Venous Materials Kiolesura cha Maji Kinachoingiliana by Hila Mor

Platinamu Kiolesura · 2021

Venous Materials Kiolesura cha Maji Kinachoingiliana

by Hila Mor

Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award 2021 in Kiolesura
CLIENT: Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab
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About Venous Materials Kiolesura cha Maji Kinachoingiliana

Venous Materials ni kiolesura cha maji kinachoingiliana ambacho hujibu mguso na mwendo. Muundo huu umepata msukumo kutoka kwa mifumo ya mishipa inayopatikana katika mimea, majani na mwili wa binadamu. Shinikizo au mkunjo unaotolewa na mtumiaji huendesha kimiminika kupitia njia za ndani, na kutoa mifumo na rangi zinazobadilika. Kila sampuli hufanya kazi kwa wakati mmoja kama kihisi na kama kionyeshi cha taarifa zinazoshikika. Prototaipu hizi zimetengenezwa kwa silikoni ya PDMS na wino wa ecoline, kwa kutumia uchoraji wa leza na michakato ya kimaabara ya mikono. Nyingi zina ukubwa wa sentimita 5 kwa 5, na baadhi hufikia sentimita 15 kwa 15.

About the Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award

Venous Materials Kiolesura cha Maji Kinachoingiliana ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya kipekee kwa kweli, maridadi na ya fahari. Washindi wa Platinamu ni maajabu ya ubunifu, ushuhuda wa mipaka ya ubunifu wa kiakili, na huonyesha weledi na ufundi usio na kifani wa wabunifu wao. Miundo hii inatarajiwa kuwa kazi zinazosifika zaidi zinazofafanua urembo wa enzi, kuchangia ustawi wa jamii, na kusukuma mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Venous Materials Kiolesura cha Maji Kinachoingiliana huonyesha kiwango cha ubora kinachovuka mipaka na bila shaka huufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi kwa sifa zake zenye faida na thamani. Venous Materials Kiolesura cha Maji Kinachoingiliana ni kazi iliyoshinda Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award inayochochea hamu, hutia msukumo, husisimua, hufurahisha na huzua furaha kubwa.

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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