CHE-WEI WANG

CHE-WEI
WANG

Objects, software, architecture, and time.
An archive of work made between 1997 and 2013 — at ITP, at MIT, in studios and in shops. Current work is at cwandt.com.


Span1997–2013
StudioCW&T, Brooklyn NY — cwandt.com
Last entrySep 16, 2013

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Showing 150 works  ·  1997–2013
Low Res Plastic BB Analog 3D Print 2013
Noun Noun Compound Noun Generator 2010
Time Scroll 2010
Time 00-XX 2010
Crow’s Flight 2009
Avdrop 2009
Blockhead Stem 2009
Stavanger Aftenblad Pluss 2009
Thermal Clock 2009
3.16 Billion Cycles 2009
Cinematic Timepiece 2009
Counting to a Billion 2009
Time in Six Parts 2009
Sprocket Rhinoscript 2009
1 Hour Sprocket Clock 2009
Sun Angle Script 2009
In a Lifetime 2009
momo 2009
Thermochromic Slow Resolution Display 2008
21st Century Confession Booth 2008
I can’t stop thinking of you (too) 2008
P.Life V2 2008

Elevator P interprets random conversation in an elevator into poetry and publishes them immediately on twitter. Using a hidden microphone, Elevator P captures unexpected chatter,…

Elevator P 2008
Turf Bombing 2008
The New Vote 2008

Text Sandbox is a set of inline editable text boxes for your editing pleasure. Enjoy.

Text Sandbox 2008
Pixel Sandbox 2008

Tilting my laptop changes the background color of a div element on a webpage. [ Live Tilt ] An applet reads tilt sensor values from my laptop, posts them to sensorbase.org , then…

Tilt Sensor to Live Web 2008
P.Life 2008
Adobe Honorable Mention for Grass Type 2008
One Brass Knuckle 2008
Chaam 2008

Rhino loves to crash when it attempts to mesh a large set of surfaces in one shot. This often happens when you go to render and Rhino has to mesh all the objects in the scene. The…

MultiMesh 2008

Make your scripts beep at you when they’re done. add the following code at the end of “sub main”, right before “end sub” 'BEEP when done Dim objShell, strCommand 'change the path…

Rhinoscript Sound Alert 2008
Nandalow 2008
See you at ArtBots 2008

Here’s a Rhino plugin that automates the task of rendering multiple views objects within a single Rhino file. Download Render_Groups.rhp (Version 066) Installation 1.Copy plugin…

Render Groups Plugin 2008
Pneumatic Muscles Instructable 2008
Dreyfuss Bluetooth Handset 2008

Momo won the Art Hacks division at Libelium’s 2008 Arduino Contest . Here’s our entry video. Momo from che-wei wang on Vimeo .

Momo wins Art Hacks 2008 2008
Compass on Wrist 2 2008
Feedback Playback 2 2008
Bikecrumbs Prototype 01 2008
Feedback Playback 2008
GSR Reader 2008
Tetherlight 2008

Example Rhinoscript to import excel files into variables. Option Explicit 'excel import to rhinoscript , che-wei wang 4.8.2008 'excel cell numbers begin with 1,1 (not 0,0) Call…

Excel Import to Rhinoscript 2008
Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton 2008
Drum Space 2008
Ornos: Prototype 02 2008
Oblik 2008
Align to Point Rhinoscript 2008
Basic Branching RhinoScript 2008
Etek EB-85A GPS Example Code 2008
Air Muscle Connection 2008
Exploded Air Muscle 2008
Ornos : Prototype 01 2008
Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton : Ankle Support 2008
Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton : V 01 Test 2008
Ornos : Prototype Shell 01 2008
Soft Pneumatic Suit : Prototype 01 2008
Stabilize : Accelerometer + 4 Servo Motors 2008
Ornos : A View from Above 2008

Here’s a some code for Processing to import csv files and parse the entries into a 2D array. //for importing csv files into a 2d array //by che-wei wang String lines[] =…

CSV import for Processing 2008

I wanted to use the mouse as a simple surface optical encoder to get infinite panning motion. The problem with reading mouse coordinates on the screen, is that once the mouse…

Infinite Mouse Tracking 2008

Here’s some modified code from Sensor Workshop to get heading values in Arduino from the Micromag 3 axis magneto sensor. Next up, accelerometer calculations on the magneto sensor…

Micromag 3 Axis 2008
Cheap Compact Camera Head-mount 2008
Pneumatic Muscle : Solenoid Valve Test 2008

