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These slippers work like a joystick, they are designed with two analog sensors on each foot. The sensors measure the pressure being weighted from the body on either the toe-balm or the heal of either foot. Thus enabling Up, Right, Down and Left input to the featured drawing application and games... coming soon.
Visit the JoySlippers website >> http://www.joyslippers.plusea.at/
CHECK OUT THE SECOND VERSION >> http://www.instructables.com/id/Joy-Slippers-Version-2/
Later steps in this Instructable will show you how to feed this analog input into your laptop via an Arduino physical computing platform. There are many things that you can do with this input, and I hope to bring out a few interesting applications in the next weeks. This Instructable features a simple drawing application that allows the wearer to control the direction of a line being drawn in real-time and thus draw, using the weight on their feet, in a very simple etch-a-sketch fashion.
The code drawing application code was written in Processing and can be downloaded in STEP 7.
I am also working on developing a simple game application for the input and explore what is possible.
Visit the JoySlippers website >> http://www.joyslippers.plusea.at/
CHECK OUT THE SECOND VERSION >> http://www.instructables.com/id/Joy-Slippers-Version-2/
Later steps in this Instructable will show you how to feed this analog input into your laptop via an Arduino physical computing platform. There are many things that you can do with this input, and I hope to bring out a few interesting applications in the next weeks. This Instructable features a simple drawing application that allows the wearer to control the direction of a line being drawn in real-time and thus draw, using the weight on their feet, in a very simple etch-a-sketch fashion.
The code drawing application code was written in Processing and can be downloaded in STEP 7.
I am also working on developing a simple game application for the input and explore what is possible.
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Signing UpStep 1Materials and Tools
MATERIALS you will need for the Joy Slippers:
- Conductive thread - 117/17 2ply (www.sparkfun.com)
- Ex-static - plastic from the black bags used to package sensitive electronic components
- 6 mm thick neoprene with jersey on both sides (www.sedochemicals.com)
- 6 metal snaps
- Stretchy fabric (you can also use a pair of old socks if you don't feel like sewing)
- Regular thread
TOOLS you will need for the Joy Slippers:
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
- Cutter
- Ruler
- Pen and paper or cardboard
- Your feet
- Multimeter for checking your work
- Conductive thread - 117/17 2ply (www.sparkfun.com)
- Ex-static - plastic from the black bags used to package sensitive electronic components
- 6 mm thick neoprene with jersey on both sides (www.sedochemicals.com)
- 6 metal snaps
- Stretchy fabric (you can also use a pair of old socks if you don't feel like sewing)
- Regular thread
TOOLS you will need for the Joy Slippers:
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
- Cutter
- Ruler
- Pen and paper or cardboard
- Your feet
- Multimeter for checking your work
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Neat. You should check my X11 externals for Pure Data to control the mouse and keyboard under GNU/Linux. See http://alexandre.quessy.net/?q=code
The fresh code is in the PureData SVN : http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/externals/aalex/
Cheers,
a