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| Super Cilia Skin |
| MIT: Tangible Interfaces MAS 834 Hiroshi Ishii A Kinesthetic Informatic Interface Mitchell Joachim, Hayes Raffle, James Tichenor |
| Super Cilia Skin is a literal membrane separating a computer from its environment. Like our skin, it is haptic I/O membrane that can sense and simulate movement and wind flow. Our intention is to have it be universally applied to sheath any surface. As a display, it can mimic another person’s gesture over a distance via a form of tangible telepresence. A hand-sized interface covered with Super Cilia Skin would produce subtle changes in surface texture that feel much like a telepresent "butterfly kiss." A small object surrounded with Super Cilia Skin could propel itself across the floor, or stop to create visually expressive changes in surface. Conversely, a Super Cilia Skin surface could propel objects across it using mechanical gestures like the movements of a centipede’s feet. |
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| Felt + silicone prototype model. |
| "Natura maxime miranda in minimis" (Nature is greatest in little things) |
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| MITCHELL JOACHIM ARCHITECTURAL + URBAN + ECO-DESIGN |
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| See Exhibition Touch Me: Design and Sensation Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, 2005. |