Paper Engineering

Sep 6, 2013 by kersk450 // Leave a Comment

This is a really inspiring paper engineer. Just thought I would share. Ghostly International presents Matthew Shlian from Ghostly International on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/47502276


Week 2 Assignment

Sep 4, 2013 by Liza // Leave a Comment

1) Construct one series circuit and one parallel circuit: – Use two or more LEDs (you do not have to solder). – Try using two different methods we discussed in class to create the traces or two different substrates (e.g paper, wood, fabric, etc). – Document each one and post it to the class blog…


Examples of CompCraft Tech

Sep 4, 2013 by diazc090 // Leave a Comment

These are some examples of technologies in computational craft I look forward to exploring: Conductive Ink To Make Sound Sticky Tape Sensors and if I can get my hands on it: Carbon Nanotube “Graphite” What intrigues me about these examples and computational craft in general is the ability to create dynamic interfaces that are very…


Cool Wearable LED Dress

Sep 3, 2013 by chamn620 // Leave a Comment

I found a 2 dresses that fashion designer, Hussein Chalayan, created that has a matrix of RGB LED lights embedded into it, to visually convey the changing of the seasons.  One for the arrival of spring and the other for the arrival of summer. Collectively, they act as a screen that displays abstract graphics that…


Interesting Projects

Sep 3, 2013 by kooh125 // Leave a Comment

I found two interesting projects for this week. https://vimeo.com/24610617 First one is “Oribotics” on the vimeo which is very similar “Novel Architecture” by Ji Qi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G31VVcyL60o Second one is “AmiRobo” by Osamu lwasaki using Arduino, Processing, XBee and Servo Motor. Theme of this project is Earth and I like the way that this project is…


Project That Excites Me: The Living Dress

Sep 3, 2013 by Carl Jadaa // Leave a Comment

The Living Dress is a dress inspired by designer Hussein Chalayan, and built by Vinilla Burnhamfor. Lady Gaga wore the dress and showcased it to the public  on February 24, 2010 during the “So Happy I Could Die” performance for The Monster Ball Tour. It uses materials such as stainless steel, various forms of nylon fabrics,…


Projects I like

Sep 3, 2013 by Carla // Leave a Comment

So I found a lot of interesting projects this week. Overall, I guess my interests are in those projects that are somehow related to toys or accessories, mostly oriented to kids. I found one in which brooches lighted up at night, which kinda made me think of a cool idea for kinds to wear when…


Week 1. Projects that excite me

Sep 3, 2013 by Lucy Matchett // Leave a Comment

One of the first projects I came across that really piqued my interest was a project from last semester’s class, which were the wearable instrument gloves. I’m really interested in organic human interaction and I like that she based the idea around a movement that comes naturally to most people like tapping fingers on a…