Augmenting smartphones with 3D printed physical widgets
bachelor thesis
| Status | in progress |
| Student | Jakob-Anton Aschenbrenner |
| Advisor | Simon Stusak, Dr. Aurélien Tabard |
| Professor | Prof. Dr. Andreas Butz |
Abstract
Context:
TUIsla is a project that aims at enabling rapid prototyping of interactive objects without concerns about wiring or power management. The project relies on NFC technology for wireless communication and energy transfer. We've already built proof of concepts with 3D printedactuators (buttons / sliders / potentiometer), and inkjet printed NFC antennas (in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Saarland University). Designers simply need to model objects for 3D printing, tape NFC chips to printed antennas, and bind application functionalities to NFC IDs.
Thesis:
The goal of the thesis is to build a library of physical widgets, i.e. buttons or sliders with different physical properties, that can be 3D printed and integrated into a smartphone case. The widgets will communicate wirelessly with the smartphone using NFC technology. Simple use cases involve:
- prototyping interactive smartphone cases, e.g., physical gamepads, keyboards or specialized controllers.
- prototyping interactive objects, with the case the smartphone hidden inside an object and acting as a mini computer.
TUIsla is a project that aims at enabling rapid prototyping of interactive objects without concerns about wiring or power management. The project relies on NFC technology for wireless communication and energy transfer. We've already built proof of concepts with 3D printedactuators (buttons / sliders / potentiometer), and inkjet printed NFC antennas (in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Saarland University). Designers simply need to model objects for 3D printing, tape NFC chips to printed antennas, and bind application functionalities to NFC IDs.
Thesis:
The goal of the thesis is to build a library of physical widgets, i.e. buttons or sliders with different physical properties, that can be 3D printed and integrated into a smartphone case. The widgets will communicate wirelessly with the smartphone using NFC technology. Simple use cases involve:
- prototyping interactive smartphone cases, e.g., physical gamepads, keyboards or specialized controllers.
- prototyping interactive objects, with the case the smartphone hidden inside an object and acting as a mini computer.
Keywords
tangible user interaction, physical visualization, tuisla