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- research-articleJuly 2024
Designing Plant-Driven Actuators for Robots to Grow, Age, and Decay
DIS '24: Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems ConferenceJuly 2024, Pages 2481–2496https://doi.org/10.1145/3643834.3661519Designing plant-driven actuators presents an opportunity to create new types of devices that grow, age, and decay, such as robots that embody these qualities in their physical structure. Plant-robot hybrids that grow and decay incorporate unpredictable ...
- research-articleJune 2024
(W)E-waste: Creative Making with Wasted Computing Devices
C&C '24: Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Creativity & CognitionJune 2024, Pages 83–85https://doi.org/10.1145/3635636.3660761Computing devices become waste for a variety of reasons. They breakdown, become obsolete, or are no longer trendy. These events are so common that currently, e-waste has become the largest consumer waste stream in the world. However, taking apart e-...
- research-articleJune 2024JUST ACCEPTED
Unmaking electronic waste
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Just Accepted https://doi.org/10.1145/3674505The proliferation of new technologies has led to a proliferation of unwanted electronic devices. E-waste is the largest-growing consumer waste-stream worldwide, but also an issue often ignored. In fact, HCI primarily focuses on designing and understanding ...
- extended-abstractMay 2024
Ecological HCI: Reflection and Future
CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 2024, Article No.: 577, Pages 1–4https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3643985In light of the HCI community’s growing alignment with Sustainable HCI (SHCI) and the awareness of its currently narrow focus. We propose Ecological HCI (EHCI). EHCI highlights emerging, nature-centric research efforts and aims to expand SHCI’s scope to ...
- panelMay 2024
NeuroCHI: Are We Prepared for the Integration of the Brain with Computing?
CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 2024, Article No.: 588, Pages 1–5https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3643973Recent advancements in neuroscience, wearable technology, and artificial intelligence are paving the way for computing systems that are integrated with the brain and nervous system. Over the past years, we have witnessed the simultaneous progression of ...
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SplitBody: Reducing Mental Workload while Multitasking via Muscle Stimulation
CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 2024, Article No.: 81, Pages 1–11https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642629Techniques like electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) offer promise in assisting physical tasks by automating movements, e.g., shaking a spray-can or tapping a button. However, existing actuation systems improve the performance of a task that users are ...
Haptic Source-Effector: Full-Body Haptics via Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 2024, Article No.: 411, Pages 1–15https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642483We propose a novel concept for haptics in which one centralized on-body actuator renders haptic effects on multiple body parts by stimulating the brain, i.e., the source of the nervous system—we call this a haptic source-effector, as opposed to the ...
Stick&Slip: Altering Fingerpad Friction via Liquid Coatings
CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 2024, Article No.: 433, Pages 1–14https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642299We present Stick&Slip, a novel approach that alters friction between the fingerpad & surfaces by depositing liquid droplets that coat the fingerpad. The liquid coating modifies the finger's coefficient of friction, allowing users to feel surfaces up to ±...
Haptic Permeability: Adding Holes to Tactile Devices Improves Dexterity
CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsMay 2024, Article No.: 417, Pages 1–12https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642156Feeling haptics with our fingerpads is how we achieve manual tasks (e.g., operate a needle or press buttons). Following this, research started adding actuators atop the users’ fingerpads to render haptic feedback for interactive virtual environments. ...
- research-articleApril 2024
Re-Envisioning the Role of a <italic>User</italic> in Sustainable Computing
IEEE Pervasive Computing (IEEECS_PERVASIVE), Volume 23, Issue 2April-June 2024, Pages 38–44https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2024.3383793As more and more computing technologies become pervasive in our daily lives, more and more e-waste is generated. And yet, when designing the next generation of devices, we prioritize qualities such as speed, usability, and usefulness (a.k.a. user-centered ...
