Shawn Sims is founder and director of Synaptic Lab - sy-lab.net - a research and design group dedicated to searching for new ideas about the implementation of...
Free Universal Construction Kit
Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can — and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Kit: a set of adapters for...
3d, toys
Robotic Mimicry
The future of fabrication lies in the ability to fuse precision machines with an intuitive, creative process. Our built environment will become radically...
interactive, openFrameworks
meshSwarm
Mesh Swarm is a generative tool for creating particle driven .stl files directly out of Processing. The 3d geometry is created by particles on trajectories that...
interactive, Processing
roboScan
roboScan is a 3D modeler + scanner that uses a Kinect mounted on a ABB4400 robot arm. Motion planning and RAPID code are produced in Robot Studio and Robot...
interactive, openFrameworks
kRC
The Kinect sensor's IR depth camera and rgb camera was accessed through processing. The closest point to the sensor produces an x,y coordinate set that controls...
interactive, Processing, Arduino
openKinect drawing
This is a first attempt at plotting spheres in 3d space with the Kinect. Values are read from depth camera and translated into 3d coordinates. source code for...
interactive, Processing
TraceBot
TraceBot is a drawing machine designed to raster light and shadow. The pen scans the drawing area and when there is shadow the onboard microcontroller signals the...
interactive, Arduino
Excursions on Volume
Historically the process of standardization has spawned from the need for new structures of efficiency. The performance requirements of this process create...
architecture, 3d
Paris
Winter 2009
photography
Epithelium
Epithelium refers to the cellular boundary layer that composes organic tissue connecting two surfaces. The human body divides space as it moves through it. The...
interactive, Arduino, architecture
Tentacle
Ninja Tentacle is a responsive installation derived from the movement of a fin. Subject is able to push, pull, and even scare the tentacle by placing their hand...
interactive, architecture
Moscow
Spring 2009
photography
Elastic Urbanism
The city of Bodo, Norway called for new ideas about not only urban logic and growth, but about identity. Elastic Urbanism was designed to create new levels of...
architecture, 3d
Living Morphology
.Generating high density housing with computation creates an opportunity to redefine the creation of residential space. The elements of view and sound become...
architecture, 3d
Vast Soundscapes
“As it grows ever more complicated today, musical art seeks out combinations more dissonant, stranger, and harsher for the ear. Thus, it comes ever closer to the...
