Friendly Plastic & Design for Doubles

March 2nd, 2009

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I’m still toying with ideas about objects that can be used by no more and no less than 2 people […]

On touch

March 2nd, 2009

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What are essential characteristics of touch we need to be able to replicate to synthesise touch? Warmth? Pressure? Heartbeat? […]

Experiments in connected tableware

February 17th, 2009

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The connected cup requires two drinkers to drink simultaneously, which does not communicate taste, but does require the […]

Taste as communication

February 17th, 2009

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Output devices

December 10th, 2008



I connected a button to a linear actuator, powered by 9v batteries.

Network Devices

December 7th, 2008

This week I built two hello radio boards which can talk to each other. They use the IA4421 radio chip, and to fab them I used the laser cutter, the modela AND the vinyl cutter.

Molding and casting

December 2nd, 2008

Something BIG

November 17th, 2008

I decided to try to build a small rowboat with the shopbot and half inch plywood. Designing a boat proved to be pretty time consuming though, and although this week was about making something really big, I mostly learned more about designing really big things.

Input devices

November 9th, 2008

Eighth week: play with input devices.

I built the boards for 5 of the input devices and played with the data they gave. I modified Neil’s microphone visualization to count the number of times you scream at the device.

3D printing and scanning

October 27th, 2008

Seventh week: 3d scan an object and 3d print it.

I decided to scan a Dorrance hook, which is a very simple hand prosthesis.