GMU:Computing with Thread/Niloofar Ghobadi

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Thread Geometries


  • Conversion process of a circular shape with four focal points to an egg shape by moving one of the points with same length of thread.

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  • Conversion process of a circular shape with four focal points to an ellipse shape by moving two of the points with same length of thread.

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Knot


  • There is a special knot in climbing which is very strong and easy to unknot. This knot is using for hanging from the mountain and can save climbers lives.


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  • repeating the climbing knot over and over creates a network of knots which is a very strong net.


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Thread based visualization


  • The idea that I am developing is to show that asylum in not only from the countries with bad situation or countries that are facing war. In this thread combination I tried to show the amount of refugees from the 20 first successful countries.

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  • Guide:
  1. Red rows show the origin of refugees
  1. Yellow color shows the destination of refugees
  1. each thread shows a number that represents the number of refugees
    1. Less than 10: 1 thread
    2. 10 to 20: 2 thread
    3. 20 to 40: 3 thread
    4. 40 to 60: 4 thread

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Wheels and Pulleys


  • The system simply works by pulling the thread. The wheels which in fact act as gears make the swabs move in opposite direction.

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