Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 3317 and online.
Ludwig Wilhelm Wall, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisors: Professors Daniel Vogel & Oliver Schneider
This seminar explores the space of intermittent user interactions in between automated and interactive fabrication. Personal fabrication devices such as FDM 3D printers are fairly slow, often produce lots of waste, and a fully automated fabrication process can take away the cognitive value of crafting something by hand. Interactive fabrication is instead often limited in scope or fidelity of the fabricated items as it requires constant user guidance.
We show how intermittent user interactions during the fabrication process are sufficient to alleviate downsides of the fabrication process, and how the direct user involvement can provide a similar personal connection as crafting does.
To attend this PhD seminar in person, please go to DC 3317. You can also attend virtually using Microsoft Teams.