jamSheets: Thin Interfaces with Tunable Stiffness Enabled by Layer Jamming
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Ou, Jifei; Yao, Lining; Tauber, Daniel; Steimle, Jurgen; Niiyama, Ryuma; Ishii, Hiroshi; ... Show more Show less
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This works introduces layer jamming as an enabling technology for designing deformable, stiffness-tunable, thin sheet interfaces. Interfaces that exhibit tunable stiffness properties can yield dynamic haptic feedback and shape deformation capabilities. In comparison to the particle jamming, layer jamming allows for constructing thin and lightweight form factors of an interface. We propose five layer structure designs and an approach which composites multiple materials to control the deformability of the interfaces. We also present methods to embed different types of sensing and pneumatic actuation layers on the layer-jamming unit. Through three application prototypes we demonstrate the benefits of using layer jamming in interface design. Finally, we provide a survey of materials that have proven successful for layer jamming.
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2014-02Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Journal
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI '14)
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Jifei Ou, Lining Yao, Daniel Tauber, Jurgen Steimle, Ryuma Niiyama, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2014. jamSheets: thin interfaces with tunable stiffness enabled by layer jamming. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 65-72.
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9781450326353