Projects

Clear Circuits

Clear fluidic networks can be used as sensors to operate and control electronics and electrical equipment. Optically translucent surface are becoming interactive interfaces that send electrical signals through the mere proximity of the human body.

ALivE team: Anthony Kane

 

Fluidic Display

Millifluidic surfaces are not only thermally and electromagnetically active, they can also double as low resolution display based on advancing liquid of different colors in a single vascular network. Computational image analysis, pumps and valve systems are closely integrated.

Layering multiple channels allows for the representation of color, thus extending the range of display options.

Text and images can be simulated with multi-colored liquids in ways that generate recognizable but low-resolution, low cost displays that perform also thermally or as light redirection systems.

ALivE Team: Christian Ervin

 

Waterguiding Breathable Surfaces

SLIPS treatment of mesh or rod networks can produce waterproof surface morphologies that allow for air and light to pass through. SLIPS treatment allows for the spacing of solid network elements to increase while their maintaining water-shedding properties.

ALivE Team

 

Structural Color Tiles

Functionalizing ceramic or glass surfaces produces novel iridescent effects that actively change with the presence of moisture on the surface.

ALivE Team: Anthony Kane, Natalie Koay