26 Feb 2011
Fabricate Yourself is a project that documented the Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction Conference. Usually we think of documentation in terms of text, photography and …
Projects
Beautiful Modeler
Beautiful Modeler
02 Nov 2010
Beautiful Modeler is a software tool for gestural sculpting using a multi-touch controller such as an iPad. Each finger is used to control a single …
Cutter
Cutter
28 Jul 2010
Cutter is a tangible interface for generating three-dimensional digital models by hand crafting polystyrene foam. The user pulls, pushes, and rotates a custom hotwire cutter …
Shaper
Shaper
20 May 2010
Shaper is a prototype device that uses a three-axis computer numerical control (CNC) machine to interactively dispense expanding polyurethane foam material. The user controls the …
Trace Modeler
Trace Modeler
03 Mar 2010
Trace Modeler is an application that uses real-time video to create three-dimensional geometry. The silhouette of a foreground object in a video frame is subtracted …
Speaker
Speaker
03 Mar 2010
Speaker interactively sculpts wire forms based on sound input. The user stands in front of the device and speaks into a small microphone. The device …
Spatial Sketch
Spatial Sketch
08 Aug 2009
Spatial Sketch is a software application for creating 3D sketches in physical space and transforming them into real world objects as a series of laser …
Blog
Waveform Necklace
Waveform Necklace
20 Feb 2011
Waveform Necklace is a project by David Bizer that takes a sound recording and transforms it into a laser cut necklace representing the sound waveform. …
One Liner Bowls
One Liner Bowls
13 Feb 2011
The One Liner Bowls are a series of glass bowls that have their form derived from digitized hand movement. The project was initiated in 2006 …
Cross Section Rings
Cross Section Rings
06 Feb 2011
Cross Section Rings is a project by designer David Bizer that uses letter forms to create the physical form of the ring and embed an …
Cell Cycle
Cell Cycle
05 Nov 2010
Cell Cycle is an interactive application by the Nervous System studio that enables people to design and fabricate their own jewelery. The studio takes a …
Trikoton
Trikoton
05 Nov 2010
Trikoton is a design label exploring the use of the human voice to create knitted patterns in fabric. Frequency bands of an audio message are …
New Scientist / TEI
New Scientist / TEI
14 Oct 2010
The Speaker and Cutter projects recently took part in the Maker Faire in New York. Following on from this there have been several articles published …
Dishmaker
Dishmaker
27 Sep 2010
The Dishmaker is a project from the MIT Media Lab’s former ‘Counter Intelligence Group’ by Leonardo Bonanni. He describes it as ‘…a new kind of …
Hand-Made
Hand-Made
11 Sep 2010
Hand-Made by Nadeem Haidary explores the idea of ‘sculpting objets with film’. Frames from a video sequence are computationally traced out to form a path …
Sketch Furniture
Sketch Furniture
10 Aug 2010
Sketch Furniture feels like somewhat of a classic when it comes to ‘Interactive Fabrication’. The question they ask is extremely simple: Is it possible to let …
L’Artisan Electronique
L’Artisan Electronique
09 Aug 2010
L’Artisan Electronique is an installation created by design studio Unfold. It consists of a virtual pottery wheel that gives visitors a chance to ‘turn’ their …