Archive for the 'Projects' Category

• 06.01.08
  Dreyfuss Bluetooth Handset

  This is a one-off hack to retrofit a genuine Western Electric Dreyfuss Telephone Handset into a full fledged Bluetooth handset. A single button at the center of the mouthpiece controls all the functions (pairing, answering calls, etc.), while a blue and red LED indicator glows from within. The handset recharges via USB and [...]

• 05.10.08
  Feedback Playback 2

  FeedBack PlayBack is a dynamic film re-editing and viewing system. The users’ physical state determines the visceral quality of scenes displayed; immediate reactions to the scenes feed back to generate a cinematic crescendo or a lull. We use material that is rigorously narrative, formulaic, and plentiful: the action movie series Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. [...]

• 05.01.08
  Bikecrumbs Prototype 01

  Bikecrumbs is an invisible ink dripper that attaches to my bike to leave a permanent trail every where I ride. The trail is only visible when viewed under UV light.
  Bikecrumbs: Prototype 01 from che-wei wang on Vimeo.

• 04.13.08
  Tetherlight

  Tetherlight is a hand held light that perpetually points at its sibling. Two Tetherlights constantly point at each other, guiding one Tetherlight to the other with a beam of light.
  Tetherlight: Prototype 02 Rotation from che-wei wang on Vimeo.
  The devices are each equipped with a GPS module, a digital compass, and a wireless communication module [...]

• 04.08.08
  Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton

• 03.30.08
  Drum Space

  Drum space is a percussion instrument that transforms environments into drums. Participants are immersed within the space of drums as beats are created from the surrounding surfaces. The audio experience of the space is negotiated by each participant as they add and remove beats from sequences previously constructed by other participants. Will the [...]

• 03.27.08
  Ornos: Prototype 01 Test

  Here’s the first test with Ornos. The compass readings are behaving pretty well considering it’s right underneath a spinning hard drive. The 1.2Ghz processor and 512 RAM don’t seem to be enough to download and render the image quickly enough, so I’m going to have to figure out how to speed things up.

• 03.16.08
  Oblik

  Oblik ( オブリク )
  Yokohama, Japan
  Completed February 2008

• 01.21.08
  Table Pipes

  Table Pipes consists of ready-made 3/4″ pipe fittings from our friendly local plumbing shop and two sheets of 2′ x 8′ x 1/2″ glass.

• 12.25.07
  AGS : Haiku Shake V02

  AGS aka Haiku Shake is a haiku generator. Tilting to the left begins the trickling of the haiku. Each haiku is generated randomly based on 3 haiku forms and a set of preselected words. To generate a new haiku, just shake it.

• 11.22.07
  moMo : A Haptic Navigational Device

  Momo is a haptic navigational device that requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. It sits on the palm of one’s hand and leans, vibrates and gravitates towards a preset location. Akin to someone pointing you in the right direction, there is no need [...]

• 11.06.07
  What is ITP?

  “What is ITP?” was originally presented at ITP at NYU in the “Applications of Interactive Technologies” class November 6, 2007. Produced by the red GOAT team: chris cerrito, ja in koo, eduardo lytton, kim thompson rodrigo de benito sanz, xiaoyang feng, ami snyderman, and che-wei wang.

• 10.28.07
  Grass Type

  Grass Type is a virtual grass mat. Mouse movements send waves of wind across the grass, erasing the imprinted text which then slowly reappears over time as the wind dies down. (developed with Tim Stutts)
  Download grasstextapp.zip GrassTypeAdobe.app.zip (for Macs written in C and openGL).

• 10.26.07
  SlaHuRa : Slappable Huggable Radio

  SlaHuRa or Slappable Huggable Radio is a FM and AM radio that uses an accelerometer (tilt sensor) to change volume and frequency. There are no buttons to press or dials to spin. Tilting the radio from side to side adjusts the frequency. Tilting it from front to back changes the volume.

• 10.13.07
  Phylo Pattern Generator

  phylotaxis applet

• 10.13.07
  Attractor Topography

  attractor topography applet

• 09.01.07
  Muji Award 02

  Muji Award 02 entries.

• 08.10.07
  Hands Free Umbrella

  The hands free umbrella was designed in collaboration with Dinesh Vader, the patent holder for the device. The design focused on ease of use, comfort and portability. Materials were chosen to make an attractive soft shell sling while keeping manufacturing costs low.

