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CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
Geckos: combining magnets and pressure images to enable new tangible-object design and interaction
In this paper we present Geckos, a new type of tangible objects which are tracked using a Force-Sensitive Resistance sensor. Geckos are based on low-cost permanent magnets and can...
Jakob Leitner, Michael Haller
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
The reading desk: applying physical interactions to digital documents
Reading is increasingly being performed interactively on-screen; for instance, new novels are now routinely released in electronic format for viewing on PCs and mobile devices. Un...
Jennifer Pearson, George Buchanan, Harold W. Thimb...
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
LiquidText: a flexible, multitouch environment to support active reading
Active reading, involving acts such as highlighting, writing notes, etc., is an important part of knowledge workers’ activities. Most computer-based active reading support seeks...
Craig S. Tashman, W. Keith Edwards
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
Deep shot: a framework for migrating tasks across devices using mobile phone cameras
A user task often spans multiple heterogeneous devices, e.g., working on a PC in the office and continuing the work on a laptop or a mobile phone while commuting on a shuttle. How...
Tsung-Hsiang Chang, Yang Li
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
TapBack: towards richer mobile interfaces in impoverished contexts
Much of the mobile work by HCI researchers explores a future world populated by high-end devices and relatively affluent users. This paper turns to consider the hundreds of milli...
Simon Robinson, Nitendra Rajput, Matt Jones, Anupa...
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
Eyes-free multitasking: the effect of cognitive load on mobile spatial audio interfaces
As mobile devices increase in functionality, users perform more tasks when on the move. Spatial audio interfaces offer a solution for eyes-free interaction. However, such interfac...
Yolanda Vazquez-Alvarez, Stephen A. Brewster
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
PaperPhone: understanding the use of bend gestures in mobile devices with flexible electronic paper displays
Flexible displays potentially allow for interaction styles that resemble those used in paper documents. Bending the display, e.g., to page forward, shows particular promise as an ...
Byron Lahey, Audrey Girouard, Winslow Burleson, Ro...
CGF
2011
13 years 3 months ago
Dynamic Insets for Context-Aware Graph Navigation
Maintaining both overview and detail while navigating in graphs, such as road networks, airline route maps, or social networks, is difficult, especially when targets of interest ...
S. Ghani, N. Henry Riche, N. Elmqvist
ACMIDC
2011
13 years 3 months ago
LightUp: a low-cost, multi-age toolkit for learning and prototyping electronics
LightUp is a constructionist platform to teach novices about electronics, and also a low-cost rapid-prototyping platform for more advanced users. The LightUp kit contains many bas...
Zain Asgar, Joshua Chan, Chang Liu, Paulo Blikstei...
CORR
2010
Springer
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13 years 11 months ago
I-Interaction: An Intelligent In-Vehicle User Interaction Model
The automobile is always a point of interest where new technology has been deployed. Because of this interest, human-vehicle interaction has been an appealing area for much resear...
Li Liu, Edward Dillon