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Detours: Disney researchers turn houseplants into theremin
In the Disney Research Lab at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, Ivan Poupyrev built “Botanicus Interacticus,” a technology designed to create interactive musical instruments out of plants — both living and artificial. Poupyrev’s projects are typically top secret, but he opened Disney’s doors to The Verge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJHDya2UzTU
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Muscle-Computer Interfaces (muCIs)
Many human-computer interaction technologies are currently mediated by physical transducers such as mice, keyboards, pens, dials, and touch-sensitive surfaces. Explore the feasibility of muscle-computer input: an interaction methodology that directly senses and decodes human muscular activity rather than relying on physical device actuation or user actions that are externally visible or audible. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/muscle-computer-interfaces-mucis/
