#madeinthefuture

[shapeways]

#Repost @rigo3t Shapeways unboxing photo of the day goes to @rigo3t. Share your Shapeways unboxing photos with the hashtag #SWBox to be featured! #ShareTheSpark ・・・ I finally got my #madeinthefuture 3D printed models from #shapeways. This is amazing... 3D printed metal! #3d #3dprinting #moto360

[4thiess]

[shapechange-blog]

Skype meeting with Mie

Today we had a Skype session with Mie, where we talked about the direction of our thesis. We are currently in the process of selecting a specific context in which we will apply the knowledge we gained through experimenting with leather and shape changing interfaces.

We decided to examine the area of elderly people as a broad context for now and look for interesting subjects within the area. As an additional source of information about the area we will look into papers concerning the subject.

Furthermore we will do a brainstorm focused around three topics, namely shape changing interfaces, leather qualities and IDEOs Meaning Economy theme.

[shapechange-blog]

Inspiration from IDEO

Today we searched for inspiration regarding a specific context for our research on shape change and leather. We stumbled upon madeinthefuture.co where IDEO in collaboration with MIT Media Lab have projected what the future of tomorrow might look like. They describe the following five themes: 

Meaning Economy

Outer Skills

Making Exchanges

Raw Systems

New Matter

The first theme of Meaning Economy appeals to us due to the hype around the theme of Quantify yourself. Instead Meaning Economy focuses on using technology to understand your feelings and how you feel in general. We will think about how to use this trend in the future of our thesis and mention it on our skype meeting tomorrow with Mie Nørgaard. 

[andykleinschmidt]

New Matter... next-generation of materials moving us closer to nature.

[shapeways]

#madeinthefuture #nyc #dumbo @shapeways