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SensorTape: Modular and Programmable 3D-Aware Dense Sensor Network on a Tape

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Artem Dementyev,

Hsin-Liu (Cindy) Kao,

Joseph A. ParadisoAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '15: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

Pages 649 - 658

https://doi.org/10.1145/2807442.2807507

Published: 05 November 2015 Publication History

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SensorTape is a modular and dense sensor network in a form factor of a tape. SensorTape is composed of interconnected and programmable sensor nodes on a flexible electronics substrate. Each node can sense its orientation with an inertial measurement unit, allowing deformation self-sensing of the whole tape. Also, nodes sense proximity using time-of-flight infrared. We developed network architecture to automatically determine the location of each sensor node, as SensorTape is cut and rejoined. Also, we made an intuitive graphical interface to program the tape. Our user study suggested that SensorTape enables users with different skill sets to intuitively create and program large sensor network arrays. We developed diverse applications ranging from wearables to home sensing, to show low deployment effort required by the user. We showed how SensorTape could be produced at scale using current technologies and we made a 2.3-meter long prototype.

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DOI:10.1145/2807442

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