Tangibles
Tangible Interaction design work includes computationally enhanced materials, objects, and places of various sorts. We’ve worked on tangible interaction projects in furniture: adding computationally mediated behaviors to tables, chairs, and more; in music, embedding sensors and actuators in objects to make sound; in tangible interaction that you wear on your body. We’ve built computationally enhanced construction kit toys, and investigated tangible interaction to promote learning.
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Algo.Rhythm
2012 A tangible computational drum kit with programmable behaviors.
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Choreobots
2012 Internally illuminated modular forms that physically deform in response to changes in ambient sound.
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Drift Room
2006 A slowly ‘drifting’ projection of an aerial scene on a floor with pressure sensors change the image’s drift direction.
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Energy Use Monitor
2004 Two prototype ambient displays that bring energy usage display indoors, break the information into understandable parts, and are easy to read.
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Junk Mail to Spam Converter
2004 Scan, mail, and shred your junk mail.
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MouseHaus Table
2003 A tabletop tangible interface for the MouseHaus pedestrian simulator.
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Navigational Blocks
2002 A tangible user interface for information kiosks.
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People Pretzel
2004 A computationally enhanced game board encourages informal social interaction in public spaces.
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Raymatic
2011 An interactive picture frame and display reflects changes in the ambient environment .
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Sensable Shoes
2009 A hands-free and eyes-free foot-computer interface supports on-the-go interaction with surrounding environments.
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Tangible Interaction = Form + Computing
2010 ACM Interactions magazine cover story on tangible interaction design.
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Teletables – bilocative interaction
2008 Ambient tabletop displays connect two places by projecting shadows cast on one surface to the other.
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The Posture Suspenders
2011 Suspenders that sense posture in real-time and alert the user via vibration to bad posture.
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Wear Air
2010 A T-shirt senses and expresses air quality through visually expressive patterns.
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Window Seat
2003 Rock and swivel of a chair is an interface for a remote pan and tilt camera.
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woodScreen
Embedded sensors and lighting in plywood