DAPTEC – Data Physicalisation Technology

Welcome to DAPTEC. We are a team of researchers from Cardiff School of Technologies and Cardiff School of Art & Design working in collaboration with industrial partners Yard Associates Ltd and Cardiff City Council on a data physicalisation technology project.

DAPTEC stands for Data Physicalisation Technology. DAPTEC is about giving data a physical shape/ form and in doing so, making it more accessible, and inclusive. Our team is interested in finding new tangible and creative ways of generating value from existing yet often invisible data. We believe that many transformational societal outcomes can be derived from improving the availability of data and in doing so, make it more meaningful.

The project is funded by the Welsh Government Smart Expertise (European Regional Development Fund).

Our Story

Flatholm Project Journey

Low relief in Farmhouse

Experimenting with low relief to give the illusion of energy and water being used in the farmhouse. The idea is that the cut out areas will light up with yellow and blue lights to represent Read more…

Flatholm Project Journey

Touchscreen in action

Touch screen device has been purchased and we have been trialling the design on it this week. Take a look at the latest iteration of the design below:

Flatholm Project Journey

Decisions being made

We have been back and forth on this exhibit for months and have not being able to decide what way it will work. This week we made a decision on how it will function. Relief. Read more…