Pneumatic Suite

This pneumatic wearable designed to be worn in outer space. We designed and generated computation- ally, a vein structure that is super imposed on this wear- able. For those who travel to space, micro-gravity causes lack of blood circulation and muscle atrophy. Traveling to Mars? This wearable solves that problem by creating a pressurized suit that targets vein structures in the human body, constricting them and consequently promoting blood circulation throughout the body.

Software
Script for Vein Structure The branching is controlled with the random command, more specifically the branching is controlled by random points located on the surface. With the integer slider, control over the amount of points directly correlates to the amount of branching generated. Once the shortest walk and random branching have been established, the size of the vein structure can be manipulated. The diameter is controlled by a number slider that gives three dimensions to the vein structure.

Hardware
Pneuduino is a modular hardware platform for controlling air flow and pressure. The hardware is open source and can be programmed using the Arduino IDE. In the Vein, the pneuduino was used to gather the heart rate of the individual wearing the suite. If the individuals heart beat dropped to a critical range, the pneuduino was programmed to kick in and supply air to the suite, consequently compress the areas of the body that needed blood flow.