For three decades, most of us have interacted with computers in exactly the same way: We point with a mouse (or a finger!), click, and watch the screen. In one way, it’s the most outdated element of ...

What the heck is a Zooid? A Zooid is a small cylindrical robot, measuring 26 mm in diameter and 21 mm in height, weighting about 12g. Each robot is powered by a 100 mAh LiPo battery and uses motor ...

Abstract: Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) that integrate digital information with physical interaction require specialized hardware and complex calibration, limiting their adoption in portable or ...

(Phys.org) —The Tangible Media Group at MIT Media Lab have been working on a shape-shifting surface called inFORM where, as their video indicates, users interact with digital matter in interesting ...

MIT’s Daniel Leithinger sits in front of a screen displaying video of a red ball on a table. Leithinger raises up his hands and a field of columns erupts from the table, forming a pixellated physical ...

Hiroshi Ishii, a pioneer in human computer interaction and the effort to enhance digitally augmented environments, will discuss his vision of our digital future and how it could impact daily life at 8 ...

Ellen Yi-Luen Do (Professor, ATLAS Institute & Computer Science) invents at the intersections of people, design, and technology. She works on computational tools for design, especially sketching, ...

Emerging interactive technologies are rapidly transforming the ways in which we work, play, communicate, and learn. Research on tangible interaction attempts to blur the line between digital ...