designing a physical construction kit for 3d modeling
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Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling. Flex M. Markus Eng, Ken Camarata, Ellen Yi-Luen Do and Mark D. Gross. Design Machine Group UW Department of Architecture. Outline. Flex M. Inspiration Related Projects Investigation Discussion. UW Design Machine Group. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling
Markus Eng, Ken Camarata, Ellen Yi-Luen Do and Mark D. Gross
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Design Machine GroupUW Department of Architecture
• Inspiration
• Related Projects
• Investigation
• Discussion
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Outline
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Introduction
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Inspiration
Parametric Graphics
Kinetic Toys CAD Interfaces
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Concept Model
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Flexible Cube Cricket IR Web Browser
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Concept Model
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• Construction Kits
• Computationally Enhanced Construction Kit
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Related Projects
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Fröbel Blocks (Friedrich Fröbel)
GoogleplexDome Kit
1890s 1975 1987
Related Projects Construction Kits
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Computational Building Blocks (Anderson et al.)
1997
Topobo (Raffle et al.) 2004
Related ProjectsComputationally Enhanced Construction Kits
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Investigation
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Physical Hub
Communication
Programming
Project Summary
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Investigation
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Project Summary
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Investigation
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Physical Hub
• Topology
• Geometry
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Investigation
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Physical Hub Topology
A turns flashlight on
B sees AB turns flashlight on
C turnsFlashlight on
B sees C
A sees B
C sees B
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Investigation
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Flexible Hub HandyBoard Lisp Graphics
Flexible Hub
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Investigation
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Flexible Hub
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Investigation Wireless Hub
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Surelink RFTransceiver
BasicStamp
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Investigation Wireless Hub
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Base Station
Hub 1
Hub 2
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InvestigationRapid Prototyping
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