Electromagnetic Field Detector Bracelet (2009)
Cati Vaucelle, Hiroshi Ishii, Joseph A. Paradiso
In this paper we present the design of a cost-effective wearable sensor to detect and indicate the strength and other characteristics of the electric field emanating from a laptop display. Our...
Michael Broxton, Joshua Lifton, Joseph A. Paradiso
This work approaches the problem of localizing the nodes of a distributed sensor network by leveraging distance constraints such as inter-node separations or ranges between nodes and a globally...
shenck_print Energy Scavenging with Shoe-Mounted Piezoelectrics (2008)
Nathan S. Shenck, Joseph A. Paradiso
Decreasing size and power requirements of wearable microelectronics make it possible to replace batteries with systems that capture energy from the user’s environment. Unobtrusive devices developed...
Wearable Communicator Badge: Designing a New Platform for Revealing Organizational Dynamics (2008)
Daniel Olguín Olguín, Joseph A. Paradiso, Alex (Sandy) Pentland
We are developing a new wearable electronic badge that will enable people working in large organizations to communicate, find information, and interact in more efficient and intelligent ways. The...
After Alessandro Volta invented the (2008)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Thad Starner
Energy harvesting has grown from long-established concepts into devices for powering ubiquitously deployed sensor networks and mobile electronics. Systems can scavenge power from human activity or...
many artists, technologists, and frequent interaction with managers at our corporate sponsor companies, affording a rare opportunity to work with and observe traditionally separate sub-cultures that...
Distributed Acoustic Conversation Shielding: An Application of a Smart Transducer Network (2008)
Yasuhiro Ono, Joshua Lifton, Mark Feldmeier, Joseph A. Paradiso
In this paper, we introduce distributed acoustic conversation shielding, a novel application of a transducer (sensors and speakers) network. This application protects the privacy of spontaneous...
Electric Field Sensing and the "Flying Fish" (2007)
David Allport, Thomas G. Zimmerman, Joseph A. Paradiso, Joshua R. Smith, Neil Gershenfeld
We have developed a novel input device called the "Flying Fish", which uses Electric Field (EF) sensing. We describe the basic physical principles of EF sensing, showing the...
Activating Space with Electric Field Sensing (Proposal for SIGGRAPH95 Technical Sketch) (2007)
Joshua Smith, Joseph A. Paradiso, Thomas G. Zimmerman, Neil A. Gershenfeld
Introduction The Electric Field Sensors[1][5] developed by the Physics Group of the MIT Media Lab enable a new style of interaction with technology that inherits some of the best features of the two...
Control of Aerospace Vehicles by (2007)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Joseph A. Paradiso
An actuator selection procedure is presented which uses linear programming to optimally specify bounded aerosurface deflections and jet firings in response to differential torque and/or force...
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Joseph A. Paradiso, Arthur C. Smith, Phillip James Rowe, Phillip James Rowe
Sound localization has been the subject of much ongoing research in the area of beamformers and microphone arrays. Although these methods have been successful under certain conditions, the signal...
Joseph A. Paradiso, Kai-yuh Hsiao, Kai-yuh Hsiao
We have explored the design and development of magnetically-resonant tag readers for application to tangible computer interfaces. To this end, we constructed a ringdown tag reader and a...
One of the first things one notices at leading design firms is the way in which they have many artifacts scattered about, from which designers can evolve new ideas and design concepts. Not only their...
New Laser Rangefinder Designs for Tracking Hands Atop Large Interactive Surfaces By (2007)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Christopher Yang, Christopher Yang
As computers become increasingly integrated into our daily lives, ways of interacting with them must also become more natural. For example, large video walls are already common in public spaces, but...
Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, (2007)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Joshua Harlan Lifton, Joshua Harlan Lifton, Joshua Harlan Lifton
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Joseph A. Paradiso, Che King Leo, Nicholas Yu, Marc Downie
We have developed a very simple retrofit to a large display surface that enables knocks or taps to be located and characterized (e.g., determining type of hit – metallic tap, knuckle tap, or bash...
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Joseph A. Paradiso, Woodie C. Flowers, Ain A. Sonin, Ari T. Adler, Ari T. Adler
Telemedicine is currently being used to bridge the physical distance between patients in remote areas and medical specialists around the world. Developing countries have had little experience or...
