
233Chapter 8: Actuators
Android Apparatus
Android Apparatus, by Hillary Predko and Lee
Wilkins, is glowing cyber armor created to costume
an aerial hoop performer. As the wearer moves,
the costume glows responsively, brightening and
dimming, changing color to complement both the
range and intensity of motion. It is made with a Flora,
an accelerometer, and NeoPixels. The laser-cut
patterns are created from accelerometer data run
through a custom processing sketch.
Intimate Space Sympathizer
The Intimate Space Sympathizer, by Lee Wilkins and Hillary Predko, uses resistive thread and heating
pads to produce heat and signal when the International Space ...