Electronic Origami Flapping Crane
Use shape memory alloy to make an origami crane that gently flaps its wings when you squeeze its tail. … more
DIY Electronics at BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin
Date: June 15-22, 2012
Location: Pfefferberg, Berlin, Germany
Jie shares techniques for creating your own electronics– from Arduino programming, to hacking smoke detectors to paper electronics– through a weeklong series … more
Falling in Love with Technology
Arduino, Soft Circuits, & Processing
Wednesday June 20th 2012, 9:30am – 4pm at the University of Illinois in Chicago
Instructors: Sam Jacoby, David Mellis and Hannah Perner-Wilson… more
open source architecture paper
Vardouli, T. and Buechley, L. 2013. Open Source Architecture: an Exploration of Source Code and Access in Architectural Design Forthcoming in Leonardo, the Journal of the International Society for the … more
DIS 2012 paper
Mellis, D. and Buechley, L. 2012. Case Studies in the Personal Fabrication of Electronic Products. In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS).… more
Paper Speakers
These paper and fabric speakers are made by running 5-9V amplified sound signal through a very conductive coil in close proximity to a magnet. Unlike most speakers that have the … more
Salt and Vinegar Etching
Use Vaseline as a resist and a bath of salt and vinegar to etch away the copper from copper fabric to make circuits and sensors.… more