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EdibleToy: Empowering Children to Create Their Own Meals with a DIY Wafer Paper Kit

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IDC '23: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

Pages 619 - 623

https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593883

Published: 19 June 2023 Publication History

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Existing methods in human-computer interaction to enhance children’s eating habits predominantly rely on digital interactive technologies, which pose the risk of increasing sensory stimulation and diverting children’s attention away from the food itself. Drawing inspiration from shape-changing food research, we propose an approach that combines deformable wafer paper for food preparation. We summarize the principles of wafer paper controllable deformation and develop a toolkit to facilitate its use. We support children in creating personalized, transformable food items using this method, aiming to provide a playful, convenient, and safe food-making experience tailored for children, thereby enhancing children’s mealtime engagement and habits.

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Lehé MKühn ABersch JSan Leon Wildner MAhmad UMatviienko A(2024)VRPaperCrafting: Exploring Child-Friendly Paper Crafting in Virtual Environments using Physical Proxies and Hand GesturesProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685379(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3679318.3685379
-Ul-Ain FKaaret MTomberg V(2024)Enhancing Needs Discovery in Children with Type I Diabetes through Collage TechniquesProceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3628516.3659410(877-881)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3628516.3659410
Feng STa THuang SLi XKoyama KWang GYao CKawahara YNarumi K(2024)Rapid Fabrication of Haptic and Electric Input Interfaces using 4D Printed OrigamiExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3651022(1-7)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3651022

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EdibleToy: Empowering Children to Create Their Own Meals with a DIY Wafer Paper Kit
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods

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IDC '23: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

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DOI:10.1145/3585088

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Lehé MKühn ABersch JSan Leon Wildner MAhmad UMatviienko A(2024)VRPaperCrafting: Exploring Child-Friendly Paper Crafting in Virtual Environments using Physical Proxies and Hand GesturesProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685379(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3679318.3685379
-Ul-Ain FKaaret MTomberg V(2024)Enhancing Needs Discovery in Children with Type I Diabetes through Collage TechniquesProceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3628516.3659410(877-881)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3628516.3659410
Feng STa THuang SLi XKoyama KWang GYao CKawahara YNarumi K(2024)Rapid Fabrication of Haptic and Electric Input Interfaces using 4D Printed OrigamiExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3651022(1-7)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3651022

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