Experiences with everyday things that we wear and are surrounded by will be transformed as they connect and relate with new media, intelligence, and information flows. Designing systems of ‘smart’ products, interiors, and clothing is not only about fitting the technology into the artifact, it is also about the way we relate to, understand, and express these new properties of everyday objects. Both computational and communicative processes are ‘invisible’ to us, and so a critical question to emerging technologies is how their presence can be expressed and articulated through design. This is a question of how we will relate to and understand the computational power that will surround us.
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Sensacell is an interactive sensor surface of any size or shape, providing a sensing solution for smart architecture, entertainment or interactive physical computing. Sensacell modules consist of 4 non-contact sensors and a LED lighting array. They’re capable of bi-directional communication with other modules & forms of distributed intelligence.
Sensacell can be used for interior and exterior applications and is scalable from a single module to 1000’s of square feet. The modular sensor detects objects within 6″ through materials such as glass, plastics, wood, tile, etc. The system’s network can also interface with a computer for control over any module within the system.
SmartSlab is a digital video display for walls, floors, billboards and buildings. The patented SmartSlab technology combines aerospace composite materials with design inspired from nature. The honeycomb structure creates a strong and slim tile enabling it to be used directly as a building component for interior or exterior walls, ceilings or floors.
Inspired by the naturally efficient optics of the fly’s eye, the display uses hexagonal pixels (hexels) to effect a perceived image of 18% finer resolution than a regular square pixel. The hexels consist of red, blue and green LED’s, enabling it to emit a range of 16 million possible colours. To increase the resolution of the display, more panels can be combined. Four to six panels are suitable for the display of photos, at least nine for simple moving images and at least twentyfive for large scale high quality movies.
SmartSlab has a loadbearing capacity of 5 kN/m2 and can be used indoor as well as outdoor. It’s also fireproof and can therefore be used in public spaces. Finally it’s also “vandal”-proof and scratch resistant.