.dxf and 3D point position .txt file output and sunflow rendering example [ ARCHIVED JAVA APPLET — source directory ]

Surface Output Example 2008
Trust Vision 2008

An example sketch using the Ess library to make a class of objects jiggle in response to the microphone input [ ARCHIVED JAVA APPLET — source directory ]

ESS Jiggling Students Example 2008
Laser Tether : Sketch 2008
Window 2008
TeleCursing 2008
Oblik : Afternoon 2008
Oblik : Scaffolding Removed 2008
Pneumatic Muscle : Pressure Test 2008

An example of blobDetection, Ess, sms, and ocd all rolled into one sketch. Click and drag on the screen to move the HUD sliders around. (nothing is going to load here. copy the…

Sensors Galore 2008
Laser Tether 2008
Pneumatic Muscles 2008
Wall 2008
Pneumatic Soft Exoskeleton 2008
Talking Face to Face 2008
moMo : Version 4 2008
Table Pipes 2008
3T Chair : prototype 01 2008
Oblik : Construction & Tree Removal Services 2008
Comp Form: CFOF 2007

This site runs the Hemingwei Theme on WordPress. Hemingwei is a modified version of the Hemingway theme by warpspire. Download: Hemingwei .06 Beta Here’s a zip with all the…

Hemingwei Theme 2007
AGS : Haiku Shake V01 Shell 2007
AGS : Haiku Shake V02 2007
AGS : Haiku Shake V01 2007

Make: ITP Winter show

momo on MAKE 2007

Here’s a little write-up on momo and the 2007 ITP Winter Show at nymag.com. nymag.com : MoMo Isn’t Exactly the New Seeing-Eye Dog, But He Sure Is Cute

nymag.com covers momo 2007

more coverage on the ITP Winter Show bits at nytimes.com: Object-Oriented Objects at N.Y.U.

Momo on nytimes.com 2007
NY Magazine 2007
moMo : A Haptic Navigational Device 2007
moMo : version 2 2007

[ ARCHIVED FLASH EMBED — no longer playable ] “What is ITP?” was originally presented at ITP at NYU in the “Applications of Interactive Technologies” class November 6, 2007.…

What is ITP? 2007
momo : Prototype V01 2007
Grass Type 2007
SlaHuRa : Slappable Huggable Radio 2007
HND: Shell 2007
Grass: Brush 2007

Slightly updated code for incorporating vibe control via serial. [ Processing: HND LiveGPS, Weight and Vibe ] Arduino Code: int minPulse = 500; // Minimum servo position int…

HND: Live GPS and Vibe 2007
HND: Live GPS 2007
Attractor Topography 2007
M5 Sights and Sounds 2007
Phylo Pattern Generator 2007
Grass 01 2007

A haptic navigational device requires only the sense of touch to guide a user. No maps, no text, no arrows, no lights. HND sits on the palm of one’s hand and leans, vibrates and…

A Haptic Navigational Device 2007
Denen Apts: DD 2007

Instigate change. I’ve been curious about how people interact and project personality onto inanimate media devices. We often project our desires against them as if they sense and…

Slappable Huggable Media Devices 2007

Observations on navigating and searching using cold, cooler, warm, warmer, and hot. Scenario 01 “Warm, warmer” keeps participant on path. “colder” drastically changes…

Cold Warmer Hot 2007
Den-en: Construction 2007
Observation: Crosswalk Button 2007
Lab: Electronics 2007

It seems like the prefered analogy for voltage, current and resistance uses water with pressured tanks, hoses, etc. The waterfall analogy was the easiest for me to understand. If…

Voltage Current Resistance 2007
Muji Award 02 2007
Hands Free Umbrella 2007
Master Mustache 2007
Chess Clock 2007

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…

MultiPipe 2007

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…

HUD Slider Class 2007
Waiting Chair 2007
Haptic Clock 2007
Paper Airplane Business Card 2007
Love Fold 2007
Seroussi Pavillion 2007
Denen Apts 2007
Self Portrait 2007
Window Brick 2007
Tilt SCREAM Pong 2007
Socket Socket Light 2006
Den-en Stairs 2006
FedEx Tyvek Wallet 2006
II Desk 2006
HEX Shelf 2005
Freedom In Familiarity 2004
Unfold > Encode > Fold 2003
Blow Up Shelf 2003
Death Immersion 2003
Battery Park City Ferry Terminal 2002
Deceptive Coercion 2002
A chair for 2002
Tiger Lily Collage 2001

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…

Tumbleweed House 2001
Constellation 2001
Labyrinth 1998
Tire Speaker 1997