Research
I’m a researcher by training. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Copenhagen in October ‘21. The things I find most interesting often relate to digital fabrication, wearable devices, and ubiquitous computing. Here’s a selection of the projects I’ve been involved with, for more check out the Research tab.
Print-and-Play Fabrication
This is my PhD dissertation. I introduced Print-and-Play Fabrication as a digital fabrication model where interactive devices (i.e., devices that can sense, process, and respond to user’s interactions) are printed using consumer-level fabrication machines instead of being assembled by their designers. You can read a bit more here.
AirTouch
AirTouch is a technique I developed with the help of my co-authors to create devices that can sense touch interactions on 3D-printed objects using air (get the name now?). I used principles of fluid dynamics to develop internal structures that, when the object is connected to a source of air, the internal air pressure inside the object would vary in unique ways depending where it’s being touched.
See-through model of a bunny augmented with AirTouch.
An example application of AirLogic. The bunny wiggles its tail when petted on the head.
AirLogic
AirTouch is a technique I developed with the help of my co-authors to create electronics-free, self-contained devices. Instead of using electronics and batteries, these devices use air to calculate computational logic in 3D-printed objects (I bet the name makes sense now). I got inspired by very old and almost forgotten research from the 1960s and some basic fluid dynamics to create a set of components, or widgets, to create self-contained devices that require no electronics to function.
Projects
Somehow, I find the time to work on personal projects. These are the most recent ones I’ve done/the ones I’m most proud of. All the code for these projects, and others is on my Github profile.
Image from Etsy.
Arda
Arda is the name of the fictional planet where Middle-earth is on, but in this case it’s a project to help the construction of laser-cut maps (left) by extracting the different “layers” that compose a map tile, and creating vector files to send to a laser cutter.
Teleri
The Teleri are Middle Earth’s greatest singers (you might start to notice there’s a theme on how I name my personal projects). This tool helps me discover new music by searching through aggregating websites(e.g., Metacritic, Pitchfork) and predicting if I would like a given album based on the content of my library, playlists, and songs I love.
Stock image from Unsplash.