http://www.plusea.at Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:39:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Article in the Austrian newspaper Der Standard titled "Im Kabinett der Superhirne" about work at the MIT Media Lab includes a short (and not very precise) paragraph about Eight Steps. >> Link to online article: "Im Kabinett der Superhirne" http://www.plusea.at/?p=1306 2010 Sheep lights with different behaviors. Video http://www.plusea.at/?p=1293 2009-2010 This quilt is made up of an array of 41 textile tilt sensors. Each sensor is unique and demonstrates a construction variation, showcasing different materials and techniques that can be used to create fabric tilt sensors. >> High-Low Tech Project Website The Tilt Sensing Quilt took roughly a year to complete. It ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=430 2010 Textile sensor and camera vision motion-capture technology for stuffed animals. Camera Vision Motion Capture Costume Video Textile Sensor Motion Capture Costume Video Pictures on Flickr http://www.plusea.at/?p=163 2010 If you've ever opened up an electronic device then you'll know all about the secret life of cows. Transparent technology is about re-designing technology to better expose this universe in which cows and microcontrollers happily coexist. The radio featured in this particular example is a re-design of the Fab ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=1218 Fabric sensor kits featured in the Makers Market section of the 23ed edition of Make Magazine. http://www.plusea.at/?p=1223 2010 A set of scales that don't react the way you'd expect to the differences in weight of the objects placed upon them. Yet their behavior is still dictated by the rules of physics and the materials they are made of. These scales use knit stretch sensors to measure and compare the ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=1159 2010 Hack your carpets! Materials and Tools Procedure Video Pictures on Flickr This work was created during graduate studies in the High-Low Tech Research group. http://www.plusea.at/?p=1209 2010 Put your finger in the hole and move it around to control your mouse cursor. Reach for the button at the bottom of the hole to left click. Smile. This work was created during graduate studies in the High-Low Tech Research group. http://www.plusea.at/?p=1197 2010 This workshop will explore the use of low-cost materials and tools to build textile-based interfaces that replace the current hard-shell computer mice or laptop touchpads that you use to navigate your screen. >> Workshop Page This work was created during graduate studies in the High-Low Tech Research group. http://www.plusea.at/?p=1119 2010 Eight Steps depicts the making-of a wearable instrument. Based on a series of workshops that focus on unveiling the black box of technology in order to demonstrate how everyday electronic objects can be opened up and modified to better suit our personal needs and desires. In the workshops we make use ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=1082 2010 Painting circuits on paper with conductive paint. This technique is documented in detail on the High-Low Tech Wiki. Paper Piano RGB Controlls Paintable Electronics Workshop >> Link to workshop page Augmented Flying Spaghetti Monster This work was created during graduate studies in the High-Low ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=1069 2010 "You press the button, we do the rest" This slogan, used to sell Kodak cameras is defining of the anticipation that, if we press a button, something will happen. Ever since people used technology, the button stands for a simple action that triggers mechanical or electrical functionality of various complexity. Push ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=1001 2010 A day-long workshop during which participants can come and go, contributing to knitting textile composite objects, furniture and installations. Circular knitting machines are used to knit tubes that can be fully or partially dipped or otherwise drenched in wet plaster. These can then be sculpted into various forms using cardboard ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=1042 Tilt and Time Sensing Bracelets article presented at the Student Interaction Design and Research Conference 2010 (SIDeR) in UMEA, Sweden. >> Download PDF http://www.plusea.at/?p=1134 2010 http://www.plusea.at/?p=836 Perner-Wilson, H. and Buechley, L. 2010. Making textile sensors from scratch. In Proceedings of the Fourth international Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied interaction (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, January 24 - 27, 2010). TEI '10. ACM, New York, NY, 349-352. >> Download PDF http://www.plusea.at/?p=1132 14-24 January 2010 Realized as part of the ten day SCU+MIT workshop in Taipei, Taiwan. A collaboration between Shih Chien University and MIT Architecture and Media Lab departments Team members: Yi-Chun Lu (Sasha), Cetus, Kao Chieh, Ming-Chun Liu, Cheng Ru Li (Kim), Lisa Hsieh, Jen Hisn Ying, Sarah Hirschman, Ho Kwan Yip ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=806 August 16,17 Handcrafting Textile Mice workshop at the Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) conference in Arhus, Denmark May 2 Electronic Quilting workshop during the Cambridge Science Festival in Cambridge, MA May 1 Paintable Electronics workshop during the Cambridge Science Festival in Cambridge, MA March 24-26 Presentation of the Tilt and Time Sensing Bracelets and Handcrafting a Textile ... http://www.plusea.at/?p=574 >> Project website http://www.plusea.at/?p=868