2012-05-01T21:28:42-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu Fluid Interfaces fluid@media.mit.edu 2014-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/doug/about/doug Doug is a first year PhD candidate. 2013-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/about/seth Seth is a 1st year PhD Student. 2013-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pattie/about/pattie Pattie Maes is an Associate Professor of Media, Arts and Sciences, Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor at MIT 2012-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/about/pranav Pranav is a 2nd year PhD Student. 2012-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/about/marcelo Marcelo is a 2nd year PhD Student. 2012-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/about/roy Roy is a first year Masters student 2012-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/eyering-wip Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/eyering-video Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/expand Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/display-cubes Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-04-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/press/fastcompany-ML-hosts-the-future Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-04-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/press/cnet-ML-bandwagon Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-04-25T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/press/engadget-eyering Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-01-25T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/anette/about/anette Anette is a first year Masters student in the group 2012-01-09T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/current/swyp With Sw&yuml;p you can transfer any file from any app to any app on any device: simply with a swipe of a finger. Sw&yuml;p is a framework facilitating cross-app, cross-device data exchange using physical "swipe" gestures. Our framework allows any number of touch-sensing and collocated devices to establish file-exchange and communications with no pairing other than a physical gesture. With this inherent physical paradigm, users can immediately grasp the concepts behind device-to-device communications. Our prototypes application Postcards explore touch-enabled mobile devices connected to the LuminAR augmented surface interface. Postcards allows users to collaborate and create a digital postcards using Sw&yuml;p interactions. We demonstrate how Sw&yuml;p enabled interfaces can support new generation of interactive workspaces possible by allowing pair-free gesture-based communications to and from collocated devices. <br/><br/> <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/41393146?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;autoplay=1" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> Sw&yuml;p is an open source project. If you are a developer interested in contributing or using Sw&yuml;p in your mobile apps, please visit our <a href="http://swyp.us">website</a>, or find us on <a href="https://github.com/Swyp/swyp">github</a>. <br/><br/> <a href="http://swyp.us">Sw&yuml;p website</a><br/> <a href="https://github.com/Swyp/swyp">github</a><br/> <a href="http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/current/luminar.html">LuminAR website</a> <br/><br/> Special thanks goes to Kimberly Toy and Ben “Fuzzy” Weissmann. <br/><br/> 2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/vibrotactile Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/juergen/about/juergen Description 2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/juergen/current/flexdisplays We believe that in the near future many portable devices will have resizable displays. This will allow for devices with a very compact form factor, which can unfold into a large display when needed. In this project, we design and study novel interaction techniques for rollable and foldable displays. We prototype these interfaces with existing technologies in order to explore already today new possiblities for interaction with the devices of tomorrow. <br/><br/> In our latest project, we investigated the use of rollout screens for creating an interactive surface to support collaboration on-the-go: <br/> <a href="http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/steimle_handheld_tabletop.pdf">When Mobile Phones Expand Into Handheld Tabletops</a> <br/> J&uuml;rgen Steimle and Simon Olberding, Proc. ACM Intl. Conf. Human Factors in Computing (CHI 2012) alt.chi, ACM Press, 2012. <br/><br/> Have also a look at our previous projects (done at TU Darmstadt): <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/en/research/tangible-interaction/xpaaand/">Xpaaand: interacting with rollable displays (CHI 2011, with Mo Khalilbeigi, Roman Lissermann, Max M&uuml;hlh&auml;user)</a> <li> <a href="http://www.tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/en/research/tangible-interaction/foldme/">FoldMe: interacting with foldable displays (TEI 2012, with Mo Khalilbeigi, Roman Lissermann, Wolfgang Kleine)</a> </ul> More information to come soon! 2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/suranga/current/eyering EyeRing is a wearable intuitive interface that allows a person to point at an object to see or hear more information about it. We came up with the idea of a micro camera worn as a ring on the index finger with a button on the side, which can be pushed with the thumb to take a picture or a video that is then sent wirelessly to a mobile phone to be analyzed. The user receives information about the object in either auditory or visual form. Future versions of our proposed system may include more sensors to allow non-visual data capture and analysis. This finger-worn configuration of sensors opens up a myriad of possible applications for the visually impaired as well as the sighted. <br/><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37202680" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> 2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/enhancing-musical Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-10-31T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/susanne/about/susanne Sussanne is a research affiliate in the Fluid Interfaces group 2011-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/cornucopia Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/valentin/about/valentin Valentin is a first year Masters student in the group 2011-08-29T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/pocomo-mobilehci2011 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/desiging-media-crtaug2011 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-06-20T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/examining-values-idc11 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-06-12T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/palimpost-pervasive11 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/exploration/wikilosophy In this project we try to explore the de-facto human knowledge warehouse - Wikipedia. Inspired by a XKCD comic, we set out to parse the complete Wikipedia database (over 10 million articles), with the goal of finding the convergence point of the "first link path". Practically, we examine every article in Wikipedia and find the first-link (the first contextual link in the page), from it to what we call an End-Node. These End-Nodes are nodes in the graph that are part of a cycle, or in other words, links coming into them will always return to them some point along their first-link-path. More people who tried this: <a href="http://www.xefer.com/2011/05/wikipedia">online exploration tool by Xefer</a>, <a href="http://xkcd.com/903/">XKCD comic</a>, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gpdhb/try_thiswikipedia_mindfk/">allegdly original discoverer</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ilmari_Karonen/First_link">discussion on Wikipedia</a>. The sourse code for the project can be found in <a href="https://github.com/royshil/wikilosophy">github</a>. 