When experimenting with the capture tools in class on Tuesday, one that particularly caught my attention was the extremely sensitive touchpad with a very large number of tracked touch points. One way that I would want to use this tool is to place it on the bed of an axidraw, cover it with a sheet of paper and create a feedback cycle where the movement of the axidraw is dictated by the pressure of the pen held by the axidraw on the touchpad through the paper. If I find a clever way to convert the signal received by the touchpad into commands for the axidraw, I could potentially create a really interesting feedback loop.
https://www.synaptics.com/products/touchpad-family/touchpad-product
This isn’t the same as the touchpad you had but I was struggling to find that specific one online and this one has all of the same important features as the one in class.
