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CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Informatics at UC Irvine
Computer Science, as a single discipline, can no longer speak to the broad relevance of digital technologies in society. The Department of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of...
Paul Dourish, Gillian R. Hayes, Lilly Irani, Charl...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Real-time snowboard training system
We present a wireless prototype system for real-time snowboard training. This system can be used to detect common mistakes during snowboarding and to give students immediate feedb...
Daniel Spelmezan, Jan Borchers
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Evaluating touch gestures for scrolling on notebook computers
We describe a new circular touch gesture for scrolling called ChiralMotionTM and report on work to measure its performance. In a study using a document scrolling task, ChiralMotio...
Kevin Wayne Arthur, Nada Matic, Paul Ausbeck
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
aSister: scheduling for homeless women with special needs
Homeless women need special care and attention especially during pregnancy or while trying to overcome substance abuse. We present a solution to help counselors working with these...
Kshitij Gupta, Adwait Joshi, Jamie Allison McAtee,...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Information and communication tools as aids to collaborative sensemaking
Collaborative sensemaking occurs when multiple actors engage in understanding an unfamiliar, information-rich environment. We present preliminary results from a field study of the...
Sharoda A. Paul, Madhu C. Reddy, Christopher DeFli...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Rub the stane
Stane is a hand-held interaction device controlled by tactile input: scratching or rubbing textured surfaces and tapping. The system has a range of sensors, including contact micr...
Roderick Murray-Smith, John Williamson, Stephen Hu...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Technology in mental health
Mental illness has been identified as one of the greatest challenges facing society in the coming decades. However, there are significant barriers to access for many people suffer...
Gavin Doherty, John Sharry, Magnus Bång, Mar...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Using wearable computing solutions in real-world applications
Michael Lawo, Otthein Herzog, Paul Lukowicz, Hendr...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Real ethics in a virtual world
This paper investigates the ethics of the appearance and behavior of avatars in massively multi-user online communities, in particular, avatars created for virtual business intera...
Victoria McArthur