2011-05-19T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/press/coolhunting Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/memtable-chi11 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/touch-to-copy Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/exploration/squishui In this project I explore how can a tangible interfaces be used to modify a virtual 3D model. Following many works in the field of alternative interfaces for 3D modellers, I try to innovate by exporing a 1-to-1 connection between the applied force to the interface and the deformation of the virtual model. A prototype of the system was implemented using a capacitive sensing circuit partially embedded in a foam ball, and using the Rhinoceros 3D modelling software combined with Grasshopper and FireFly-Arduino extensions. 2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/sparsh Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/exploration/hspar In this project I explore if and how natural interaction with projected virtual objects is possible. Using a projected table-top environment with a head-tracking system, I examine how virtual projected objects can visually mimic real objects by an off-axis projection. The system is implemented using the Microsoft Kinect sensor. Code is available online: http://www.morethantechnical.com/2011/06/05/a-motion-parallax-screen-using-kinect-w-code/. <a href="../media/hspar.pdf">Project Report [PDF]</a> 2011-04-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/bimba-iccc Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-03-04T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/press/3d-candy-printing Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/current/teletouch TeleTouch lets you touch and control from far. See thru your smartphone's camera and control EVERYTHING you see on the screen by touching it. Now you can interact with your appliances from far, in a fun way. Here it goes. You look at a scene thru the camera of your smartphone and control what you see - home appliances (TV, alarm, music player, ...), Open the door; or turn on that light. Just by touching it on screen. It's simple. TeleTouch lets you interact with your world with touch, but now from far. <html> <body> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/teletouch" target="_blank">'TeleTouch' website</a> <br> <br> </body> </html> 2011-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/six-forty-by-four-eighty Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/press/luminar-fastcompany Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/current/augmented-product-counter An augmented reality based product display counter that transforms any surface and object into interactive surfaces that blends digital media and information with physical space. This system enables shoppers to conduct research in store, learn about product features and talk to a virtual expert to get expert advice. The Augmented Product counter is based on the <a href="http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/current/luminar.html">LuminAR</a> technology, that can transform any standard product counter, enabling shoppers to get detailed information on products, access web to read unbiased reviews, compare pricing and conduct research while they play with the real products. The system also integrates video conferencing, enabling shopper to talk to an expert who may be located remotely to get additional advice. This system delivers an innovative in-store shopping experience that combines live product interactions of physical environments and vast amount of information available on web in an engaging and interactive manner. <br/> <object width="640" height="391" id="embedded_player_4eb0ddcf0d67a" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://video.fastcompany.com/plugins/player.swf?v=4eb0ddcf0d67a&p=fc_social"><param name="movie" value="http://video.fastcompany.com/plugins/player.swf?v=4eb0ddcf0d67a&p=fc_social"/><param name="allowfullscreen" value="TRUE"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="base" value="http://video.fastcompany.com"/></object> <br/> <a href="">LuminAR website</a> <br/> <a href="http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/embedded/pdfs/MIT_LuminAR_Counter_Overview.pdf">Intel NRF 2011 Press Kit</a> <br/> The project was supported and developed in collaboration with <a href="http://www.intel.com">Intel</a>, <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com">Best Buy</a>. Donation in-kind by <a href="http://www.microvision.com">Microvision</a> and <a href="http://www.pmdtec.com">PMDTec</a>. Big thanks to the <a href="http://www.ifrobots.com/">IF Robots</a> team. 2011-01-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/DepthJS-core77 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-01-05T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/Konbit-the-world Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2011-01-02T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/current/pocomo PoCoMo is an implementation of a vision in future projected social inerfaces. In this project we tried to capture the playfulness of collaborative gaming and apply it to projected interfaces. The development of handheld micro-projectors, in conjunction with advanced development environments and a special device case, enable this novel type of interaction. The characters play out a personal interaction, following their human controllers, by recognizing each other, waving hello, shaking hands, and exchanging presents. [Paper in Mobile HCI 2011, <a target="new" href="../media/PoCoMo-cam-ready-optimized.pdf">PDF</a>] [<a href="https://github.com/royshil/HeadFollower" target="new">Code</a>] 2011-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/shape_changing_interfaces Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-12-31T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/current/luminar LuminAR reinvents the traditional incandescent bulb and desk lamp, evolving them into a new category of robotic, digital information devices. The LuminAR Bulb combines a Pico-projector, camera, and wireless computer in a compact form factor. This self-contained system enables users with just-in-time projected information and a gestural user interface, and it can be screwed into standard light fixtures everywhere. The LuminAR Lamp is an articulated robotic arm, designed to interface with the LuminAR Bulb. Both LuminAR form factors dynamically augment their environments with media and information, while seamlessly connecting with laptops, mobile phones, and other electronic devices. LuminAR transforms surfaces and objects into interactive spaces that blend digital media and information with the physical space. The project radically rethinks the design of traditional lighting objects, and explores how we can endow them with novel augmented-reality interfaces. <br/><br/> This project is generously supported in-kind by <a href="http://www.intel.com">Intel</a> and <a href="http://www.microvision.com">Microvision</a>. <!