| SuperCilia Skin |
| MIT: Tangible Interfaces MAS 834 Hiroshi Ishii |
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| Super Cilia Skin is a literal membrane separating a computer from its environment. Like our skin, it is haptic I/O membrane that can sense and simulate movement and wind flow. Our intention is to have it be universally applied to sheath any surface. As a display, it can mimic another personŐs gesture over a distance via a form of tangible telepresence. A hand-sized interface covered with Super Cilia Skin would produce subtle changes in surface texture that feel much like a telepresent "butterfly kiss." |
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| Felt & silicone prototype model. |
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| "Natura maxime miranda in minimis" (Nature is greatest in little things) |
| A Kinesthetic Informatic Interface |
| A small object surrounded with Super Cilia Skin could propel itself across the floor, or stop to create visually expressive changes in surface. Conversely, a Super Cilia Skin surface could propel objects across it using mechanical gestures like the movements of a centipedeŐs feet. |