Design of a Software Radio Base Station (2007)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Arthur C. Smith, Zoe C. Teegarden, Zoe C. Teegarden, Zoe C. Teegarden
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Joseph A. Paradiso, Arthur C. Smith, Nisha Checka, Nisha Checka
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acoustic bearing estimator (2007)
Shawn E. Burke, Shawn E. Burke, Joseph A. Paradiso, Joseph A. Paradiso
A novel acoustic sensor is described that utilizes two coincident, distributed, shaded PVDF piezopolymer sensors to provide high-resolution acoustic source bearing estimates. Sensor shading is...
Presented at the Third International Workshop on Accelerator Alignment, Annecy, France, (2007)
Joseph A. Paradiso, David B. Goodwin
ines that extend along the muon path. Three straightness monitors run from the inner to outer superlayers at opposite edges of a muon alignment "tower" (as depicted in Fig. 2 of Ref. [4]),...
Dual-Use Technologies for Electronic music Controllers: A Personal Perspective (2007)
Several well-known alternative musical controllers were inspired by sensor systems developed in other fields, often coming to their musical application via surprising routes. Correspondingly, work on...
An Interactive Music Environment for Large Groups with Giveaway Wireless Motion Sensors (2007)
Feldmeier, Mark., Paradiso, Joseph A.
Computer Music Journal - Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 2007
Mateusz Malinowski, Matthew Moskwa, Mark Feldmeier, Mathew Laibowitz, Joseph A. Paradiso
This paper describes CargoNet, a system of low-cost, micropower active sensor tags that seeks to bridge the current gap between wireless sensor networks and radiofrequency identification (RFID)....
A platform for ubiquitous sensor deployment in occupational and domestic environments (2007)
Joshua Lifton, Mark Feldmeier, Yasuhiro Ono, Cameron Lewis, Joseph A. Paradiso
In this paper, we introduce the “Plug ” sensor network, a ubiquitous networked sensing platform ideally suited to broad deployment in environments where people work and live. The backbone of the...
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Sensate Skin, Gerardo Barroeta Pérez, Joseph A. Paradiso, Gerardo Barroeta Pérez
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Gait analysis using a shoe-integrated wireless sensor system (2006)
Ari Y. Benbasat, Donna Moxley Scarborough, David E. Krebs, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract—We describe a wireless wearable system that was developed to provide quantitative gait analysis outside the confines of the traditional motion laboratory. The sensor suite includes three...
Social-Mobile Applications (2005)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Arthur C. Smith, Laurel P. Smith, Laurel P. Smith
Building on the previous work and an earlier design by Dr. Joe Paradiso and Kai-Yuh Hsiao, an improved swept frequency tag reader has been developed and built. The tag reader uses an AC magnetic...
Classification of Coordinated Motion by (2005)
Steven Daniel Lovell, Joseph A. Paradiso, Arthur C. Smith, Steven Daniel Lovell
grant others the right to do so.
Parasitic mobility in dynamically distributed sensor networks (2005)
Mathew Laibowitz, Joseph A. Paradiso
Distributed sensor networks offer many new capabilities for monitoring environments with applicability to medical, industrial, military, environmental, and experiential fields. By making the system...
Parasitic Mobility for Pervasive Sensor Networks (2005)
Mathew Laibowitz, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract. Distributed sensor networks offer many new capabilities for contextually monitoring environments. By making such systems mobile, we increase the application-space for the distributed...
David J. Merrill, Joseph A. Paradiso
We present a new model for configuring the connections between user input and system output in a physical interface with diverse sensor degrees of freedom across several input modalities. Our system...
Parasitic Mobility for Pervasive Sensor Networks (2005)
Mathew Laibowitz, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract. Distributed sensor networks offer many new capabilities for contextually monitoring environments. By making such systems mobile, we increase the application-space for the distributed...
Human Generated Power for Mobile Electronics (2004)
Thad Starner, Joseph A. Paradiso
Since the 1990’s, mobile computing has transformed its penetration from niche markets and early prototypes to ubiquity. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) evolved from GRiD’s PalmPad and...
Shoe-integrated sensor system for wireless gait analysis and real-time feedback (2004)
Stacy J. Morris, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract- We are developing a sensor system for use in clinical gait analysis. This research involves the development of an on-shoe device that can be used for continuous and real-time monitoring of...
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David Jeffrey Merrill, Joseph A. Paradiso, David Jeffrey Merrill
sensor-rich real-time adaptive gesture and affordance learning platform for electronic music control
Wearable Wireless Sensing for Interactive Media (2004)
of all kinds have continued to become much smaller, consume less power, and increase in resolution and/or sensitivity, while the expanding capability of embedded computation enables ever more...
Human Generated Power for Mobile Electronics (2004)
Thad Starner, Joseph A. Paradiso
Since the 1990’s, mobile computing has transformed its penetration from niche markets and early prototypes to ubiquity. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) evolved from GRiD’s PalmPad and...