--UROPs: Iliya Tsekov, Toomas Sepp, Nicholas Dou, Houston King, Gaia Carini--> 2010-12-31T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/Konbit-RRW Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-12-18T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/about/aaron Aaron is a 4th year PhD Student. 2010-12-09T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/DepthJS-CNN Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/DepthJS-techreview Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/exploration/stemtiles StemTiles are an exploration of form and function. The hexagonal form allows tiling and 4-way connectivity between the pods. Information can flow over the 3-wire connection bus, letting the user to create his own imagination of the data flow. The applications range form simple light shows to logical operations and inetrnet style mash-ups. A compliment computer program acts as a simulator, and can also visualize the construction to remote parties. The program can also change on-the-fly the function of a single tile to mofidy the flow. 2010-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/exploration/depthjs DepthJS is an exploration of using a depth sensor (Microsoft Kinect) to create a gestural interface for browsing the internet. It allows pointing, zooming, clicking and switching between tabs, all using natural hand gestures. The idea was originally intended to allow people to continue browsing the internet while resting from extended mouse-and-keyboard usage. The project is open-source, and available for download from depthjs.media.mit.edu. 2010-11-30T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/DepthJS-lifehacker Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-11-29T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/DepthJS-the-atlantic Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-11-27T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pol/press/untitled-sock Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/DepthJS-nytimes Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-11-25T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/press/DepthJS-engadget Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-10-03T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/luminar_uist10_demo Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/suranga/current/sensei 'Sensei' is a mobile interface for language learning (learning words, learning sentences, learning pronunciation). The project combines techniques from computer vision, augmented reality, speech recognition and common sense knowledge. In the current prototype, the user points their cell phone at an object (e.g. an apple) and then sees the word and hears it pronounced in the language of their choice. The system also shows some sentences with more information about that object that are pulled from a common sense knowledge base. In future versions they will also get feedback about whether they are pronouncing the word correctly if they try to speak it. The interface is primarily designed to be used as an interactive and fun language-learning tool for children. Future versions will be applied to a myriad of other contexts including real-time language translation for face-to-face communication (with audio-visual output); help travelers to read information displays in foreign language (sign boards, directions, restaurant menus), and others. The project is implemented on a Samsung Galaxy phone running Android, which was kindly donated by Samsung Corporation. 2010-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/current/palimpost PalimPost is taking sticky notes to the cloud era. So far sticky notes could only be used for saving a very short message, as a pointer to a bigger piece of information in our memory. However nothing in our new computing environment behaves this way. Every object now has an internal memory of Giga-Bytes, and our human memory is used for more emotional, social or inspirational <i>information</i>. But the affordances of plain sticky-paper notes are compelling: they are writable and also sticky! So how can we take them to our new ditized world? Enter: The Cloud, allowing digital information to be stored and retrieved swiftly. However, the experience of using the sticky note is about recording a moment, a fleeting thought. This is the goal of PalimPost, to help us capture moments in time, digitize them, and store them on the cloud. [Patent pending] [Paper submitted to WebOfThings2011] 2010-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/roy/current/artorch ARTorch is a handheld projected augmented reality system as a metephore for using a flashlight to augment information on objects. The system is composed of a projector-phone, Samsung Halo, with a fitted mirror to align camera and projector. 2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/yoav/about/yoav Yoav is a visiting researcher at the Fluid Interfaces Group. 2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/suranga/about/suranga Suranga is a visiting faculty in the Fluid Interfaces group 2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/iliya/about/iliya Iliya is a project assistant research staff at the Fluid Interfaces Group. 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/current/sparsh 'SPARSH' lets you conceptually transfer media from one digital device to your body and pass it to the other digital device by simple touch gestures. Our digital world -- laptop, TV, smart phone, e-book reader and all are now relying upon the cloud, the cloud of information. SPARSH explores a novel interaction method to seamlessly transfer something between these devices in a real fun way using the underlying cloud. Here it goes. Touch whatever you want to copy. Now it is saved conceptually in you. Next, touch the device you want to paste/pass the saved content. SPARSH uses touch based interactions as just indication for what to copy, from where and where to pass it. Technically, the actual magic(transfer of media) happens on the cloud. <html> <body> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sparsh" target="_blank">'SPARSH' website</a> <br> <br> </body> </html> 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/about/sajid Sajid is a 4th year PhD Student. 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pol/about/pol Pol is a 1st year masters candidate at the Fluid Interfaces Group. 