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TEI
2009
ACM
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Peripheral tangible interaction by analytic design
Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) are commonly accepted as those in which the configuration of physical objects embodies digital system state, providing “graspable” digital medi...
Darren Edge, Alan F. Blackwell
TEI
2009
ACM
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Multi-finger interactions with papers on augmented tabletops
Although many augmented tabletop systems have shown the potential and usability of finger-based interactions and paper-based interfaces, they have mainly dealt with each of them ...
Son Do-Lenh, Frédéric Kaplan, Akshit...
TEI
2009
ACM
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Shutters: a permeable surface for environmental control and communication
Surfaces capable of modulating permeability have long been used in architecture for environmental control, but have remained largely unexplored as information displays. The advent...
Marcelo Coelho, Pattie Maes
TEI
2009
ACM
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The other brother: re-experiencing spontaneous moments from domestic life
In this paper, we describe “The Other Brother”, a semiautonomous device that captures images and video of spontaneous moments in the course of everyday life. It was our goal t...
John Helmes, Caroline Hummels, Abigail Sellen
TEI
2009
ACM
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A short guide to modulated light
Many types of tangible interaction systems, such as interactive surfaces and gesture-based interfaces, are based on various kinds of optical tracking, using infrared illuminators ...
Florian Echtler, Tobias Sielhorst, Manuel Huber, G...
TEI
2009
ACM
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Fritzing: a tool for advancing electronic prototyping for designers
Today a growing community of DIY-practitioners, artists and designers are using microcontroller-based toolkits to express their concepts for digital artifacts by building them. Ho...
André Knörig, Reto Wettach, Jonathan C...
TEI
2009
ACM
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W41K: digitally augmenting traditional game environments
Augmented game environments use unobtrusively embedded technology to augment traditional games with virtual information and novel interaction capabilities. This article establishe...
Steve Hinske, Marc Langheinrich
TEI
2009
ACM
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The digital hourglass
This paper presents the Digital Hourglass, an alarm clock that focuses on the amount of sleep, rather than wake-up times. It follows a simple approach, lighting one LED for each h...
Fabian Hemmert, Susann Hamann, Reto Wettach
TEI
2009
ACM
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Designing with RFID
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a wireless technology that is emerging in consumer products as a method for input and interaction. Although RFID is relatively well known ...
Einar Sneve Martinussen, Timo Arnall
TEI
2009
ACM
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Living interfaces: the impatient toaster
This paper introduces the Impatient Toaster, a kitchen appliance designed to motivate its owners to eat more often and in regular intervals: After not using it for a while, it sig...
Eva Burneleit, Fabian Hemmert, Reto Wettach