Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Joy Slippers

Location:   Expo Orange   

Wouldn't it be cool to draw with your feet? Well now you can with the Joy Slipper. The four homemade pressure sensors are embedded in the soles of these slippers that sense weight being shifted between the toes and heels of each foot. This information is fed into a computer where it translates to drawing directions, making the wearer of the Joy Slippers able to draw with their feet.

Web site: http://www.plusea.at/projects.php?cat=1&work=14

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Topic(s): Crafts | Engineering

Tags: slippers “fabric pressure sensor” FSR “conductive thread” ex-static “telephone cord” Arduino Process

About the Maker(s)

Hannah Perner-Wilson Hannah Perner-Wilson [
Hannah Perner-Wilson. Interested in exploring alternative and seemingly bizarre human computer relations, I enjoy breaking technologies down to a basic level, from which I am able to develop my own interaction solutions and scenarios. I work on tangible, interactive and wearable technology projects. and Mika Satomi is originally from Japan, currently a PhD candidate at Interface Culture, University of Art and Industrial Design Linz, Austria. She has studied Graphic Design at Tokyo Zokei University, and Media Art at IAMAS, Japan. In her research, she focuses on theory and practices of cyborg culture and field of wearable technology art.
http://www.kobakant.at

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