Stretchis - Fabricating Highly Stretchable User Interfaces

Explore a groundbreaking fabrication method for creating highly stretchable user interfaces called Stretchis in this 26-minute conference talk from the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Dive into the innovative use of Polydimethylsiloxan (PDMS) as a base material for embedding stretchable touch and proximity sensors, as well as electroluminescent displays. Learn about the ultra-thin, flexible, and customizable nature of Stretchis, enabling non-expert makers to add interaction to elastic physical objects, shape-changing surfaces, fabrics, and even the human body. Discover the multilayer fabrication process, including silicon, sending layer, corona treatment, and binding layer techniques. Explore capacitive sensing, proximity sensors, spectral displays, and passive matrix displays. Gain insights from user studies, stretch tests, and real-life condition experiments. Examine on-screen and controller examples, and consider future applications and possibilities for this cutting-edge technology in ubiquitous computing, wearables, and on-skin interaction.