environmental skin by sensor network

Electronic Skins and Dense Sensor Networks

利用OLED顯示的鍵盤

from: http://www.electronics-lab.com/blog/?attachment_id=750

Transfer Structure

work-in-progress







bluebottle

Spatial Sketch Support Architecture Design

my project done at March, 2008
Even nowadays CAD applications contain high capacity modeling functions, but it still couldn't replace the traditional design media (such as paper sketching and model making), which could demonstrate the craft sense extended from our hand skills. Using traditional design media, designers are able to extend their bodily dynamic expression and reveal handicraft sense in design. Therefore, this research is to propose CAD applications can redound on designer's perspectives to providing the opportunities in expressing characteristics of fine art. Spatial sketch system (SS-System) demonstrates a new framework of applying hands in virtual modeling. SS-System solves the problems: 1) Unable to freely execute the spatial ideas; 2) Getting lost from the original design ideas, while manipulating computer-aided design. SS-System helps designers in presenting their ideas rapidly and creating various associations of design prototypes during the development. The nimbleness of hands helps designers in creating the sense of craft forms.

1:1 Interior Design in mixed Augmented Reality

my project of 3D interact technique design done at April, 2008
Architecture and interior design is usually done through 2D drawings in smaller scale. The drawings are hard to be interpreted by general people. Therefore, extra design efforts are taken for the communication between the designer and their customer. In fact, the drawing in smaller scale is one kind of design method taught in traditional academy of architecture design in order to simulate the in-scale spatial design. The designer, who goes through the traditional learning process, will be capable of using 2D drawing for design thinking. Through learning and adapting to the method, the designer will be able to transform spatial ideas into spatial drawings in smaller scale.
Unfortunately, the usage of miniature 2D drawings in design process always causes the loss of design details and misses the potential opportunities inspired by the real-world reality. In this circumstance, this research will be dedicated to the 1:1 augmented reality interior design system (1:1-ARIDS) which will help users to have their design in real-world environment. 1:1-ARIDS includes two wearable devices: laser-pointer for 3D input and VR-glasses for visual displays. The combination actually helps designers in modeling and seeing design outcomes in real-time. 1:1-ARIDS is trying to enhance the communications between the designers and proprietors. And it also helps designers in expressing their design ideas more clearly by involving users into the experiential design process.

TRANS-flower

interactive architecture workshop'08



In this 2 days workshop, we developed a structure unit, we called "Trans-flower"
This artificial moveable structure is used the twist with force in actuator.
The concept is from the serious of: the actuator of umbrella, natural plant conformation and architecture spiral frames.












We try to combine with a servo motor enable to study the form transformations.
The servo motor is put inside transflower to firmly grasp the structure itself.
Therefore, the form transformation would be embedded with force, for making natural dynamical expression.

In this prototypes, we use hanging and standing two mode for building this transform structure. Here is coming with a fews of problems need to solving: (1) the design of degrees of freedom of joints; (2) the communication between motor torsion and mechanical act and (3) the parent and son relationships as tugging action in objects while transforming.

We develop a spatial geometry design form from square based pyramid. And then modify the joint to accept for more DOFs. By the constrains of geometry structure and a few freedom on rotations, transflower could be created an exact transform ranges. Therefore, the form changing will following the twist of force.

Two sensors are utilized in this prototype providing the ways of interaction. We utilize BasicStamp programing simple interact behavior with human to control the servo motor. IR sensor can be used to sense movement of free-hands and body passing. And the mercury switch can be used to sense shaking and the directions of the collapse. These two kinds of interaction modes provide the possibilities in future to consider the development. Adapting human living in house and transforming to any furniture, we think transflowers will be manipulated in smart house in future.


THANKS for Michael A. Fox

emotion switches

以下為尚未成熟的想法, 僅此聊聊:

人每天都帶著好多開關出門，這些開關維繫著他的生存。即使你不講話，這些情感的開關仍然存在。看過情侶八，遙遠的通話就可以使他們愉悅。看過重樂透的人嗎？看見開獎的訊息，他就很開心。及使我們不講話，我們心中都存放著期待，和我們重要和關切的事情。即使我們不表現出來，但是這些期待騙不了人，一但被觸發了，我們一定是生氣，不然就是愉悅。

科技在我談論的構想裡還是扮演通訊的角色。實質上，他並沒有能力改變我所描述的關係。但是，他提供給我們更多的選擇，讓我們可以主動的創造奇蹟。如果你夠有心，它可以出神入化的助你維持社交 商業 和人際的和諧。如果你沒有心，給了你在多的科技，他也不能幫忙你做什麼。該分手的戀人還是會分手。我聽過情侶說；我覺得我在和手機談戀愛。沒錯，如果你可以善加利用，科技的角色會愈來愈有生命力。你的風格能影響他，他就是一個有生命的東西。

有點扯遠了，情緒的東西一直是我們內心深處的祕密。我們帶著期望生活，我們其實很脆弱。其實科技不能做什麼，如果科技可以做什麼，那還需要你存在的意義嗎？

VR Design

電腦真的可以輔助設計嗎？
我認為是可以的，因為設計是一件複雜的工作。擁有一套設計較佳的工具，當然能夠幫助我們事半功倍。但是，如何規劃一套"好的"設計工具，會是比較重要的課題。

建築設計，一直以來堪稱為美學與工程的整合，還涵蓋了社會的議題。實在不容易討論。但是做過設計的人大概曉得，歷史與社會文化為脈絡的議題，不能花費我們太多的時間，設計的重點還是在最後空間的成果，我們是一群利用空間語言來說話的建築師。這才是我們該用力的地方。說到空間，首先要談到3視圖的概念，這個概念幫助我們記錄了空間，並且精確的將工程圖描繪。但是，建築設計不會只看圖的，他也很注重過程。尤其我們更重視情感的部份，也就是我們想要表達的是什麼。你不覺得厲害建築師其實都是說故事高手，他很知道要掌握什麼，所以他可以在設計中說服你，讓你喜歡他。因此，設計過程不會只是一個單調的製圖呈現，他的背後包含了設計概念 構想 和轉換，在此簡稱為key。Key的難得在於他可以關鍵的轉換兩種知識系統。認同你，並從中看見你所形容的事情。

因此，在傳統設計中透過圖像 照片 模型 草圖 概念模型 表現設計的轉換。最後才取捨可以使用的部份納入設計中。這裡的問題出在設計思考的跳躍。我們沒有辦法透過筆或是照片 精確的描述出空間的資訊。我們也不容易修改空間的資訊。無論空間的成果在電腦螢幕中或是實體模型，但是我們很難修正和創造他們直接透過手。而通常，我們必須透過鍵盤和滑鼠ｏｒ切割材料和黏接他。我們喪失了與空間資訊直接互動的機會。

虛擬科技的設備能夠幫助我們解決這個問題。

戴上眼鏡，手上或著素描筆。就可以看見畫出的線條漂浮在空中，緩緩移動身體，馬上可以看見另一個角度的視野。虛擬筆的使用很特別，我們可以自由的揮灑出很自然的彎曲線條，並且隨著手感的大小力，我們可以畫出像是毛筆效果的線條。我可以立即的畫出立體的圖畫，看見空間，並還可以透過視角的轉換發現更多可以發展的東西。並且馬上將想法話出來。