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/about/natan This is a short blurb about Natan Linder. 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/mouseless_uist10_poster Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/charlie/about/charlie This is a short blurb about Natan Linder. 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/blinkbot_uist10_demo Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/current/reflectons ReflectOns are objects that help people think about their actions and change their behavior based on subtle, ambient nudges delivered at the moment of action. Certain tasks such as figuring out number of calories consumed, or amount spent eating out, are generally far more difficult for the human mind to grapple with. By using in-place sensing combined with gentle feedback and understanding of an individual's goals, we can recognize behaviors and trends and provide a reflection of their own actions that is tailored to enable better understanding of repercussion of actions, and change their behaviors to better match their own goals. 2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/current/six-forty-by-four-eighty Six-Forty by Four-Eighty is an interactive lighting installation designed to reveal the materiality of computation by recontextualizing the common pixel. <br /> <br /> The installation is composed of two hundred and twenty magnetic pixel-tiles in a darkened room. Each pixel is to be touched, moved, and modified. At the start of the day the pixel-tiles are packed together as a display and by the end of the day they will have migrated across the walls in the room. <br /> <br /> By transposing the pixel from the confines of the screen and into the physical world, focus is drawn to the materiality of computation itself and new forms for design emerge. <br /> <br /> For more information, visit: <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~marcelo/sixfortybyfoureighty/">Six-Forty by Four-Eighty</a>. 2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/press/computation-core77 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-06-09T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/telestory Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-05-25T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/current/wattwatcher Energy is the backbone of our technological society, yet we have great difficulty understanding where and how much of it is used. Watt Watcher is a project that provides in-place feedback on aggregate energy use per device in a format that is easy to understand and intuitively compare. Energy is inherently invisible, and its use is often sporadic and difficult to gauge. How much energy does your laptop use compared to your lamp? Or perhaps your toaster? By giving users some intuition regarding these basic questions, this ReflectOn allows users both to understand their use patterns and form new, more informed habits. 2010-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/exploration/chronographer Chronographer v.1 is an exploration that is part of an open source project intended to allow artists to use foreground/background subtraction for augmented interaction and composition. This piece was installed at the MIT Media Lab in the atrium, and augments the present with the past. It records people from a live feed and combines that with figures from the same space at a previous time. This project is a subset of an initiative by Jeff Lieberman, Seth Hunter, Eric Gunther, Lauren Macarthy, and Richard The. 2010-05-11T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/current/cornucopia Food is one of the fundamental ingredients of life. We cannot go a day without it before experiencing discomfort and the kinds of food we eat and how we eat them are closely intertwined with our cultural practices, physical environments and personal health. Nonetheless, we have been cooking progressively less. <br /><br/> While digital media has transformed every facet of society, the fundamental technologies we encounter in the kitchen today provide only incremental improvements to the tools we have been using for hundreds of years. In order to bring our cooking technologies to the digital age, we have developed several prototypes and concept designs that combine digital fabrication technologies and food. <br /><br/> Each design addresses a fundamental process that lies at the heart of cooking, namely the mixing of ingredients; the physical and chemical transformation of these ingredients into new compounds; and finally their modeling into aesthetically pleasing and delectable textures and shapes. Our hope is that these concepts and prototypes will provide a glimpse at the new aesthetic and cultural possibilities, which can be brought forth by a new, digital gastronomy. <br /><br /> Concept design illustrations by Amit Zoran. <br /><br /> For more information, please see: <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~marcelo/cornucopia">Cornucopia</a> 2010-05-11T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/exploration/bitbrush BitBrush is a tool for writing and drawing with bits. It combines the digital versatility of an inkjet printer with the physical expressivity of hand gestures to support new means of expression. In BitBrush, lines are composed of an array of pixels which can be programmed to adapt in real-time to a user�s drawing gestures. <br> <br> For more information, please visit: <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~marcelo/bitbrush/index.html">BitBrush</a>. 2010-05-10T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/marcelo/current/shutters Shutters is a soft kinetic membrane for environmental control and communication. It is composed of actuated louvers (or shutters) that can be individually addressed for precise control of ventilation, daylight incidence and information display. By combining smart materials, textiles and computation, Shutters builds upon other facade systems to create living environments and work spaces that are more energy efficient, while being aesthetically pleasing and considerate of its inhabitant's activities. <br/> <br/> For more information, please visit: <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~marcelo/shutters/index.html">Shutters</a>. 2010-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/current/interplay InterPlay is a platform for designers in the Media Lab to create dynamic social simulations, which transform public spaces into immersive environments where people become the central agents. It utilizes computer vision and projection to facilitate full body interaction with digital content. The physical world is augmented to create shared experiences that encourages active play in a social context. Please see the first two thumbnails below for videos of our first sketch with the platform. (more to come) 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/current/thirdeye thirdEye is a new technique that enables multiple viewers to see different things on a same display screen at the same time. With thirdEye, - We can have a public sign board where a Japanese tourist sees all the instructions in Japanese and an American in English. - We don't need to have the split screen in games now. Each player can see his/her personal view of the game on the TV screen. - Two people watching TV can watch their favorite channel on a single TV screen. - A public display can show secret messages or patterns. - In the same movie theater, people can see different end of a suspense movie. 