Future-Shape Turns Floorspace Into a Giant Touchscreen with Their Conductive Rug
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We all take the floors we tread on for granted. Not only are they more reliable than a best friend when it comes to catching you after ill-fated falls, but they also introduce an entire expanse of possibilities in terms of data collection. If you’ve done your reading, you may remember a group at the Georgia Institute of Technology we covered that’s working to harvest energy from footsteps through a collapsable, charged contraption located underneath the floor. This time we’ve got something a little different, but just as awesome.
German-based Future-Shape has introduced the 2mm thick SensFloor, a large textile underlay that fits underneath flexible floor coverings like tiles and parquet. The conductive mat can track the movement of several people moving on top of it at once, as well as those in wheelchairs.
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