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Liz Ditz
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05-01-2003 05:33 PM ET (US)
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the ShapeTape will allow modelling of complex structures in three dimensions--how cool. And how useful. I ride horses fairly seriously. The topic of fitting the saddle to the dynamic shape of the horse's back is a constant in equestrian circles. About 10 years ago, this fellow Robert Ferrand patented a saddlepad housing a series of pressure-sensors. The first iterations were pretty bizarre--when you are riding you aren't usually attached to a computer by squillions of wires. I believe (although I haven't seen a recent demo) that the pad is now wireless. this site gives a brief explanation of the technology horse. http://shopping.netledger.com/app/site/sit...sc.7/category.11/.fThis is an article from inc magazine awarding Ferrand the "killer app" award for 2002. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20021201/24884.html |
| Steve Portigal
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05-01-2003 05:35 PM ET (US)
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There's an errant space in the URL for the product description...
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| Thomas Terashima
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05-01-2003 07:08 PM ET (US)
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A pretty obvious (to me) application would be to
embed a network of ShapeTapes in the elbows,
knees and other joints of a piece of clothing;
applications could include a gestural interface,
motion capture, and "talking with your hands".
Extra points for a silicon bag (or two) that has
a criss-cross array and a sensitive polar nub.
tom
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| Dan Kaminsky
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05-02-2003 04:28 AM ET (US)
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I've used ShapeTape -- it was at SIGGRAPH 2001. It was being hyped as an alternative to motion capture, i.e. you'd wrap the tape around important limbs of your actor and it'd sort of figure out where they were. It seemed to work "OK"; it _was_ cheap as hell though. Basically, the inside of these tapes has fibers arranged like so:
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Only it goes on much longer, and has more fibers. Based on the degree each fiber is bent, you can figure out the bend profile (it alters the way light reflects back).
Cool stuff. Not as flexible as true mocap though.
--Dan
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| Robert Brian Sheehan
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05-02-2003 07:59 AM ET (US)
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I'm just embarking on a masters project using the shapetape as part of a scanned synthesis virtual instrument. Scanned synthesis could be described as wavetable synthesis, where the wavetable dynamically changes - in my project I will be scanning the shape of the shapetape, which the user can manipulate with their hands to alter the timbre of the intruments sound.
For more about scanned synthesis see:
www.billverplank.com/ScannedSynthesis.PDF
www.csounds.com/scanned/
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