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Living Wallpaper That Devices Can Relate To

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MIT Media Lab's enhanced wallpaper is intended to demonstrate how existing technology can be used in innovative ways in materials and applications that are usually thought of as low tech. Credit: Leah Buechley / MIT

New Scientist

November 2, 2009

The Living Wall project, led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab researcher Leah Buechley, features an electronically enhanced wallpaper that can interact with other devices, including lamps, heaters, and music systems. The wallpaper uses magnetic and conductive paints to create circuitry in attractive designs. 

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