• 07.04.07
  Master Mustache

  The Master Mustache sticker set is finally here. The first set features the Kitchener , Nietzsche, Einstein, Dalí, Chaplin , and the Fu Manchu. All classics. Power, intelligence, class, and fantasy in a line above your lip.  This set of 6 mustaches are made of the highest quality vinyl and made to last.  Stick [...]

• 06.28.07
  Chess Clock

  I couldn’t find a fullscreen chess clock so I wrote a very simple application to do just that. The ring counts down the total number of seconds remaining instead of the traditional clock with second and minute hands. A small dot at the center of each ring indicates which player is white [...]

• 06.26.07
  MultiPipe

  MultiPipe is a simple plugin for Rhino 4.0 to pipe multiple curves at once with start and end diameter options and cap type options. Unzip and install by dragging the plugin into Rhino. The command line for the tool is “MultiPipe’.
  Download: multipipe.zip

• 06.12.07
  HUD Slider Class

  The Heads Up Display Slider is a simple and transparent way to insert sliders into your Processing sketches. Just place the pde file inside your processing sketch and call the slider class for each slider you wish to create.
  Download and place this .pde file inside your Processing sketch: HUD Slider Class
  [Example applet]

• 05.28.07
  Waiting Chair

  Folded metal and felt chair coming soon.

• 05.24.07
  Haptic Clock

  The Haptic Clock is a small clock program for Java powered mobile phones. The clock conveys time through a sequence of vibrations so you never have to pull the phone out of your pocket to tell time. The idea behind it was to create a clock that would train my body to understand [...]

• 05.10.07
  Paper Airplane Business Card

  This design is inspired by Ken Blackburn’s world record paper airplane.
  Tip: Fold the business card airplane with the wings tilted downward. It’ll fly like a dart.

• 04.23.07
  Love Fold

  Love Fold seats you and a half on a thick piece of felt and a folded piece of metal. Comfy for one. Sort of comfy for 2.  Really comfy for 1.5 of you.  Available in steel, aluminum, or stainless steel. Pieces are made to order. Email me for prices, custom graphics, colors, [...]

• 04.19.07
  Seroussi Pavillion

  Here are some images from a collaboration with biothing. My focus was on developing the outer tiling module. The facted skylight is modulated with intersecting sin wave functions in relation to nodes of interest distributed across the site.

• 02.04.07
  Self Portrait

  Webcam pixel interpretation tool written in Processing.

• 02.04.07
  Denen Apts

  This 6 story apartment building with first floor commercial in Yokohama, Japan was design in collaboration with Akio Narita of Unit N.

• 02.04.07
  Window Brick

• 01.02.07
  Tilt SCREAM Pong

  This is a verson of pong for those of you with Sudden Motion Sensors on your MacBook. Tilt the laptop to control the paddle and scream to increase the size of the paddle. Enjoy! But play it at your own risk.
  Download Beta: tilt SCREAM Pong 0.06, tilt_scream_pong_0_07app.zip

• 09.03.06
  FedEx Tyvek Wallet

  @ instructables

• 03.11.06
  II Desk

• 12.09.05
  HEX Shelf

  This modular shelving system uses a single joint component and a modular planes to create varying shelf sizes

• 02.04.04
  Freedom In Familiarity

  Urban sprawl perversely affects both the built and natural environments. To address the problems correctly, it is first necessary to understand the procedure in which it takes place both locally and globally. There have been studies which show the global effects of sprawl through streams of politics and economics. Several models have proven accurate [...]

• 08.29.03
  Unfold > Encode > Fold

  This modular unit system is comprised of 35 pieces of 18 gage stainless steel, which provides a thin rigid surface. All parts including the structure and surface are designed and fabricated in unison. All parts are flat-packed and shipped to the site for assembly by hand with very few tools. Designed in [...]

• 05.09.03
  Blow Up Shelf

  Blow Up Shelf = latex surface + pneumatics + motion sensor

• 05.08.03
  Death Immersion

• 12.09.02
  Battery Park City Ferry Terminal

• 11.05.02
  Deceptive Coercion

• 05.16.02
  A chair for

• 12.12.01
  Tiger Lily Collage

• 12.12.01
  Tumbleweed House

  The Tumbleweed House consists of a radial assembly of parts surrounding a gyroscopic interior chamber. This house negotiates the ever changing topology of the desert by tumbling without positional hierarchy. The house consists of one main chamber and three peripheral chambers. The three peripheral chambers open and close according to its position [...]

• 04.24.01
  Constellation

  Constellation is a wireframe chair for two (a permanent installation at the Pratt Sculpture Park).

• 11.04.98
  Labyrinth