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Midas Cu is exploring how to support designers in rapidly creating and iterating on interaction ideas for objects. We are moving increasingly towards a world where we can print any object we dream of in any material we like, and electronics and circuits should be no exception. By using some sheets of copper foil and vinyl along with a vinyl cutter and an Arduino, the interface and components contained in this repository permits a person to create capacitive touch sensors in any desired shape and affix them to any object. The "capturing" interface then allows them to "program" an action on the computer by demonstrating it, which will then be parroted back on the assigned trigger. Components of the system: codez/ mpr_121/ This directory contains code to be loaded onto an Arduino. midas_cu/ This directory contains Java Swing code that makes the interface run. paper/ This directory contains the TeX source for the paper on Midas Cu. Other required things: I link these into my build in Eclipse, since they aren't mine and I don't want to include their code in my project: jshapes.jar -- http://java-sl.com/download/jshapes.jar jnativehook -- http://code.google.com/p/jnativehook/ socket.io-java-client -- https://github.com/Gottox/socket.io-java-client * note that you need to also link the json-org.jar and weberknect-0.1.1.jar * also note that this isn't a jar file itself, which is just rude, but you can add it as a source folder for your project Inkscape -- FOR WINDOWS: 1) Download this file: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.2/inkscape-0.48.2-1-win32.zip 2) Unzip to codez/midas_cu/ 2.1) After unzipping, codez/midas_cu/ should have a folder "inkscape", inside which contains many files, notably "inkscape.exe". FOR MAC OS X: 1) Download this file: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.2/Inkscape-0.48.2-1-SNOWLEOPARD.dmg 2) Mount the .DMG file; an icon should appear on your Desktop as "Inkscape" 3) Double click "Inkscape". A window containing the Inkscape Application (with a fancy Inkscape icon) should appear. 4) Drag and drop the Inkscape Application into codez/midas_cu/ 4.1) After dropping, codes/midas_cu/ should have the Inkscape Application Also, if you want to load up the Arduino, you naturally need the Arduino IDE or similar, from e.g. http://arduino.cc/hu/Main/Software For the Teensy, get Teensyduino - http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/teensyduino.html
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