Interactive therapy with instrumented footwear (2004)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Stacy J. Morris, Ari Y. Benbasat, Erik Asmussen
Musical feedback can aid in learning to move properly, for example in physical therapy, sports medicine, or training. By appropriately instrumenting the body to detect the correct motion (or the...
Electromagnetic Tagging for Electronic Music Interfaces (2003)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Laurel S. Pardue, Kai-yuh Hsiao, Ari Y. Benbasat
tangible interface, magnetic tracker This paper describes the development of a musical interface based on electromagnetic tagging technology, where an ensemble of passively tagged objects is...
A Compact Wearable Sensor Package for Clinical Gait (2003)
Stacy J. Morris, Joseph A. Paradiso
We have developed a compact, wireless, wearable, shoe-mounted sensor package that is designed to provide continuous and real-time monitoring of gait for clinical biomotion analysis. This paper...
Distributed Sensor Networks as Sensate Skin (2003)
Joshua Lifton, Michael Broxton, Joseph A. Paradiso
We have designed and constructed a hardware test bed to explore the application of a dense, multi-modal, peerto-peer sensor network as an electronic ”skin”; a sensate lining that covers an object...
A wireless modular sensor architecture and its application in on-shoe gait analysis (2003)
Ari Y. Benbasat, Stacy J. Morris, Joseph A. Paradiso
We have developed a compact wireless modular sensor architecture, which contains a number of circuit boards (panes), currently used in an application for on-shoe gait analysis. Each pane instantiates...
Tracking Contact and Free Gesture Across Large Interactive Surfaces (2003)
Joseph Paradiso Responsive, Joseph A. Paradiso
this article are directed at public settings, where they are used for casual information browsing, interactive retail, and artistic installations or entertainment. Because their activity tends to be...
Distributed Sensor Networks as Sensate Skin (2003)
Joshua Lifton, Michael Broxton, Joseph A. Paradiso
We have designed and constructed a hardware test bed to explore the application of a dense, multi-modal, peerto -peer sensor network as an electronic "skin"; a sensate lining that covers an...
Mathew Laibowitz, Joseph A. Paradiso
this article can be found in Circuit Cellar #163 (February 2004) Embedded Wireless Transceivers and Applications in Lightweight Wearable Platforms Mathew Laibowitz and Joseph A. Paradiso Responsive...
Current Trends in Electronic Music Interfaces (2003)
Introduction Joseph A. Paradiso Responsive Environments Group MIT Media Laboratory 77 Massachusetts Avenue, NE18-5F Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 USA joep@media.mit.edu Sile O'Modhrain Palpable...
Large Group Musical Interaction using Disposable Wireless Motion Sensors (2002)
Mark Feldmeier (Responsive Environments Group, M.I.T. Media Laboratory), Joseph A. Paradiso (Responsive Environments Group, M.I.T. Media Laboratory), Mateusz Malinowski (Responsive Environments Group, M.I.T. Media Laboratory)
Passive Acoustic Sensing for Tracking Knocks Atop Large Interactive Displays (2002)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Che King Leo, Nisha Checka, Kaijen Hsiao
We describe a system that locates the position of knocks and taps atop a large sheet of glass. Our current setup uses four contact piezoelectric pickups located near the sheet's corners to...
Passive Acoustic Knock Tracking for Interactive Windows (2002)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Che King Leo, Nisha Checka, Kaijen Hsiao
We describe a novel interface that locates and characterizes knocks and taps atop a large glass window. Our current setup uses four contact piezoelectric pickups located near the sheet's corners...
The FindIT Flashlight: Responsive Tagging Based on Optically Triggered Microprocessor Wakeup (2002)
Hongshen Ma, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract. We have designed an active tagging system that responds to a coded optical beam from several meters away. The tags contain a minimalist microprocessor that ambiently operates in shutdown...
An inertial measurement framework for gesture recognition and applications (2002)
Ari Y. Benbasat, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract. We describe an inertial gesture recognition framework composed of three parts. The first is a compact, wireless six-axis inertial measurement unit to fully capture three-dimensional motion....
Large Group Musical Interaction using Disposable Wireless Motion Sensors (2002)
Mark Feldmeier, Mateusz Malinowski, Joseph A. Paradiso
We have developed a set of low-cost, wireless motion sensors that enable a large group of dancers to participate concurrently in a real-time, interactive musical performance. These sensors are either...
