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Product Feature: Bare Conductive Project...
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March 1, 2018
We are always on the search of cool technology, so when we came across Bare Conductive, we thought: pizza! what a great find! Bare Conductive is a design and technology company from the UK that makes sensing tools for engineers, designers, and makers. They produce a line of electrically conductive paint, capacitive sensor hardware and a range of kits that are extremely well designed, documented, and accompanied by fun projects.
Here are the two projects contributed by the BareConductive community members:
Image by Sofia Aronov
Awake: Electric Paint Projection Mapping is a project by Sofia Aronov created in an attempt to connect the 'overwhelming flatness of technology' with tactile qualities of the physical world. Read more
Image by Fischer Appelt
A Conductive Sound Wall is a project that uses a Touch Board and Electric Paint to turn a flat drawing into an interactive sound experience.
Bare Conductive designs and manufactures a suite of technologies that transform surfaces and objects into precise, robust and low cost sensors. This range of kits provides users with context and focused project outcomes for these future-facing platforms, regardless of experience level.
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