Reactive Furniture

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Reactive Furniture
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Interactive Chair

• Interactive chair that is able to detect when
  someone is approaching it.

• Chair senses when it is moved by a user.
• Chair reacts to user, giving visual feedback.

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Inspiration

• METAPLAY
• Myron W. Kruger.
• An installation where participants could interact
  with their environment.
• Artist could track the movement of the person in
  the space.
• Drawings would appear on the walls in relation to
  the participants.

Participant interacting with the installation
space and the artist.
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Inspiration

• MITs Media Lab, The Magic Carpet.
• Pressure sensitive carpet and motion sensor
  installation.
• Stimuli create video clips of sonic mappings.
• The lower tones are generated by foot position.
  The higher sounds are generated by upper body
  movement.

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Inspiration
Brno Chair, Mies van der Rohe
Le Corbusier Club Chair, Le Corbusier
Molded Plywood Lounge Chair, Eames
B 40 Chair, Marcel Breuer
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Compass Sensor

• Digital Compass reads a 360 degrees radius of
  movement.
• Allows chair to know when it has been moved.
• Allows user to move chair and receive visual
  feedback

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Pressure Sensor

• Carbon impregnated conductive foam.
• Integrated into the seat of the chair to create a
  pressure sensor.
• Enables the chair to know when someone is seated,
  and when they are shifting their weight.

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IR Sensor

• Infrared sensor can detect movement when the
  wavelengths it emits are broken.
• Enables the chair to know when a user is
  approaching.

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Visual Feedback
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Future Possibilities

• Could be incorporated into ergonomic office
  furniture.
• User would receive notification from a sensor
  that they are not sitting correctly.
• Could produce a peaceful or calming sound when
  user is sitting properly.
• Incorporating responsive elements into buildings.
• Space would be aware of people and their
  locations.
• People would be able to have a running dialogue
  with a space they enter on a daily basis.

Ergonomics Design factors, intended to
maximize productivity by minimizing operator
fatigue and discomfort.