MagnaDip Kit: A User-Friendly Toolkit for Streamlined Fabrication of Electromagnetic Responsive Textiles

Zhiyu Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jiamin Guan, Xipei Ren*

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Abstract

Smart materials play an essential role in enhancing the efficiency and diversity of human-computer interaction (HCI). This paper focuses on the domain of flexible smart materials. We introduce MagnaDip Kit, a toolkit designed for creating magnetic textiles, aiming at democratizing the innovation of new materials, facilitating the wider adoption of smart materials in everyday applications. The MagnaDip Kit ensures a straightforward and user-friendly manufacturing process, and serves as a resource for designers to employ smart materials in prototypes. Combining interdisciplinary knowledge from materials science and design, we aim to provide a tangible production experience, enabling the expansion of novel interaction modalities beyond traditional computing. Based on the toolkit's output, we further integrated the characteristics of electromagnetic responsive textiles to create a light-responsive interactive prototype, demonstrating one of the applications of smart materials. Relying on CHI2024, we seek feedback from an international audience to refine the toolkit and conduct additional workshops.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2024 - Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9798400703317
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 May 2024
Event2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems, CHI EA 2024 - Hybrid, Honolulu, United States
Duration: 11 May 202416 May 2024

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems, CHI EA 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHybrid, Honolulu
Period11/05/2416/05/24

Keywords

  • Electromagnetic Responsive
  • Magnetic Textile
  • Smart Material
  • Toolkit

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