Web app for rapid prototyping interactive smartphone cases
bachelor thesis
| Status | in progress |
| Student | Sebastian John von Freyend |
| Advisor | Simon Stusak, Dr. Aurélien Tabard |
| Professor | Prof. Dr. Andreas Butz |
Abstract
Context:
This project is part of TUIsla 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 an application to create interactive smartphone cases. Based on existing 3D models of smartphones, the application will enable users to set the type and position ofbuttons and other widgets on the smartphone cases. The application will then generate 3D models of pieces that can be printed with a Makerbot. Besides the 3D model, the application should also generate a 2D vector shape of an NFC antenna (svg or pdf) to be printed by an inkjet printer, so that the widgets can be connected to the antenna.
This project is part of TUIsla 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 an application to create interactive smartphone cases. Based on existing 3D models of smartphones, the application will enable users to set the type and position ofbuttons and other widgets on the smartphone cases. The application will then generate 3D models of pieces that can be printed with a Makerbot. Besides the 3D model, the application should also generate a 2D vector shape of an NFC antenna (svg or pdf) to be printed by an inkjet printer, so that the widgets can be connected to the antenna.
Keywords
tangible user interaction, physical visualization, tuisla