December 2009
1 post
Final Conclusions
Several of these posts, outlining the process of developing my first iPhone and Microsoft Surface applications, have been moved to my blog at http://lianapolitano.com. Want to learn from a beginner’s experimentations in data persistence and tangible user interface systems design? Check them out!
November 2009
1 post
On Weiser, Ishii and Ullmer
In “The Computer for the 21st Century,” Mark Weiser describes the ubiquity of writing as a “background presence” of “literacy technology,” which does not require active attention but is prepared to deliver information at a glance. At this point in our history, computers are not similarly embedded in the world around us but are instead only present in “a single box.” Weiser calls for location-aware...
October 2009
1 post
Senseboard: An Analysis Using the TAC Paradigm
INTRODUCTION
The Token and Constraints (TAC) Paradigm described by Shaer, Leland, Calvillo-Gamez and Jacob in their paper The TAC Paradigm: Specifying Tangible User Interfaces includes several concepts and themes which illuminate certain Tangible User Interfaces. Based on Ullmer’s Token + Constraint approach to TUIs, the paradigm describes TUIs with “a set of relationships between...
September 2009
2 posts
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Senseboard: An Overview
INTRODUCTION
Senseboard, developed within the Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab, is “a tangible interface platform for manipulating discrete pieces of abstract information.” The basic application developed on the platform is for scheduling conference talks, and the platform seeks to combine the benefits of physically manipulating note cards and of arranging information on a...
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Cell Tango: An Analysis
THE INTRODUCTION
Cell Tango, based on a concept developed by George LeGrady, is an interactive exhibit that creates its “art” via user-submissions and tagging on Flickr. Currently on display at Wellesley College’s Davis Museum, Wellesley students have been invited to submit their own photographs and tag-based descriptions to the Cell Tango Flickr account, so that the...