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DIY Multitouch:: FTIR initial prototype

Project

Build a multi-touch display for an exhibit piece that tracks people’s finger movements across a surface and translates them into a projected visuals. This project is simpler than your usual multi-touch surfaces, as the projection is not onto the surface, but set towards the exhibit in front of the user. I chose to experiment with [...]

DIY Touch Sensor

Today I wrote up a simple Instructable for the students at MDP (Art Center) to use for implementing a surface or object that reacts to touch. Using the Qprox Sensor (QT113) it is possible to make a switch out of essentially any object or surface.
It was nice to see how much smoother and easier it [...]