As I continue my exploration with e-textiles and fabric based inputs, I ran across a problem when trying to prototype some wearable buttons I had made. I needed a way to connect the conductive fabric to a prototyping board so that I could make it more rigid and “wearable”. I tried soldering the fabric to [...]
In the last few months I have been working on designing new methods for inputs on wearable e-textiles. The original “fabric button” consisted of two pads made from conductive fabric that would make contact and act as a standard button. While this design does seem to be fairly accurate and simple to build, it is [...]
At the EDGE Lab in the Digital Media Zone, we are trying to design a custom keyboard for children with disabilities in order to make typing more exessable. Many of the children simply cannot work a standard US keyboard. The buttons are too close, the buttons are too hard, or the layout is really confusing [...]
The Kinect-A-Fan is an installation involving 10 equality spaced miniature fans one right beside another. Along with a Kinect 3-D camera, this installation in controlled using only your hands or another multitouch device such as an iPhone or iPad. There are three difference modes that can be chosen by the user; Free Mode, Single Player, [...]
For one portion of my Kinect hacking project I would like to create a row of fans that can be turned on and off with your hand. When a user moves around the room, the fans that are closest to the user will turn on and when the user moves away the fans stop. I [...]
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