A wearable device, Sensitive Skin is a device that feels similar to flesh and is full of various sensors. It wraps around one's wrist and has a tumor-like appearance due to it's fleshy outer coating. It can provide the user with heightened senses of temperature, UV, wind, and moisture. As the device starts to sense … Continue reading Sensitive Skin
An idea I have been considering for awhile. This piece is a wooden cube that, when triggered, will automatically unfold itself into an architectural piece. This project is purely sculptural for now, but the research and applied mechanics may be used in other sculptural objects or for larger sculptures that can be interacted with by … Continue reading Automated Unfolding Architectural Cube
This project proposal is going in two possible directions. The project and its initial sketches was for a 3D printed plant that grew when light was shined upon it, wilted when it is hot out, grew faster or slower, depending on water levels, and reacted to wind, touch, and sound. When it is no longer … Continue reading 3D Planted Flower Friend (Sensitive Mimosa Pudica)
The concept for this piece is one that encourages viewers to interact with the grid of hexagonal columns. These interactions include clapping, covering the piece, shining light on the piece, blowing on the piece, and waving. Sets of light sensors, wind sensors, motion sensors, and sound sensors provide the viewer with many possible combinations of … Continue reading Sensitive Hexagonal Array Proposal
Nick Cunningham 