Hi! This is my project proposal. Well, it's not exactly a project proposal but a mindmap of all my thoughts, projects that I like and I think are relevant to my ideas, some keywords that always pop up in my research projects, and the framework of a possible system that I will design.
I started by analogically writing lots of post-its (as you can see in the picture above) and then clustering them under different categories. What I found is that they could be loosely grouped as:
1. KEYWORDS
2. PARADIGMS AND TOOLS OF REFERENCE
3. PROJECTS OF REFERENCE
4. SYSTEM DESIGN
5. CONNECTING THE DOTS OVER TIME


KEYWORDS
These are the keywords I extracted from my Fab academy application and academic research.










PARADIGMS AND TOOLS OF REFERENCE
These are few key research paradigms I am interested in.









PROJECTS OF REFERENCE
Some projects I like and why I like them. Trying to find out the tools I need in order to work along their direction.





1. ROTO JAM by Che-Wei Wang

Material texture creates structure under physically controlled conditions
Soft to hard
Continuously reconfigurable system (manually)
Great technological craft
> But it is only physical, no digital models, and mainly aesthetic


2. UNDERWATER by David Bowen

Uses a Microsoft Kinect and Processing to collected real-time surface data from moving wave patterns and translates them into a large scale installation comprised of hundreds of servo-motors controlling each point of the wave.
Sensing structure connected to a large surface
Wireless communication to installation piece, mechanically actuated.
Data responds to dynamic patterns found in the recorded wireframe models.

3. HANGING LIMINALITY by James Lee + Jonathan Fernandes

Grasshopper with Firefly > Arduino and Ghowl > control 9 servo motors to raise and lower a mesh of strings

4. OPENSOURCE SIRINGE PUMP by Will Patrick

An open source syringe pump running microfluidic chips.
The pump is entirely fabricated using a 3D printer and a tabletop CNC mill.
A custom circuit board powers and controls the pump via USB.
Computer > electronics > physical motion > controlled liquid delivery
The liquid material delivery is controlled by sensors and actuated automatically.

5. 3D PRINTED MESOSTRUCTURES by Andreas Bastian

Manoverable structure inspired by biology
> Can a computational model be built in Grasshopper to determine the flexibility of such structures and therefore ‘program’ its characteristics?

6. FLEXIBLE 3D PRINTED TEXTILES by Negar Kalantan and Alizera Borhani">

Controlled flexibility through 3d printed module intersection design
Tools used: rhino + grasshopper, solidworks, powder based 3d printing, fused deposition modelling
> Only physical, not digital
> What if each module had the sensors to commuicate back its structure with the points it touches?

7. KINEMATICS by Nervous Systems

Controlled flexibility through 3d printed modules
Intersections and hinges design
Flexibility through rigid system


SYSTEM DESIGN
The key elements that I would like to investigate and develop during the weekly classes as part of an interactive system, leading to the final project.







CONNECTING THE DOTS OVER TIME