Stanford Seminar - Creating Interfaces with Rich Physical Properties Through Digital Fabrication

This seminar presents interactive materials that seamlessly embed sensors, displays, and actuators into physical materials and human skin. It covers digital fabrication methods, interactive skin, body-based interaction, tactile interfaces, and computational tools for designing materials with specific properties.

Syllabus

Introduction.
Importance of Materials and Shape.
Key Questions 1. How to create interactive materials ?.
Key Questions 1. How to create interactive materials? In a simple lab setting! 2. What new user interfaces and interaction techniques do interactive materials enable?.
PrintScreen: Create your own custom display materials.
PrintScreen: Materials with Integrated Display.
3D Printed Interactive Materials.
Faster Fabrication: Conductive Inkjet Printing.
Interactive Skin.
Electronic Skin.
Digital Fabrication Pipeline.
Interaction on Body Landmarks.
Tacttoo: First Feel-through Tactile Interface.
Tacttoo Approach.
Feel-through Properties of Tacttoo.
Dynamic On-Body Landmarks.
Designing Interactive Materials.
Conclusion.