The performance art group Quimera Rosa has created devices that allow performers to play one another like musical instruments. They use these musical inventions to explore the cybernetic relationships between human bodies and technology. As stated on their website, “We are specially interested in the articulations between art, science, and technology, and their function in the […]
Taking on the unique challenge of getting a 9.7-inch IPS display to walk upright, maker Terasaki-san modified an earlier design for a walking iPhone robot and adjusted for the iPad’s larger dimensions.
This proof-of-concept from DS_Labs hints at a what could be possible with a mobile physical-digital interface using a knob to control Google Earth.
Maker Adam Kumpf from the design firm Teague in Seattle demonstrates a DIY soft conductive stylus for use with an iPhone, iPad, or any other device with a capacitive touch screen.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member svofski made this rather sweet touch-sensitive keypad with backlighting – This a custom implementation of capacitive sensing technlogy as per QMatrix Whitepaper. It uses an ATmega8 to scan the keys and outputs ASCII characters to the serial port. Schematic, PCB, and source code are available, though the project […]
Certainly a unique take on robotic kits, the Twitchie awaits your creative ‘touch’ – Twitchie is an open source multi-purpose robot kit. It has the capacity to frighten and scare, but also the power to love and care! It’s a regular pathos-o-matic! Grown men scream! Maternal instincts long dormant, suddenly activated! It’s a robot unlike […]
The “Mind Chair” is a tactile interface for visual information – Designers Beta Tank have developed a working version of Mind Chair, a chair that transmits moving imagery to the sitter’s brain via a grid of solenoids on the chair back. The solenoids take imagery from a video camera to produce impulse patterns on the […]
