MIT Media Lab’s morphing table has Atmel under the hood MIT Media Lab‘s Tangible Media Group recently created a morphing table with Atmel microcontrollers (MCUs) under the hood. Dubbed inFORM: Dynamic Physical Affordances and Constraints through Shape and Object Actuation, the table is equipped with 900 individually actuated white polystyrene pins that make up the surface in an array of 30 x 30 pixels. The interactive table can display 3D information in real-time and in a more accurate and interactive manner compared to the flat rendering often created by computer user interface. According to PSFK, “The group used a Kinect sensor to capture 3D data, processed it with a computer and relayed it on to a display enabling the system to remotely manipulate a physical ball. Aside from being able to produce a controlled physical environment for the ball, the pins are able to detect touch, pressing down and pulling.” vimeo/m/79179138
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:54:29 +0000
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