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/past/tapuma TaPuMa is a Tangible Public Map, which allows people to use their own belongings, the objects they usually carry with them to access relevant and just-in-time information and locations of places from a public map. The project also explores and analyzes the advantages and challenges of this novel interaction mechanism, where real life objects serve as the interface for information acquirement. The broad concept behind the project TaPuMa is �Object Amelioration�, where the functions of everyday objects can be expanded by using their affordances or functionalities in a variety of different contexts.The vast improvement in classical methods of information access and information retrieval has resulted from the invention of keyword-based search mechanism. Keywords serve as filters for desired information when users search in structured knowledge bases or with search engines such as Yahoo! or Google. TaPuMa uses everyday objects as interface to just-in-time and relevant infomration. <html> <body> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/tapuma" target="_blank">'TaPuMa' website</a> <br> <br> </body> </html> 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/current/sixthsense 'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. By using a camera and a tiny projector mounted in a pendant like wearable device, 'SixthSense' sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects we are interacting with. It projects information onto surfaces, walls, and physical objects around us, and lets us interact with the projected information through natural hand gestures, arm movements, or our interaction with the object itself. 'SixthSense' attempts to free information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer. <html> <body> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense" target="_blank">'SixthSense' website</a> <br> <br> </body> </html> 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/past/quickies The goal of 'Quickies' is to bring one of the most useful inventions of the 20th century into the digital age: the ubiquitous sticky notes. Sticky (a.k.a. Post-it) notes help us manage our to-do list and capture short reminders and information which we need in the near future. Keeping track of these post-its can be a difficult task in itself. 'Quickies' is about enriching the experience of using post-it notes so that they can be tracked and managed more effectively. The idea is to give these stickies intelligence and the ability to remind us at the relevant time about the task we ought to perform. The project explores how the use of RFID and ink recognition technologies can make it possible to create intelligent sticky notes that can be searched, can send reminders and messages, and more broadly, can help us to seamlessly connect our physical and informational experiences. <html> <body> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/quickies" target="_blank">'Quickies' website</a> <br> <br> </body> </html> 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/current/mouseless Mouseless is an invisible computer mouse that provides the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without actually needing a real hardware mouse. Despite the advances in computing hardware technologies, the two-button computer mouse has remained the predominant means to interact with a computer. The Mouseless invention removes the requirement of having a physical mouse altogether but still provides the intuitive interaction of a physical mouse that users are familiar with. Mouseless consists of an Infrared (IR) laser beam and an Infrared camera. Both IR laser and IR camera are embedded in the computer. The laser beam module is modified with a line cap and placed such that it creates a plane of IR laser just above the surface the computer sits on. The user cups their hand, as if a physical mouse was present underneath, and the laser beam lights up the hand which is in contact with the surface. The IR camera detects those bright IR blobs using computer vision. The change in the position and arrangements of these blobs are interpreted as mouse cursor movement and mouse clickss. <html> <body> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/mouseless" target="_blank">'Mouseless' website</a> <br> <br> </body> </html> 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/past/inktuitive Despite the advances and advantages of computer-aided design tools, the traditional pencil and paper continue to exist as the most important tools in the early stages of design. The goal of the project 'Inktuitive' is to combine the intuitive process of creation that is inherent in paper and pencil with the power of computing that the digital design tools provide. Inktuitive also extends the natural work-practice of using physical paper by giving the pen the ability to control the design in physical three-dimensional space, freeing it from its tie to the paper. The intuition of pen and paper are still present, but lines are be captured and translated into shapes in the digital world. The physical paper is augmented with overlaid digital strokes. Furthermore, the platform provides a novel interaction mechanism for drawing and designing using above the surface pen movements. Inktuitive' is an intuitive physical design workspace that aims to bridge the gap and bring together the conventional design tools such as paper and pencil with the power and convenience of the digital tools for design. 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/exploration/holeinthewall Coming soon... 2010-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/pranav/exploration/1kgofdata '1 Kilogram of Data' is an attempt to make a memory drive that will be able to vary its weight according to the value or the amount of the content in the memory drive. The purpose of this project is to give physical characteristic of weight to digital information. The characteristics of the device will be intuitive for the user to know the information inside the device without the data processing of the computer. 2010-04-09T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/nice_discussion_room Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-02-15T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/current/jotwatch JotWatch is a device designed with the singular purpose of easing quick note taking on the go. As our days fill with the deluge of microtasks and information fragments that modern life entails, every one of us has had occasions when we wanted to take a quick note, or remember something, or jot down a moment of inspiration. Yet, the task of digitally recording this thought faces enough steps, waits, and changes of context scatter fleeting thoughts and discourage note-taking. The JotWatch is a simple device in a wristwatch form factor that attacks this problem with always-on, fast note-taking ability along with navigation features that allow users to make the most of limited physical real estate. 