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Using magnets in physical blocks that behave as programming objects

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TEI '07: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction

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In this paper we describe the implementation of GameBlocks, a novel digital manipulative system for coding simple programme sequences to control a toy robot. A contact-less, magnetic field-based mechanism for transferring information about the blocks is described. The mechanical and electronic system components are described. We position this implementation in relation to prior related work. Problems encountered are given, with suggestions for future work.

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TEI '07: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction

February 2007

296 pages

ISBN:9781595936196

DOI:10.1145/1226969

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Brygg Ullmer
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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