- research-articleOctober 2023
Taste Retargeting via Chemical Taste Modulators
UIST '23: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and TechnologyOctober 2023, Article No.: 106, Pages 1–15https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606818Prior research has explored modifying taste through electrical stimulation. While promising, such interfaces often only elicit taste changes while in contact with the user's tongue (e.g., cutlery with electrodes), making them incompatible with eating and ...
- research-articleOctober 2023
Interactive Benefits from Switching Electrical to Magnetic Muscle Stimulation
UIST '23: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and TechnologyOctober 2023, Article No.: 69, Pages 1–12https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606812Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) became a popular method for force-feedback without mechanical-actuators. While much has been written about the advantages of EMS, not much work has investigated circumventing its key limitations: (1) as impulses ...
- research-articleOctober 2023
FeetThrough: Electrotactile Foot Interface that Preserves Real-World Sensations
UIST '23: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and TechnologyOctober 2023, Article No.: 10, Pages 1–11https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606808Haptic interfaces have been extended to the feet to enhance foot-based activities, such as guidance while walking or stepping on virtual textures. Most feet haptics use mechanical actuators, namely vibration motors. However, we argue that vibration ...
- research-articleOctober 2023
ThermalRouter: Enabling Users to Design Thermally-Sound Devices
- Alex Mazursky,
- Borui Li,
- Shan-Yuan Teng,
- Daria Shifrina,
- Joyce E Passananti,
- Svitlana Midianko,
- Pedro Lopes
UIST '23: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and TechnologyOctober 2023, Article No.: 58, Pages 1–14https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606747Users often 3D model enclosures that interact with significant heat sources, such as electronics or appliances that generate heat (e.g., CPU, motor, lamps, etc.). While parts made by users might function well aesthetically or structurally, they are ...
- research-articleOctober 2023Honorable Mention
ecoEDA: Recycling E-waste During Electronics Design
UIST '23: Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and TechnologyOctober 2023, Article No.: 30, Pages 1–14https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606745The amount of e-waste generated by discarding devices is enormous but options for recycling remain limited. However, inside a discarded device (from consumer devices to one's own prototypes), an electronics designer could find dozens to thousands of ...
- extended-abstractOctober 2023
Future Paradigms for Sustainable Making
UIST '23 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and TechnologyOctober 2023, Article No.: 109, Pages 1–3https://doi.org/10.1145/3586182.3617433This workshop provides the first opportunity for the UIST community to discuss sustainability challenges and opportunities in rapid prototyping. We will discuss key issues such as waste generation from intermediate prototypes, strategies for sustainable ...
- abstractJuly 2023
Demonstrating JumpMod: Haptic Backpack that Modifies Users' Perceived Jump
SIGGRAPH '23: ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 Emerging TechnologiesJuly 2023, Article No.: 7, Pages 1–2https://doi.org/10.1145/3588037.3595387Vertical force-feedback is extremely rare in mainstream interactive experiences. This happens because existing haptic devices capable of sufficiently strong forces that would modify a user's jump require grounding (e.g., motion platforms or pulleys) or ...
- demonstrationApril 2023
Pushing Fabrication Research past the Makers
- Patrick Baudisch,
- Stefanie Mueller,
- Thijs Roumen,
- Pedro Lopes,
- Robert Kovacs,
- Jotaro Shigeyama,
- Shohei Katakura,
- Muhammad Abdullah,
- Conrad Lempert,
- Martin Taraz,
- Lukas Rambold
CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsApril 2023, Article No.: 467, Pages 1–5https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583922In this demonstration, we show a selection of twelve past CHI and UIST projects by our lab, which taken together aim at helping the field of digital fabrication using laser cutters transition past makers—and towards true non-experts, which we refer to as ...
- demonstrationApril 2023
Demonstrating Full-hand Electro-Tactile Feedback without Obstructing Palmar Side of Hand
CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsApril 2023, Article No.: 435, Pages 1–5https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583919We present a technique to render tactile feedback to the palmar side of the hand while keeping it unobstructed and, thus, preserving manual dexterity during interactions with physical objects. We implement this by applying electro-tactile stimulation ...