ISIDM Internet directory: Sensors & actuators

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Table of contents

1 General Information 2 Courses 3 Labs and Centers 4 Sensors 5 Actuators 6 Video-based 7 Interfaces 8 Equipment 9 Supplies 10 Haptic Devices and Software

General Information

• Haptics Community Web Page (http://haptic.mech.nwu.edu/)
• Haptics Research Webpage (http://www.cogsci.uwo.ca/~ken/haptics/devices.html)
• Bert Bongers (http://www.xs4all.nl/~bertbon/) - Physical Interfaces in the Electronic Arts: Interaction Theory and Interfacing Techniques for Real-time Performance
• Brooke Clarke (http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/) - Sensors (http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/Sensors.shtml)
• NealFarwell (http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~nfarwell/) - Sensors, Interaction and Performance - Creative Uses of Technology in Live Performance (http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~nfarwell/sensors_interactive.html)

Courses

• Computer-Human Interaction Technology: Designing New Devices (http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/250a/) (Bill Verplank (http://www.billverplank.com/professional.html), Max Matthews, and Jonathan Berger (http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/))

• Input/Data Acquisition System Design for Human Computer Interfacing (http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/CCRMA/Courses/252/sensors/sensors.html) (W. Putnam and R. B. Knapp (http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/~knapp/))

• Physical Computing (http://fargo.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/%7Etigoe/pcomp/index.shtml) )Tom Igoe (http://fargo.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~tigoe/))

• Human Interface Technologies (http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~elec596/) (Sidney Fels)

Labs and Centers

• CNUCE/C.N.R.
  • cART Lab - Music and Visual Art by Computer (http://www.cnuce.pi.cnr.it/tarabella/cART.html#research)

• Stanford University (http://www.stanford.edu/)
  • Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/)

• McGill University (http://www.mcgill.ca/)
  • High Performance Robotics Lab (http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~haptic/)
  • Centre for Intelligent Machines (http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/)

• University of Leeds (http://www.leeds.ac.uk), UK
  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music - ICSRiM (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/icsrim/)

• PERSONICS - Personal Interactive Communication Systems (http://www.personics.net/)

• Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique - IRCAM (http://www.ircam.fr/)
  • Recherche et Developpement (http://www.ircam.fr/departements/recherche/index.html)
  • Research and Development (http://www.ircam.fr/departements/recherche/index-e.html)

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (http://www.mit.edu/)
  • The Media Lab (http://www.media.mit.edu/)

Sensors

• Analog Devices, Inc. (http://www.analog.com/index.html)
  • Accelerometers (http://products.analog.com/products_html/list_gen_121_2_1.html)

• Interlink Electronics (http://www.interlinkelec.com/)
  • Force Sensing Resistor (http://www.interlinkelec.com/technology/page01.htm)

• Iwatsu Isec Co. Ltd. (http://www.isec.globalsources.com/)
  • Position Encoders (http://www.isec.globalsources.com/GeneralManager/&design=clean&language=en&action=GetSupplier&page=supplier/Showroom&supplier_id=6008800552468&showroom_type=&action=GetPoint&point_id=3000000149935&catalog_id=2000000003844&prod_id=12363)

• Infusion Systems (http://www.infusionsystems.com/index.html)
  • Slide, TapTile, Touch, TouchGlove, TouchMicro, TouchMini, TouchStrip, Close, FarReach, Reach, ReachClose, MoveOn, GForce, Tilt, Turn, Bend, BendMini, BendShort, Flash, Light, Hot (http://www.infusionsystems.com/fsd.html?/products/intro.html&2/products/list.html%3)

Actuators

• maxon motor ag (http://www.maxonmotor.com/)
  • DC Brush (http://www.mpm.maxonmotor.com/guide/selectionguide.cfm), Brushless (http://www.mpm.maxonmotor.com/guide/brushless.cfm), and A-Max (http://www.mpm.maxonmotor.com/guide/index_amax.cfm) Motors

• Infusion Systems (http://www.infusionsystems.com/index.html)
  • SeeRed, SeeOrange, SeeYellow, SeeGreen, SeeBlue, SeeWhite, SeeIR, Switch (http://www.infusionsystems.com/fsd.html?/products/intro.html&2/products/list.html%3)

