Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling

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Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling. Flex M. Markus Eng, Ken Camarata, Ellen Yi-Luen Do and Mark D. Gross. Design Machine Group UW Department of Architecture. Outline. Flex M. Inspiration Related Projects Investigation Discussion. UW Design Machine Group. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling

Markus Eng, Ken Camarata, Ellen Yi-Luen Do and Mark D. Gross

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Design Machine GroupUW Department of Architecture

• Inspiration

• Related Projects

• Investigation

• Discussion

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Outline

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Introduction

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Vision

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Introduction

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Inspiration

Parametric Graphics

Kinetic Toys CAD Interfaces

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Concept Model

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Concept Model

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Flexible Cube Cricket IR Web Browser

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Concept Model

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• Construction Kits

• Computationally Enhanced Construction Kit

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Related Projects

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Fröbel Blocks (Friedrich Fröbel)

GoogleplexDome Kit

1890s 1975 1987

Related Projects Construction Kits

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Computational Building Blocks (Anderson et al.)

1997

Topobo (Raffle et al.) 2004

Related ProjectsComputationally Enhanced Construction Kits

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Investigation

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Physical Hub

Communication

Programming

Project Summary

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Investigation

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Project Summary

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Investigation

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Physical Hub

• Topology

• Geometry

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Investigation

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Physical Hub Topology

A turns flashlight on

B sees AB turns flashlight on

C turnsFlashlight on

B sees C

A sees B

C sees B

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Investigation

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Physical Hub Topology

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Investigation

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Physical Hub Geometry

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Investigation

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Flexible Hub

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Investigation

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Flexible Hub HandyBoard Lisp Graphics

Flexible Hub

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Investigation

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Flexible Hub

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Investigation Wireless Hub

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Surelink RFTransceiver

BasicStamp

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Investigation Wireless Hub

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Base Station

Hub 1

Hub 2

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Investigation Wireless Hub

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InvestigationRapid Prototyping

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InvestigationRapid Prototyping

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RotationalPotentiometer

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Discussion

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