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...

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...

The future of fabrication lies in the ability to fuse precision machines with an intuitive, creative process. Our built environment will become radically...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Historically the process of standardization has spawned from the need for new structures of efficiency. The performance requirements of this process create...

Winter 2009

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...

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...

Spring 2009

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...

.Generating high density housing with computation creates an opportunity to redefine the creation of residential space. The elements of view and sound become...

“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...