
A gesture learning toolkit for C++
A comparison between Swept Frequency and other methods for frequency response analysis.
Information about Multispectral/Hyperspectral imaging and Radar.
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]]>Also, the processing code didn’t work for me at first. I added the code I used at the end of this post, but it would be good to look at the code in the arduino sketch since it has a good way to draw a line graph.
// Example by Tom Igoe
import processing.serial.*;
Serial myPort; // The serial port
PFont myFont; // The display font
String inString; // Input string from serial port
int lf = 10; // ASCII linefeed
int xPos = 0;
void setup() {
size(600,600);
// You'll need to make this font with the Create Font Tool
//myFont = loadFont("ArialMS-18.vlw");
//textFont(myFont, 18);
// List all the available serial ports:
printArray(Serial.list());
// I know that the first port in the serial list on my mac
// is always my Keyspan adaptor, so I open Serial.list()[0].
// Open whatever port is the one you're using.
myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], 9600);
myPort.bufferUntil(lf);
}
void draw() {
background(0);
// get the ASCII string:
if (inString != null) {
// trim off any whitespace:
inString = trim(inString);
/* replace this code with code to draw your data
String[] vals = inString.split(",");
// convert to an int and map to the screen height:
float y = float(vals[0]);
float x = float(vals[1]);
y *= -1;
x = map(x, -100, 100, 0, height);
y = map(y, -100, 100, 0, width);
// draw the line:
stroke(127,34,255);
arc(x-5, y-5, 10, 10, 0, 2*PI);
*/
}
}
void serialEvent(Serial p) {
inString = p.readStringUntil(lf);
}
Branded Experiences
- GUILD http://guildisgood.com
I like to think we’re the most fun to work for – we specialize in doing things others don’t know how to execute. We also fabricate in-house. We have a really diverse team, which makes us pretty unique (engineers, technologists, sculptors, painters, agency folks, designers, theater and film set designers, architects). Dabblers love us, and people who thrive in an environment of constant challenge and problem-solving. Check out some recent projects that integrate technology on gizmodo and digiday - Outform http://outform.com/
I know of these guys because they do a lot of work globally for Apple retail – objects for window displays with integrated / programmed LEDs. Usually they are producing in higher volumes than us, so they have some manufacturing muscle to leverage. - Arktura http://arktura.com/
This is a very cool company, founded by SciArc grads. They do digital fab in-house – mostly metal work for permanent architectural installations around the globe. Very cool that they have all these tools under their roof. - SET http://setcreative.com/
More traditional agency – a lot of Nike work, etc. In-house Creative, Project Management. No in-house fabrication – all vendor work. HQ in PDX, studios in NY and LA, expanding globally – was just bought by a large conglomerate. - Optimist http://optimistinc.com/
Also more of a traditional agency – differs from Guild and SET in that they also do content-creation in-house. No fabrication in-house. - Deep Local http://www.deeplocal.com/ (in pgh!)
- Ion Tank http://www.iontank.com/ (in pgh!)
- Local Projects http://localprojects.net/ (Led by one of Ali’s heros, Jake Barton)
Complex Hardware Prototyping
- Lime Labs
- Logic PD
- KS Technologies
- Synapse
- Think2Build
Creative product design firms:
- Ideo
- Frog
- Smart Design
- Ziba
- Design Concepts
- Minimal
- Native
- Fuze Project
- Artifact
Companies like PTD clients:
- Thync
- Bactrack
- Mark One
- Popslate
All mCookie boards are Arduino-compatible. Makers can write their own programs in the Arduino IDE and upload their code to the hardware via USB. It dramatically decreases the size and cost of design prototyping, improves flexibility of Arduino-compatible boards, and enhances the user experience of building IoT projects. You can learn more about this interesting project in their Kickstarter page.
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Check here for all the sensors.
Smokey has constructed multiple sensors using this website as a guide, including a button sensor (conductive fabric and neopreme), a pressure sensor (using velostat and conductive thread), a tilt sensor (conductive fabric, thread, and a ‘bead’ made out of a nut). He has also constructed a linear encoder using 2 limit switches and an encoding pattern cut into cardboard.
More info here.
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