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We demonstrate VibraForge, an open-source vibrotactile prototyping toolkit1 that supports fine-grained control of up to 120 vibrotactile actuators. Our solution features modular and scalable design principles, self-contained vibration units, chain-...

Including young people with Attention and Hyperactive Disorders (ADHD) in technology co-design with physical computing can empower them differently. This paper focuses on how to give ADHD learners new means of expression and promoting self-agency. It ...

This paper introduces DiSandbox, a low-cost digital tool designed to support left-behind children in rural China facing psychological challenges. Comprising a range of miniature molds within a sand tray, children can freely express themselves, with an ...

This article examines the role of toolkits and prototypes in processes of Co-creation in cross-disciplinary collaborations. This study focuses on a co-creation initiative involving student teachers, museum educators, teacher educators, and designers, ...

Metal welding is a craft manufacturing skill that can be unusually difficult to externalize and represent to novices. Building competency requires an apprentice to iteratively practice embodied skills and sensitize themselves to a sensorially complex ...

AirSpec is an extensible, environment-focused, research and development smart glasses platform that evolved from an existing open-source, psychophysiological monitoring system. We created custom supporting software toolkits that allow users to interact ...

Recently, subdomains of Human-Computer interaction (HCI), such as Tangible Interfaces and Haptics, have experienced disruptive hardware transformations owing to advances in Soft Robotics and Programmable Materials. How will these fields shape the future ...

For designers, exploring subtle visual output modalities in the early phases of wearable design is a challenging task. In this work, we present the design and implementation of two toolkits, Transparent and Programmable WearEC Kits, that aim to enable ...

Fluid fiber, with fluid flowing in a tube, is an attractive material to flexibly and dynamically display digital information. While it has recently attracted attention from the HCI field, there is currently little knowledge about this material, limited ...

FlowIO is a miniature, modular, pneumatic development platform with a software toolkit for control, actuation, and sensing of soft robots and programmable materials. Five pneumatic ports and multiple fully-integrated modules to satisfy various pressure, ...

We present a survey of toolkits employed in research workshop approaches within TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy and Security) domains. Our survey was developed within wider design research to develop digital service prototypes that support people ...

This work presents KitVision, a software toolkit based on the End-User Development paradigm to create and to customize tangible tabletop interactive activities for clients with cognitive impairments. The KitVision toolkit has been developed ...

Toolkits enable people to create and design their own technologies, and just as many other Do-It-Yourself (DIY) tools they are now widely available and approachable. This development aligns well with recent HCI research agendas, which have emerged ...

Speaker Recognition is a vital application of speech processing. Speaker Recognition performs a task of authenticating or recognizing a speaker based on the unique features captured which characterize the speaker. Characteristics or features which are ...

TEI researchers/designers are often discouraged from building complex interactive environments by the requirement of high technical knowledge. In this studio/workshop, we present the ROSS Toolkit that offers tools to abstract/automate low-level ...

Characteristics of Smart Textiles are not only have the tactile, somatosensory, temperature, etc., but also provides the effects of light, temperature regulation, power storage, water, and other functions, and mean while preserving the fabric originally ...

This paper is written for (social science) researchers seeking to analyze the wealth of social media now available. It presents a comprehensive review of software tools for social networking media, wikis, really simple syndication feeds, blogs, ...

Over the past years, a number of sensors have emerged, that enable gesture-based interaction with public display applications, including Microsoft Kinect, Asus Xtion, and Leap Motion. In this way, interaction with displays can be made more attractive, ...

This work describes the design and implementation of data stream query processing system built with two goals in mind. The main goal is to create a single-user data stream query processing system designed for small to medium scale live-data applications ...

If judiciously applied, the techniques of cartoon animation can enhance the illusion of direct manipulation that many human computer interfaces strive to present. In particular, animation can convey a feeling of substance in the objects that a user ...