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- short-paperMarch 2024
Softy: An Interactive Kit to Revitalize the Plush Toys of Children
HRI '24: Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionPages 1143–1147https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640716Children across the globe experience the phenomenon of quickly losing interest in their toys, leading to the accumulation and wasteful disposal of toys. After conducting research and considering the characteristics of toys along with their potential use ...
- demonstrationJune 2013
RoyoBlocks: an exploration in tangible literacy learning
IDC '13: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and ChildrenPages 543–546https://doi.org/10.1145/2485760.2485861One of the cornerstones of early childhood education is literacy education. However, this process is often presented linearly: reading comes first, writing comes second. This neglects the creative capacities of the child until he is fully capable of ...
- short-paperJune 2011
Steps toward child-designed interactive stuffed toys
IDC '11: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and ChildrenPages 165–168https://doi.org/10.1145/1999030.1999052Within the past decade, computationally-enhanced toys have become a staple of children's environments. In large part, this is due to the small size, robust operation, and low cost of embedded computing that enables computers (and associated electronic ...
- ArticleJuly 2007
Plushie: an interactive design system for plush toys
We introduce Plushie, an interactive system that allows nonprofessional users to design their own original plush toys. To design a plush toy, one needs to construct an appropriate two-dimensional (2D) pattern. However, it is difficult for non-...
- articleJuly 2007
Plushie: an interactive design system for plush toys
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Volume 26, Issue 3Pages 45–eshttps://doi.org/10.1145/1276377.1276433We introduce Plushie, an interactive system that allows nonprofessional users to design their own original plush toys. To design a plush toy, one needs to construct an appropriate two-dimensional (2D) pattern. However, it is difficult for non-...