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FlexiBend: Enabling Interactivity of Multi-Part, Deformable Fabrications Using Single Shape-Sensing Strip

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This paper presents FlexiBend, an easily installable shape-sensing strip that enables interactivity of multi-part, deformable fabrications. The flexible sensor strip is composed of a dense linear array of strain gauges, therefore it has shape sensing capability. After installation, FlexiBend can simultaneously sense user inputs in different parts of a fabrication or even capture the geometry of a deformable fabrication.

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    UIST '15: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology
    November 2015
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    1. deformable
    2. fabrication
    3. multi-part
    4. shape-sensing strip

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