This clip-shaped device provides a kinetic function to a paper note.
Move-it is a system that allows sticky notes to present movements. The small clip-shaped devices have sensors and actuators. Each clip device can detect the unique pattern printed on the flip side of each note and recognize which note has been pinched. And the actuator is a coil-shaped SMA (Shape Memory Alloy).
With this system, users can instantly set conditions and settings by writing orders on a specific sticky note using a digital pen. By changing or removing the sticky note, it is easy to modify or discard the conditions. Therefore, just by writing "meeting 16:00" on a note, the user can get a physical reminder without any complex setting.
Publication:
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Kentaro Yasu, Kathrin Probst, Maki Sugimoto, Michael Haller, Masahiko Inami, "Move-it: a paperclip-shaped sensing and actuating system for sticky notes", ROBOMECH Journal, 1 (1), Article: 12. Springer International Publishing, ( 2014) doi: 10.1186 / s40648-014-0012-9
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Kentaro Yasu, Maki Sugimoto, and Masahiko Inami. "2A2-Q03 Move-it: Clips that give movement to sticky notes (home & office robots)." In Robotics and Mechatronics Lecture Summary 2013, pp. _2A2-Q03_1. Japan Mechatronics Society, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1299/jsmermd.2013._2A2-Q03_1
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Kathrin Probst, Michael Haller, Kentaro Yasu, Maki Sugimoto, and Masahiko Inami. 2014. Move-it sticky notes providing active physical feedback through motion. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 29-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2540930.2540932
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Kathrin Probst, Thomas Seifried, Michael Haller, Kentaro Yasu, Maki Sugimoto, and Masahiko Inami. 2011. Move-it: interactive sticky notes actuated by shape memory alloys. In CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA' 11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1393-1398. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979780