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Hiroshi Ishii.
Ou, Jifei
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
2014-11-04T20:28:48Z
2014-11-04T20:28:48Z
2014
2014
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91304
893611475
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2014.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-93).
This thesis takes a material perspective on designing transformable interfaces. The structure of material and mechanical properties such as stiffness, can determine not only its static performances, but also, with the help of external forces, support dynamic shape change. By encoding structural or stiffness distribution in the actuated materials, we can partially offload the shape-changing control from actuators (digital) to the material itself (analogue), in order to achieve expressive transformations that current modularized actuation system cannot easily provide. The implementation of this thesis will be three series of material primitives and three application prototypes that demonstrate the real world potential of this research.
by Jifei Ou.
S.M.
93 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Material transformation designing shape changing interfaces enabled by programmable material anisotropy
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