Playing around in mud seems so kiddish; we did that when we were young, but Tom Gerdhardt’s got the child’s play to be an all new process of computing for which he’s got a mud computer made, wherein everything from UI to display is a giant pile of wet mud. Dubbed the Mud Tub, this is an organic experiment interface which allows the user to control a computer while playing in mud.
The entire concept is set up in a tub filled in wet mud, which when you’re playing in by sloshing, squishing, molding, digging or punching, understands what the user and mud are doing and therefore, lets the user control games, simulators, expressive tools and computer as a whole in a new and completely organic way.
Closing the gap between human touch and digital world, the mud computing concept allows the developed sense of touch, and creative thinking skills to be applied in a very natural way, unlike seen with the other human-computer interfaces that we are familiar with.
Perhaps a redefined way for digging in the mud, but keeps me guessing still, how many would want to test their hands at this UI and then wipe them off after each game or a simple computing activity. Did I hear you say, gardening was better instead!
Via: TomGerhardt/Gizmodo