2010-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/current/konbit Konbit is a service that helps communities rebuild themselves after a crisis by indexing the skill sets of local residents, allowing NGOs to find and employ them. The service is usable both by literate and illiterate locals, and uses a self-healing dynamic network to improve skill indexes over time. 2010-01-27T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/tei_horizontal_surfaces Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-01-21T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/cornucopia-engadget Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/cornucopia-treehugger Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-01-13T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/cornucopia-make-online Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/data-portaits Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/exploration/aeropticon Aeropticon is an airborne reporting drone that allows an observer to experience a different perspective of their space. The Aeropticon can be physically and remotely controlled by visitors as it creates a documentation stream online. The work is part of the MIT Media Lab Defy Gravity exhibition. <br/><br/><a href="http://fluid.media.mit.edu/aeropticon">Project website</a><br/> 2009-12-30T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/shutters Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-12-30T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/dinnerware Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/thirdeye_siggraph_poster Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/sixthsense_siggraph_sketch Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/sixthsense_siggraph_emtech Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/pulp-based-computing Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-10-31T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/doug/exploration/themestream ThemeStream shows live streams of information at different scales and with different views that animate smoothly between each other. Topic modeling and semantic parsing of the text are used to display trends over time of your information. The interface provides a means of reflection on information streams at different conceptual levels of detail. Additionally, this project began work looking at GPU acceleration techniques for large scale data processing in real time using multiple computer cores. 2009-10-31T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/current/mtmlj MTM Little John is a multi-purpose mid-size rapid prototyping machine with the goal of being a personal fabricator capable of performing a variety of tasks (3D printing, milling, scanning, vinyl cutting, etc.) at a price point in the hundreds rather than thousands of dollars. The machine was designed and built in collaboration with the <a href="http://mtm.cba.mit.edu/">MTM - Machines that Make Project</q> at MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. <br/><br/><a href="http://mtm.cba.mit.edu/machines/mtm_lj/Site/MTM_Little_John.html">Project website</a><br/> <br/><br/> <!--UROP: Adam Dorski--> 2009-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/doug/current/spacemarks SpaceMarks is a tool for spatially organizing bookmarks and emails. It incorporates a consistent zoomable space for organizing your personal information. One can intuitively group and cluster and move items, and then also bind meta data or tags to the spatially organized objects. The backend uses reinforcement learning to create a model of why objects are placed where they are in space. What is interesting here is then comparing my externalized mental map to someone else’s. 2009-09-15T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/current/soundforms Soundforms is a tangible interface for collaborative musical composition with everyday objects. The shapes and size of objects are used as simple icons for controlling sound output, affording a playful interface for people to experiment together in a short sound composition. Please watch the videos below for a demonstration of this playful tool! For a more detailed explanation of both applications please visit: <a href="http://www.perspectum.com/soundforms/index.htm"> http://www.perspectum.com/soundforms</a> and click on the videos below. 2009-09-15T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/exploration/compactcontract We all make promises to ourselves: lose 10 pounds, save more, exercise more. And yet, it is far too easy to make such promises and then find a thousand excuses to break them. Drawing on the fact that we are much less likely to make a social promise and then break it, Compact Contract is a tool for making small "contracts" with our friends and family, with a built-in reminder of the time period within which we have promised to act. 2009-09-10T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/natan/exploration/rebook In a digital, immersive world, e-book readers and flat displays are taking over what was once the realm of books. The reBook project attempts to revitalize traditional book production by adding a digital interface fabrication step to the conventional print and bind process. A reBook is a fusion of a 'real book' and an e-book; the cover is embedded with a memory module, wireless microprocessor, paper-based keypad, and flexible display. The reBook's coupling of digital content within a familiar design allows for reinterpretation of classic book functionality. We are exploring how new interactions such as search, bookmarking, physical copy and paste, and annotations could emerge with such a product. 2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/past/telestory Make a Riddle and TeleStory are educational applications developed on the Siftables platform for children aged 4-7 years. Siftables are hybrid tangible-graphical user interface devices with motion and neighbor sensing, graphical display, and wireless communication. Siftables provide a unique opportunity to give children responsive feedback about the movement and arrangement of a distributed set of objects. In our studies we contrast the use case that includes an external display to their use as a standalone application platform. The projects outline design strategies for building applications that communicate their affordances to children and methods of providing feedback to encourage engagement with educational tangibles.For a more detailed explanation of both applications please visit: <a href="http://www.perspectum.com/siftables/index.htm"> perspectum.com </a> 2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/memtable Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/personas-utne Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/newscientist-personas Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/doug/exploration/simplicity-complex <em>Simplicity Complex</em> is a rule based art work, created by visualizing all 3 word combinations containing "mit media lab". For example the phrase "<em>simplicity meditates claustrophobically</em>": "si<strong>(m)</strong>pl<strong>(i)</strong>ci<strong>(t)</strong>y <strong>(medi)</strong>t<strong>(a)</strong>tes c<strong>(la)</strong>ustropho<strong>(b)</strong> ically", contains the phrase within the phrase.' 