Welcome to my new blog feature thingy. Things that are awesome. And I mean awesome in the non-sarcastic sense. Everyone loves things that are awesome. This may end up being a weekly thing depending on how much awesomeness I come across, and may or may not be related to my work interests. Todays thing that [...]
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Here’s a quick little video of my knitted RFID weather interface, while it was being exhibited. I’m going to make another clearer video once my monitor is working properly again!
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My little baby is done. It’s being exhibited and everything. I had to do some last minute changes, adding some separate power sources to the clouds, as the vibe boards were a little bit greedy and were eating up too much of the power from the USB, and they weren’t vibrating very well. Here’s me [...]
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Final prototype of my tactile interface. Using RFID tags, some LEDs and lots and lots of lovely wool I created an interface that is not only nice and cuddly, but can interact with the online world. Once an object is placed on an RFID reader, it brings up a different weather state on screen, and [...]
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In my current college project i am working on an interactive surface, controlled by smart objects. These smart objects are actually quiet friendly, the first in existence being drip. Drip is a little RFID enabled wooly raindrop, who for the time being, tells you what the weather is like in Norwich. Once I’m out of [...]
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