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Videos
Tongueduino: Hackable, High-bandwidth Sensory
Augmentation
Gershon Dublon, Joseph A Paradiso, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA
The tongue is known to have an extremely dense sensing
resolution, as well as an extraordinary degree of neuroplasticity,
the ability to adapt to and internalize new input. Research has
shown that electro-tactile tongue displays paired with cameras can
be used as vision prosthetics for the blind or visually impaired;
users quickly learn to read and navigate through natural
environments, and many describe the signals as an innate sense.
However, existing displays are expensive and difficult to adapt.
Tongueduino is an inexpensive, vinyl-cut tongue display designed
to interface with many types of sensors besides cameras.
Connected to a magnetometer, for example, the system provides
a user with an internal sense of direction, like a migratory bird.
Piezo whiskers allow a user to sense orientation, wind, and the
lightest touch. Through tongueduino, we hope to bring electrotactile
sensory substitution beyond the discourse of vision
replacement, towards open-ended sensory augmentation that
anyone can access.
Towards a Wearable Music System for Nomadic
Musicians
Sharyselle Kock, Anders Bouwer, Tantra Rusiyanadi, Bayo Siregar,
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
This concept video shows the design of a wearable system for
musicians to record their ideas while being away from their
instruments, using an interactive shirt and belt.
Video Mediated Recruitment for Online Studies
Torben Sko, Henry Gardner, The Australian National University,
Australia
More than ever, researchers are turning to the internet as a means
to conduct HCI studies. Despite the promise of a worldwide
audience, recruiting participants can still be a difficult task. In this
video we discuss and illustrate that videos - through their sharable
and entertaining nature - can greatly assist the recruitment
process. Videos can also be a crucial part in developing an online
presence, which may yield a community of followers and
interested individuals. This community in turn can provide many
long term benefits to the research, beyond just the recruitment
phase.
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WatchIt: Simple Gestures for Interacting with a
Watchstrap
Simon Perrault, Sylvain Malacria, Yves Guiard, Eric Lecolinet,
TELECOM ParisTech, France
We present WatchIt, a new interaction technique for wristwatch
computers, a category of devices that badly suffers from a scarcity
of input surface area. WatchIt considerably increases this surface
by extending it from the touch screen to the wristband. The video
shows a mockup of how simple gestures on the external and/or
internal bands may allow the user to scroll a list (one-finger slide),
to select an item (tap), and to set a continuous parameter like the
volume of music playing (two-finger slide), avoiding the drawback
of screen occlusion by the finger. Also shown is the prototype we
are currently using to investigate the usability of our new
interaction technique.
Which Book Should I Pick?
Hyoyoung Kim, Dongseop Lee, Jin Wan Park, Chung-Ang
University, Republic of Korea
This video proposes readability visualization, genre visualization,
and combined visualization to provide unconventional information
for book selection. Data visualization was initiated for the practical
purpose of delivering information, as it efficiently links visual
perception and data so that readers are able to instantly recognize
patterns in overcrowded data. In this interdisciplinary research we
used the strength of data visualization, and this paper suggests
three possible textual visualizations of a book, which may help
users to find a desirable book, with the use of intuitive information
out of a large volume of book data.