Video-based

• Big Eye (http://www.steim.nl/bigeye.html), steim (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music) (http://www.steim.nl)
• EyeCôn (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/palindrome/pps.htm),Palindrome Inter-media Performance Group (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/palindrome/)
• EyesWeb (http://musart.dist.unige.it/) - DIST - Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale (VScope)
• Music via Motion (MvM) (http://www.kcng.org/mvm), ICSRiM (Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music) (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/icsrim/), University of Leeds, UK
• PAGe system (Painting by Aerial Gesture) (http://www.cnuce.pi.cnr.it/tarabella/Gesture.html)
• cART Lab - Music and Visual Art by Computer - CNUCE, Italy (http://www.cnuce.pi.cnr.it/tarabella/cART.html#research)
• VICON (http://www.vicon.com/) Motion System
  • Vicon8 optical motion capture system (http://www.metrics.co.uk/animation/vicon8/v8frame.html)
• VNS (http://www.interlog.com/~drokeby/vnsII.html) - Very Nervous System (SoftVNS (http://www.interlog.com/~drokeby/softVNS.html))

Interfaces

• A Comparison of 9 Analog to MIDI Interfaces (http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/analyse-synthese/wanderle/Gestes/Externe/Comparison5.html)
• CTM64 Contact To MIDI - Universal MIDI Out kit (http://www.doepfer.de/ctm.htm) - Doepfer Musikelektronik
• ADB I/O - Bee Hive
• AtoMIC Pro - Sensor to MIDI interface (http://www.ircam.fr/atomic/) - Ircam - Centre Pompidou
• CVM (http://www.daimi.au.dk/~diem/midi.html) - DIEM
• DIY MIDI Controllers (http://www.audiomulch.com/midipic/) - Audiomulch
• ICube System (http://www.infusionsystems.com/) - Infusion Systems
• MANMIDI (http://www.angelfire.com/apes/dylanmenzies/manmidi/index.html) - Dylan Menzies
• MIDIbox - MIDI Converter (http://www.notam.uio.no/notam/midiboks-e.html) - NoTAM
• MIDI Brain - CV to MIDI converter (http://www.paia.com/midibrn.htm) - PAiA
• Midicreator (http://www.yec.york.ac.uk/products.htm) - "target="_blank York Electronics Centre (http://www.yec.york.ac.uk), "target="_blank University of York (http://www.york.ac.uk), UK.
• Sami (http://studio.forum.free.fr/Studio/sami/sami.html) - B.Donzel-Gargand & Adrien Lefevre
• Sensorlab (http://www.steim.nl/sensor.html) - STEIM
• Wireless Sensor-to-MIDI (http://musart.dist.unige.it/) - DIST - Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale
• ServoToGo, Models I and II (http://servotogo.com/) - Servo To Go, Inc. (http://servotogo.com/)

Equipment

• PWM Servo Amplifiers and Drives (http://www.a-m-c.com/) - Advanced Motion Controls (http://www.a-m-c.com/)
• Controllers/Amplifiers (http://www.mpm.maxonmotor.com/amplifiers/amplifiers2.cfm) - maxon motor ag (http://www.maxonmotor.com/)

Supplies

• Assorted Parts, Small Tools, and Materials (http://www.smallparts.com/) - Small Parts Inc. (http://www.smallparts.com/)
• Bearings, Couplings, Fasteners, Gears, Pulleys (http://www.wmberg.com/products.html) - W. M. Berg, Inc. (http://www.wmberg.com/main.html)
• Cables, Fittings, and Pulleys (http://www.savacable.com/catalog/) - SAVA Industries, Inc. (http://www.savacable.com/)
• Electronic Components (http://info.digikey.com/T012/V4Catalog.html) - Digi-Key Corporation (http://www.digikey.com/)

Haptic Devices and Software

• iFeel Mouse (http://www.logitech.com/cf/products/productoverview.cfm/79) - Logitech (http://www.logitech.com/cf/index.cfm)
• TouchSense (http://www.immersion.com/products.html): Immersion Desktop (http://www.immersion.com/desktopdnld.html) and Impulse Stick (http://www.immersion.com/impulsestick.html) - Immersion (http://www.immersion.com/index.html)
• The Moose (http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~sile/moose.html) - Brent Gillespie (http://apo.mech.nwu.edu/~brent/) and Sile O'Modhrain (http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~sile/)
• PenCAT (http://www.nasatech.com/NEWS/ntbprod1098.html) and MouseCAT - Haptic Technologies (http://www.haptech.com/) (now part of Immersion Corporation (http://www.immersion.com/))
• PHANTOM Interface (http://www.sensable.com/haptics/products/phantom.html) - Sensable Technologies (http://www.sensable.com/)
• Tranducteur Gestuel Rétroactif (TGR) (http://acroe.imag.fr/produits/TGR/technologie/technologie.html) - ACROE (http://acroe.imag.fr/)
• The vBow (http://charlesnichols.com/vBow.html) - Charles Nichols (http://charlesnichols.com/)

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