2009-08-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/aaron/current/defuse Defuse is a new method for navigating and participating in online discussions. Previous designs for online discussion were successful under the assumption that participation would be limited to tens or at most hundreds of participants. Emergent social conventions have been able to smooth over media as they scale, but ultimately they are limited by the design of a medium itself. Defuse seeks to continue scaling online discussions by adding social, structural, and historical context throughout the interface, and by widening the expressivity of a message to match the user's intention. It does so using a combination of natural language processing, machine learning, visualization, data portraiture, social network analysis, and medium design. 2009-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/quickies_hcii Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-06-04T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/harmonia Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-04-14T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/exploration/engaze Since time immemorial, we have judged the character of people using their external characteristics: their clothing, hairstyle, makeup, accent, and so on. With the advent of digital technology, an increasingly detailed image of our identities is now available online. In short, today we represent ourselves both physically and digitally in the world. As yes, these worlds are fairly disjointed, and our representations are likewise disconnected from each other. Just as we choose to dress more or less formally in the real world, we choose to present ourselves online through our metadata in various ways, depending on the perceived audience. However, as technology continues its inexorable progress, these two worlds are collapsing towards convergence. With Engaze, we are attempting to engage the problem of bringing together these two currently disparate representations of a person into convergence in the physical world, and to explore some of the consequences resulting from the encroachment of our virtual representations into the physical world. 2009-04-14T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/exploration/done Project management is often an art. But in an objective way, it is also about memory. We often know exactly how to get our work done, and in a single sitting we can map out the process and steps. However, and time goes on, we often lost track of this, and thus retrace and reinvent what we had already decided. "Done" is a chat-based ReflectOn for allowing a person to reflect on this initial process and map their instantaneous actions to their long terms goals. By connecting these domains of though, "Done" helps the user get more done, while gaining a deeper insight into the process inherent to their work. 2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/transitive Transitive Materials is an umbrella project encompassing novel materials, fabrication technologies, and traditional craft techniques which can operate in unison to create objects and spaces that realize truly omnipresent interactivity. We are developing interactive textiles, ubiquitous displays, and responsive spaces that seamlessly couple input, output, processing, communication, and power distribution, while preserving the uniqueness and emotional value of physical materials and traditional craft. Life in a Comic, Physical Heart in a Virtual Body, Augmented Pillows, Flexible Urban Display, Shutters, Sprout I/O, and Pulp-Based Computing are current instantiations of these technologies.<br/> <br/> For more information, please visit: <a href="http://ambient.media.mit.edu/transitive/">Transitive Materials</a>. 2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/sixthsense_chi09_wip Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/quickies_chi09_video Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/programming_reality Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/current/memtable MemTable is an interactive touch table that supports co-located group meetings by capturing both digital and physical interactions in its memory. Everyone can be a scribe at the MemTable. The goal of the project is to demonstrate hardware and software design principles that integrate recording, recalling, and reflection during the life cycle of a project in one tabletop system. The project has been developing during the last year, and was my masters thesis at the MIT Media Lab in 2009.<br><br><i>Memtable poses an important question to HCI designers:</i> How can the multi-person interactions we design be integrated with our work practices into systems which have history and memory? What is the social computing space of the future?<br> <br> For a more detailed explanation please visit: <a href="http://www.perspectum.com/memtable/index.htm" target ="_blank"> http://www.perspectum.com/memtable/index.htm </a> 2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/exploration/harmonia Harmonia is a set of paired instruments designed to respond to synchronous movement. They consist of a set of wireless handheld instruments with fiber optic light plumes that output gestural data to a central hub. Sound is generated based on the realtime correlation of the signals of the participants. These devices are an example of a potential class of loosely paired instruments which give audio-visual feedback about synchronous movement, augmenting existing modes of co-located group dance and musical expression. Harmonia is still under development when I have time. Please see the paper in publications for a detailed description of the concept behind the exploration. 2009-03-07T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/siftables-techcrunch Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/siftables-newscientist Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-02-11T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/chameleon-guitar-nytimes Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-02-10T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/chameleon-guitar-eetimes Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-02-06T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/chameleon-guitar-epicenter Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-02-04T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/chameleon-guitar-cnet Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/siftables-ted Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/inktuitive_i3d09_poster Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-12-30T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/sproutio Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/surflex Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-10-03T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/wordplay Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/quickies_ie08 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/inktuitive_ie08 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-03-14T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/exploration/midas Midas is a touch-based personalization system in development. It is designed to interact with ubiquitous ioMaterials interfaces in the objects and environment surrounding us in order to achieve seamless access to information via owner-less displays and surfaces that modify themselves to the needs to the users on the fly and on contact.. 