Physical interface to a PC that serves as a simple demo for the concept of hysteresis.
The more you touch it, the more it shakes and the more the computer reacts.

Hysteresus is covered with contact switches that send signals to the PC every time they are triggered.
Hysteresus contains many carefuly placed offset motors (just like what is used in cell phones or sex toys).
The motors are triggered depending on the behaviors of the user touching Hysteresus' skin.
The computer synthetises a jerky sound wave relative to the state of phase transition Hysteresus is at.
Checkout this interesting document about hysteresis from researchers
in the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University

It is my first experiment using silicon to cover electro-mecanic components.
The resuling artefact weirdly looks like flesh and organs.
It is kinda strange to see such a thing start to shake when you touch it.

Contact me for more info about it.

Vincent Leclerc
v@uttermatter.com
(604)683-7593