[sdiy] floor interface?

[harry bissell]

search for "Joe Paradiso" at the MIT Media Lab

He has done something like what you are describing... get some ideas 
from there !!!

H^) harry

gregory zifcak wrote:
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> so how do these work? are they just switches? i guess that would be 
> the easiest way to do it. the application calls for an entire floor 
> that responds to position. i want more than one person to be able to 
> be on it at once though, and just read the last movement. i guess 
> digital is the way to do it. then i can just use a bunch of switches 
> into the keyboard input.
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>> From: sasami at hotkey.net.au (Ken Stone)
>> To: "gregory zifcak" <zifcak at hotmail.com>
>> CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] floor interface?
>> Date: Wed,  4 Oct 2006 13:51:08 +1000 (EST)
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>> go buy a playstation interactive dance game or something. Not sure 
>> exactly
>> who or what the games themselves are, but some come with floor pads.
>>
>> Ken
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>> >hi,
>> >is there such a thing as a sensor that could be walked on, that 
>> could output
>> >voltage to control synth circuits? i'm picturing something with one 
>> axis,
>> >maybe two that would allow me to specify the pitch of an oscillator 
>> based on
>> >the location of a performer. i'm imagining some type of mat with 
>> layers of
>> >conductive material or something. i'd like to keep it analog (and 
>> simple)
>> >any ideas?
>> >thanks,
>> >greg
>> >
>> >
>> >
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