Image shows the internal hardware and a full assembled Glume ModuleGlume explores a unique area of augmented building materials by combining a discrete internal structure with a soft and organic material quality to relax the rigidity of structure and form in previous tangible building block approaches.
Glume is envisioned as a tool for constructing and manipulating models, visualizations and simulations of organically based three dimensional data sets.
The Glume system consists of soft and translucent augmented modules, which communicate capacitively to their neighbors to determine a network topology and are responsive to human touch.
An individual Glume module consists of six silicone bulbs connected to a central ‘nucleus’ containing a custom PCB and a 3.8v 1.5mAh lithium polymer battery. The silicone skin of each bulb has been cast in Smooth-On® Sorta-Clear 40, a translucent silicone rubber. The hollow castings were made from molds modeled in Autocad and then ‘printed’ using a 3D starch printer. The bulbs are embedded with Softee® Protein Styling Hairgel chosen for its optical clarity and conductive characteristics. The combination of the thin silicone shell and the embedded gel provides the tactile effect that each bulb will retain the shape as sculpted in place by the user.
Glume occupies a unique space among digitally augmented building materials.Its a tangible 3D modeling and visualization medium, based on translucent soft silicone modules, which provides display and data manipulation capabilities by combining an internal digitally discrete structure with soft material affordances.
The Glume system consists of soft and translucent augmented modules, which communicate capacitively to their neighbors to determine a network topology and are responsive to human touch.
An individual Glume module consists of six silicone bulbs connected to a central ‘nucleus’ containing a custom PCB and a 3.8v 1.5mAh lithium polymer battery. The silicone skin of each bulb has been cast in Smooth-On® Sorta-Clear 40, a translucent silicone rubber. The hollow castings were made from molds modeled in Autocad and then ‘printed’ using a 3D starch printer. The bulbs are embedded with Softee® Protein Styling Hairgel chosen for its optical clarity and conductive characteristics. The combination of the thin silicone shell and the embedded gel provides the tactile effect that each bulb will retain the shape as sculpted in place by the user.
Glume occupies a unique space among digitally augmented building materials.Its a tangible 3D modeling and visualization medium, based on translucent soft silicone modules, which provides display and data manipulation capabilities by combining an internal digitally discrete structure with soft material affordances.
Monika Szawioła, Akriti Sood, Michał Piasecki
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