masXXX  
 fall 01
Computational Media Design
  masXXX is a class taught by John Maeda dealing with interactions between physical form and computation. We are using small serial processors as a hardware platform, and Processing, a software graphics platform developed in the Aesthetics and Computation Group.

 

  PointBrush  
     
  PointBrush is an input device made from a paint brush. It has a bend sensor hidden inside the bristles that detects the force with which a user is painting.

PointBrush is an input to a spinning colored design made in Processing. The harder a user paints, the faster the crosshairs spin, the thicker they get, and the deeper their color becomes. Since PointBrush gives no positional information, the crosshairs move on their own.

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