Team B6: LivePin

As an initiative to make museums and art exhibits more interactive, we propose to build a real-time 3D reconstruction system through a pin art board, called LivePin. This device will allow a user to place any 3D object in front of a camera in order to reproduce the image as a tactile 3D impression on a pin art board. Before you would have to physically press onto a pin art board to make it move and create an accurate impression, but now with our system, all you need to do is hold something in front of a camera and the pins will move automatically. We aim to design a budget friendly and efficient automated pin art board that captures the nostalgia of this wonderful childhood toy and turns it into a more technologically advanced interactive display. Additionally, while there are existing display boards that utilize a similar concept (like flipdot displays), there is no known device that moves pins automatically to create interactive designs. As a result, we hope to bring this unique idea into fruition for the future of museum and art exhibits as well as for children around the world.