Materials & Fabrication

We introduce a new form of low-cost 3D printer to print interactive electromechanical objects with wound in place coils.

We present an algorithm to balance 3D printed models using movable embedded masses. As input, the user provides a 3D model together with the desired suspension, standing, and immersion objectives.

We propose a method to fabricate textured 3D models using thermoforming.

In this work, we address the problem of mapping a real-world material to its nearest 3D printable counterpart by constructing a perceptual model for the compliance of nonlinearly elastic objects. We begin by building a perceptual space from experimentally obtained user comparisons of twelve 3D-printed metamaterials.

In our approach, we construct an acoustic filter comprised of a set of parameterized shape primitives, whose transmission matrices can be precomputed.

We present a compiler that can automatically turn assemblies of high-level shape primitives (tubes, sheets) into low-level machine instructions.

We present a computational tool for designing ornamental curve networks—structurally-sound physical surfaces with user-controlled aesthetics.

We present a novel method to design shells with artistic cutouts in a manner that produces a stable final result.

We propose to use computational design to offset the technical difficulties of this process.

We present a novel optimization-based algorithm for the design and fabrication of customized, deformable input devices, capable of continuously sensing their deformation.