The floor is a 5×6 grid of thick HDPE cutting boards raised up on a 2×4 lumber frame. Each cell has a Neopixel ring and a single force-sensitive resistor to detect pressure on the pad.

Hackers often find uses for pressure sensitive materials, detecting footfalls during walking or keypresses in a synthesizer being two examples. [Marco Reps] decided he’d make a hi-res, body-s… ...

Can sensing technology improve and quantify yoga practice? The makers of a prototype device called the SmartMat, a yoga mat with embedded sensor technology, reckon it can. At the time of writing ...

In fact, the pressure-sensing insoles themselves are 3D-printed. First, a flexible base layer of silicone and cellulose nanoparticles is laid down. Next, a conductive silver ink is used to print ...

Smart floors could soon be part of our smart homes. Scientists in Germany have developed a high-resolution pressure-sensitive floor that can accurately keep track of people and furniture in rooms ...

Researchers from Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany have created a large 8 square meter pressure sensitive floor called GravitySpace. The floor can recognise people from their weight and ...

Smart phones are part of everyday life, now scientists at the Hasso-Plattner Institute in Potsdam Germany have developed a smart floor. It is a high-resolution, pressure- sensitive floor that can ...

Thanks to advances in various types of recognition software, you're not even safe from prying eyes -- and greedy retailers -- when you wander around a department store. By Erik Baard.

Smart phones are part of everyday life, now scientists at the Hasso-Plattner Institute in Potsdam Germany have developed a smart floor. It is a high-resolution, pressure- sensitive floor that can ...