Showing posts with label Botanicus Interacticus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Botanicus Interacticus. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Botanicus Interacticus, or how to turn plants into digital touch interfaces

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Disney is more than just a media company. Its research and development department has very interesting projects, such as we have seen today with Disney REVEL . In addition it also has other important initiatives that are not disruptive but yes they can offer very interesting uses.
This is the case of Botanicus Interacticus, an investigation with which Disney has managed to turn any plant in an interface that lets you convert interactuaciones on it into digital signals. Stated very quickly and for all to understand the first: to use the plant as if it were a command.






All this is achieved through the introduction of an electronic sensor in the potting soil that is responsible for registering any interruption of the electrical signals that occur when you touch the ground. Depending on where you touch the sensor will recognize where the interaction has occurred.

If we stick to the more pragmatic sense, redundant, Botanicus Interacticus usefulness of this it is clear that Disney is not intended to change the channel on the TV by pressing the trunk of ficus we have at home but rather the goal is to create interactive experiences in galleries and showrooms.
A picture is worth a thousand words and I think in this way the videos are better aware of how this Disney project so we leave you with a video, in addition you have a few lines above, so you can see what it is.