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Practical notes on paper circuits

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Michael Shorter,

Jon Rogers,

John McGheeAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems

Pages 483 - 492

https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2602965

Published: 21 June 2014 Publication History

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This pictorial illustrates some basic and practical notes pertaining to paper circuitry, with a focus on the technicalities of printing, connecting and sensing. The process of creating paper circuit prototypes with little or no specialist equipment will be explored, along with an investigation into printed patterns and grounding options for creating touch and proximity sensors with conductive paint. The methods and techniques this pictorial explores are approached from a craft viewpoint as opposed to the possibly more expected engineering approach.

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Shorter, M., Rogers, J., McGhee, J. Enhancing Everyday Paper Interactions with Paper Circuits. Proc. DIS 2014, ACM (2014).

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DIS '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems

June 2014

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ISBN:9781450329026

DOI:10.1145/2598510

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