An inertial measurement framework for gesture recognition and applications (2002)
Ari Y. Benbasat, Ari Y. Benbasat, Ari Y. Benbasat, Joseph A. Paradiso, Joseph A. Paradiso
We describe an inertial gesture recognition framework composed of three parts. The first is a compact, six-axis inertial measurement unit to fully capture three-dimensional motion. The second, a...
This paper describes experiences in designing and developing an extremely versatile, multimodal sensor interface built entirely into a pair of shoes. I discuss the system design, trace its...
A Compact, Wireless, Self-Powered Pushbutton Controller (2001)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Mark Feldmeier
Abstract. We describe a compact piezoelectric pushbutton and associated minimal circuitry that is able to wirelessly transmit a digital ID code to the immediate region (e.g., 50-100 foot radius) upon...
Ultra-Low-Cost Wireless Motion Sensors for Musical Interaction with Very Large Groups (2001)
Mark Feldmeier, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract. We are developing a set of very low-cost, wireless, wearable sensors that enable a large group of people (e.g., hundreds or thousands) to participate in an interactive musical performance....
New Sensor and Music Systems for Large Interactive Surfaces (2000)
Joseph A. Paradiso (Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Laboratory), Kai-Yuh Hsiao (Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Laboratory), Joshua Strickon (Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Laboratory), Peter Rice (Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Laboratory)
New Sensor and Music Systems for Large Interactive Surfaces (2000)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Kai-yuh Hsiao, Joshua Strickon, Peter Rice
We have developed several systems for tracking hand and body motion in front of large interactive media surfaces, such as rearprojection screens or video walls. In particular, this paper concentrates...
An inertial measurement unit for user interfaces (2000)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Stephen A. Benton, Ari Yosef Benbasat, Ari Yosef Benbasat
interactive music systems, percussion interfaces, interactive dance, electric field sensing, capacitive sensing This paper describes the array of new musical instruments and interactive installations...
New Technologies for Monitoring the Precision Alignment of Large Detector Systems (1997)
Two classes of inexpensive systems are described for performing dynamic, high-resolution measurements of the mechanical alignment between components of a large collider detector. One is a three-point...
Musical Applications of Electric Field Sensing (1997)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Neil Gershenfeld
The Theremin was one of the first electronic musical instruments, yet it provides a degree of expressive real-time control that remains lacking in most modern electronic music interfaces. Underlying...
Expressive Footwear for Computer-Augmented Dance Performance (1997)
2. Sensors and Electronics Two piezoelectric pads ("1" & "2" in Fig. 1) made from flat, laminated sheets of PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) polymer [4] are placed at the front...
The interactive balloon: Sensing, actuation, and behavior in a common object (1996)
In the not too distant future, new materials for sensing and actuation, together with high-density, low-power electronics and embedded computation, will bring interaction and intelligence to...
Applying Electric Field Sensing to Human-Computer Interfaces (1995)
Thomas G. Zimmerman, Joshua R. Smith, Joseph A. Paradiso, David Allport, Neil Gershenfeld
A non-contact sensor based on the interaction of a person with electric fields for human-computer interface is investigated. Two sensing modes are explored: an external electric field shunted to...
Applying Electric Field Sensing to Human-Computer Interfaces (1995)
Thomas Zimmerman, Joshua R. Smith, Joseph A. Paradiso, David Allport, Neil Gershenfeld
A non-contact sensor based on the interaction of a person with electric fields for human-computer interface is investigated. Two sensing modes are explored: an external electric field shunted to...
Electronics for the Precision Alignment of the GEM Muon System (1993)
Joseph A. Paradiso, Daniel R. Marlow
In order to perform a precision measurement of high pt muon tracks, the mechanical alignment of the GEM muon drift chambers was to be monitored with extraordinary accuracy; i.e., the sagitta error...
Global Steering of Single Gimballed Control Moment Gyroscopes Using a Directed Search (1992)
A guided depth-first search that manages null motion about torque-producing trajectories calculated with a singularity-robust inverse is proposed as a practical feedforward steering law that can...
A Search-Based Approach to Steering Single Gimballed CMGs (1991)
Gimballed Cmgs, Joseph A. Paradiso, Joseph A. Paradiso
Single gimballed Control Moment Gyroscopes (SGCMGs) are proposed as torque actuators that can effectively answer the attitude control requirements of future spacecraft. The kinematic properties of...
An Ultra-Low Power, Optically-Interrogated Smart Tagging and (1718)
Gerardo Barroeta Perez, Mateusz Malinoski, Joseph A. Paradiso
Abstract—We present a wireless identification system that employs an optical communications link between an array of uniquely identifiable smart tags and an interrogator flashlight. As the tags...