2008-02-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/tapuma_ambisys08 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-01-17T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/old_site/press/chameleon-guitar-gizmodo Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2008-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/seth/past/wordplay WordPlay is a collaborative tabletop interface for generating, organizing, and exploring ideas. The concepts, ideas and arguments discussed in a meeting around the table are visualized and can be organized and manipulated in natural ways by the participants. Users add ideas to the table by speaking, manipulate the properties of words with hand gestures, and explore related concepts by tapping them. WordPlay combines Speech Recognition software, Natural Language Processing, a semantic knowledge network, and multi-touch capability to provide a public forum for brainstorming and support group decision making. 2008-01-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/quickies_iui08 Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2007-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/publications/pulp-based-computing Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/pillowtalk With the PillowTalk project, we are trying to provide a simple, intimate, and personable communication medium between loved ones. The pillows are capable of sensing touch information, and displaying incoming touch data as a pattern of lights that show the outline "drawn" upon the remote pillow. Pillows can connect to each other over the network so that this sense of touch can be shared across long distances. The physical sensation of holding a pillow and interacting with it builds upon the idea of using the natural features of the object in order to achieve a deeper connection between the users, without interfering in the communication process itself. 2005-10-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/spotlight Spotlight is an installation of 16 interactive portraits. Each portrait has a set of 9 &ldquo;temporal gestures&rdquo; - photographic-quality sequences of human gestures such as &ldquo;looking up&rdquo;. The portraits are networked, and placed in a 4X4 layout.<br/> <br/> Every few seconds, a randomly selected portrait is looking towards a neighboring portrait. In turn, the neighboring portrait will look back. To a viewer of the installation, these &ldquo;random discussions&rdquo; create a sense of &ldquo;social dynamics&rdquo;. The viewer can interrupt the group dynamics at any time, by selecting one of the 16 portraits. The remaining 15 portraits automatically react and direct their attention to the viewer-selected portrait, which reacts with a special gesture - &ldquo;being the center of attention&rdquo;. 2005-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/subtextile subTextile is a toolkit for behavioral textiles: the intersection of on-body computation and electronic textiles focusing on the interactive capability of electronic textiles. It provides a powerful visual programming language and hardware platform specifically designed to create complete behavioral textile systems. Using a rich, goal-oriented interface, subTextile makes it possible for technical novices to explore electronic textiles, while providing open-ended expandability to experts. As e-textiles mature, better tools and techniques are needed by artists and designers experimenting with these new materials. The subTextile project was created to support cross-pollination between technical and design disciplines in the hopes of fostering greater creativity and depth within the field. 2005-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/remnant Remnant is a greeting card that merges the affordances of physical materials with the temporal malleability of digital systems to create enshrine and reinforce the very thing that makes a greeting personal: that hand of the sender. The card uses records both the timing and the form of the senders handwriting when it is first used. At a later time, collocated output recreates the handwriting, allowing the invisible, memorized hand of the sender to write his or her message directly in front of the recipient. 2005-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/portrait_cati_2 Portrait of Cati 2 is an homage to the project &ldquo;Portrait of Cati&rdquo; done by Stefan Agamanolis. This portrait reacts differently to a man or a woman. While reacting to a woman in a more natural way, Cati's image is more of woman's icon as a reaction to a man. 2005-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/influence Influence is an interactive artwork visualizing how collective behavior emerges from decentralized interaction in a small social network. Individual people are affected by the behavior of people around them, and as a result, they influence the people around them as well. We are all unique individuals. There are no two people alike. Nevertheless, other people around us affect our behaviors, thoughts and emotions in the most simple and unconscious ways.<br/> <br/> This interactive video piece presents 16 people as black and white &#8220;moving portraits&#8221;. Each portrait has a set of gestures, such as looking to the right, looking to the left, yawning, falling a sleep etc. 2005-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/flexibleurbandisplay This project explores how programmable surfaces can be shaped and textured in more flexible ways than traditional LED displays. By using modular tiles as building blocks, displays can become an integral part of objects, structures and spaces. 2005-01-09T00:00:00-05:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/interestmap Liquid error: private method `gsub' called for nil:NilClass 2004-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 http://fluid.media.mit.edu/people/sajid/past/reachmedia ReachMedia is a system that supports on-the-move interaction with every day objects. The system is built around a wireless wristband with an RFID reader and accelerometers. The wristband detects physical objects that the user is interacting with, and retrieves relevant and personalized information via a smart phone. The user can then have a hands and eyes free interaction with the application by using a unique combination of slight gestural input and audio output.