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TEI
2010
ACM
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Think globally, build locally: a technological platform for low-cost, open-source, locally-assembled programmable bricks for edu
“Programmable bricks” are microcontroller-based devices that can be used in various educational projects, such as robotic prototypes, environmental sensing, and interactive ar...
Arnan Sipitakiat, Paulo Blikstein
TEI
2010
ACM
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valeo: alienation gesture-enhanced tactile pain logging
In current healthcare research, pain logs are an important means to measure the impact of medication and to detect pain patterns. However, the entry of textual pain data may be ne...
Matthias Löwe, Omer Yosha, Alexander Krause, ...
TEI
2010
ACM
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Whack gestures: inexact and inattentive interaction with mobile devices
We introduce Whack Gestures, an inexact and inattentive interaction technique. This approach seeks to provide a simple means to interact with devices with minimal attention from t...
Scott E. Hudson, Chris Harrison, Beverly L. Harris...
TEI
2010
ACM
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Using gestures on mobile phones to create SMS comics
SMS messages provide an easy and simple method to communicate with others. These short messages are useful, but can sometimes feel restricted due to the limitations of textual com...
Vidya Setlur, Agathe Battestini, Timothy Sohn, Hir...
TEI
2010
ACM
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Designing interactive kinetic surfaces for everyday objects and environments
This research focuses on the topic of interactive surfaces, especially those which embody kinetic interactions. Through the research, I will provide a definition and a theoretical...
Hyunjung Kim
TEI
2010
ACM
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TessalTable: tile-based creation of patterns and images
In this paper we introduce the TessalTable, a collaborative play system for learning about tessellations and symmetry through augmented pattern blocks. Children use tiles to pick ...
Abel Allison, Sean Follmer, Hayes Raffle
TEI
2010
ACM
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Twinkle: programming with color
Jay S. Silver, Eric Rosenbaum
TEI
2010
ACM
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Cartouche: conventions for tangibles bridging diverse interactive systems
We describe an approach for a class of tangible interaction elements that are applicable across a broad variety of interactive systems. These tangibles share certain physical, vis...
Brygg Ullmer, Zachary Dever, Rajesh Sankaran, Corn...
TEI
2010
ACM
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The representation and control of time in tangible user interfaces: (summary of PhD research)
This paper summarises the author’s PhD research on the representation and control of time in tangible user interfaces. The aim of the research is to create a theoretical framewo...
Peter Bennett
TEI
2010
ACM
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Scanning FTIR: unobtrusive optoelectronic multi-touch sensing through waveguide transmissivity imaging
We describe a new method of multi-touch sensing which can be unobtrusively added to existing displays. By coupling individually controlled optoelectronics to the edge of a planar ...
Jon Moeller, Andruid Kerne