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PUC
2010
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Interactive visual supports for children with autism
Interventions to support children with autism often include the use of visual supports, which are cognitive tools to enable learning and the production of language. Although visual...
Gillian R. Hayes, Sen H. Hirano, Gabriela Marcu, M...
PUC
2010
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Identifying and facilitating social interaction with a wearable wireless sensor network
We have designed a highly versatile badge system to facilitate a variety of interaction at large professional or social events and serve as a platform for conducting research into ...
Joseph A. Paradiso, Jonathan Gips, Mathew Laibowit...
PUC
2010
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A database-based framework for gesture recognition
Abstract Gestures are an important modality for human-machine communication. Computer vision modules performing gesture recognition can be important components of intelligent homes...
Vassilis Athitsos, Haijing Wang, Alexandra Stefan
PUC
2010
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Exploring casual point-and-tilt interactions for mobile geo-blogging
People record and share their experiences through text, audio and video. Increasingly they do this blogging from mobile devices. We illustrate a novel, mobile, low interaction cos...
Simon Robinson, Parisa Eslambolchilar, Matt Jones
PUC
2010
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Design and implementation of a VoiceXML-driven wiki application for assistive environments on the web
In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of an audio wiki application accessible via both the Public Switched Telephone Network and the Internet. The application ex...
Constantinos Kolias, Vassilis Kolias, Ioannis Anag...
PUC
2010
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Towards understanding how to design for social play in exertion games
Players invest significant physical effort when playing exertion games. In addition to improving physical health, exertion games are also believed to facilitate social play amongs...
Florian Mueller, Martin R. Gibbs, Frank Vetere
PUC
2010
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Information privacy in institutional and end-user tracking and recording technologies
This paper presents an analysis of attitudes towards everyday tracking and recording technologies (e.g., credit cards, store loyalty cards, store video cameras). This work focuses ...
David H. Nguyen, Gillian R. Hayes
PUC
2010
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Pursuing genius loci: interaction design and natural places
Human computer interaction (HCI) has little explored everyday life and enriching experiences in rural, wilderness and other predominantly ‘‘natural’’ places despite their s...
Nicola J. Bidwell, David Browning
PUC
2010
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Digital plumbing: the mundane work of deploying UbiComp in the home
Deploying UbiComp in real homes is central to realizing Weiserʼs grand vision of ʻinvisibleʼ computing. It is essential to moving design out of the lab and making it into an unr...
Peter Tolmie, Andy Crabtree, Stefan Rennick Eggles...