During a course on Open Frameworks I developed this “Dance Mat” for use sitting down – for example for wheelchair users. This prototype uses four pressure sensors mounted between two layers of thick neoprene-type foam sheet to sense the body position of the user. As can be seen from the laptop screen, in this version [...]

Some pictures of recent work getting Arduino Fios with XBees up and running

Large soft switches made for an exhibition project in Finland

Trying to get my head around programming 8×8 LED matrices Fun if you know how! After some struggle I did eventually come up with a “proof of concept” for how to make an animation. Next step – the same for RGB 8×8 matrix…

Some photos of my new model for Power Flower, a large kinetic sculpture that I’m developing together with Helsingin Energia. It’ll react to the current total energy consumption in the city!

This site will be a window into my ongoing research into various forms of playful interfaces using physical computing methods.