Venous Materials Interfàcia Fluidica Interactiva by Hila Mor

Platin Interfàcia · 2021

Venous Materials Interfàcia Fluidica Interactiva

by Hila Mor

A' Design Award de Platin 2021 in Interfàcia
CLIENT: Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab
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About Venous Materials Interfàcia Fluidica Interactiva

Venous Materials es una interfàcia fluidica interactiva que respond al tocar e al movement. Lo dessenh s'inspira dels sistèmas de venas que se tròban dins las plantas, las fuèlhas e lo còs uman. La pression o la deformacion aplicada per l'utilizaire fa circular lo liquid dins de canals intèrnes, produsent de motius e de colors cambiadisses. Cada mòstra fonciona a l'encòp coma un sensor e coma un afichatge d'informacion tangibla. Los prototipes son fabricats amb de silicòna PDMS e de tinta ecoline, en utilizant la gravadura al laser e de procediments manuals de laboratòri. La màger part mesuran 5 per 5 centimètres, e d'unes atenhon 15 per 15 centimètres.

About the A' Design Award de Platin

Venous Materials Interfàcia Fluidica Interactiva a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Platin, una reconeissença extrèmament prestigiosa acordada a de designs verdadièrament excepcionals, elegants e magnifics. Los ganhaires del Platin son meravilhas de la creacion, testimoniatges dels limits de la creativitat intellectuala, e mòstran lo professionalisme inegalable e lo geni de lors designers. S'espèra que aqueles designs sián las òbras mai reconegudas, que definisson l'estetica d'una epòca, contribuïsson al ben-èstre de la societat e fan avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Venous Materials Interfàcia Fluidica Interactiva presenta un nivèl transcendent d'excellença e fa, sens cap de dobte, del mond un luòc melhor gràcias a sas caracteristicas avantatjosas e preciosas. Venous Materials Interfàcia Fluidica Interactiva es una òbra ganhaira de la distincion A' Design Award de Platin que desrevelha de desirs, inspira, entosiasma, encanta e fa néisser una granda jòia.

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Unique Properties: The Venous Materials project envisions a new way to design dynamic tangible interactions using fluidic structures. It is a new type of dynamic interactive material that is inspired by veins systems in nature: in plants, leaves, and throughout the human body. These Materials respond to user's pressure and motion with dynamic displayed patterns. Venous Materials can animate dynamic graphics, create responsive objects, and to visualize body movement and balance.
Dimensions & Packaging: The different Venous Materials prototypes are mainly 5cmX5cm, while some of them can get up to 15cmX15cm.
Tags: Interaction Design, Material research, Dynamic Graphics, Microfluidics, Computational Aided Design, Sensors and Displays, Venous Structures
Production Technology: Venous Materials technology developed through research on current Microfluidics,that is specifically designed for human interaction and UX design. A specilized computational tool was developed for the design process and to simulate and visualize of the color change and display of the flow within the material, according to the user input. Production process involves laser engraving and manual lab processes. Materials used are PDMS silicone and ecoline ink.
Design Challenge: While current computer chips and electronics usually require rigid and bulky components that challenges the integration with varied objects or fabrics, Venous Materials is soft and self-contained mechanism that utilizes the motion of daily activities as its energy source. Design of micro-fluid dynamics is not intuitive task, our approach and computational tool allows the design, simulation, and prototyping of fluidic interactive sensors that can be embedded in, or attached to, any object.
Research: This work present design and fabrication methods for interactive fluidic mechanisms that respond to deformation by mechanical inputs from the user. The Venous design tool provides designers with a simple way to create and validate designs of fluidic structures. It allows users to design the geometry, and simulate the flow with intended mechanical force dynamically. This leads to Interactive applications of Venous Materials, to augment human movement and everyday objects.
Inspiration: This project is inspired by venous structures that are ubiquitous throughout nature and in the human body. By changing colors, veins can inform us of internal and external physical conditions. For example, veins in leaves transmit pigments that drive color change, which informs us of the internal condition of the leaf and which season it is. When we press firmly on a button, the tip of our finger changes its color, this subtle color change can be used to indicate the applied pressure.
Project Duration: The project started June 2019 and finished April 2020 in Cambridge, MA, at the MIT Media Lab, Tangible Media group
Operation Flow: The displayed flow pattern and color change of the fluidic channels within Venous Materials inform the users of the motion and physical force that is applied on the material. The users can interact with Venous Materials by deforming or applying pressure on the material, which drives the fluid flow within the internal channels to visualize the dynamic responsive display. Therefore, Venous Materials simultaneously functions as a sensor and display of tangible information.
Patents: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Tangible Media Group / MIT Media Lab
Image Credits: All Photo/video credit to Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab