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Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) have drawn the interest of HCI and learning communities because of their potential positive impact on the learning experience. In this paper, we describe a preliminary study of a TUI application for training spatial skills o ...

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Paper Interfaces for Learning Geometry

Pierre Dillenbourg, Frédéric Kaplan, Himanshu Verma, Quentin Bonnard

Paper interfaces offer tremendous possibilities for geometry education in primary schools. Existing computer interfaces designed to learn geometry do not consider the integration of conventional school tools, which form the part of the curriculum. Moreover ...

2012

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A handheld probe for direct positron detection based on scintillators coupled to silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) is presented in this paper. The battery-powered system is optimised for intra-operative use. It is fully sterilisable and wirelessly connected ...

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FingerGlass: Efficient Multiscale Interaction on Multitouch Screens

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Many tasks in graphical user interfaces require users to interact with elements at various levels of precision. We present FingerGlass, a bimanual technique designed to improve the precision of graphical tasks on multitouch screens. It enables users to qui ...

ACM2011

Bridging Digital and Physical Worlds Using Tangible Drag-and-Drop Interfaces

Daniel Thalmann, Frédéric Vexo, Mathieu Hopmann

The last ten years have seen an explosion in the diversity of digital-life devices, e.g. music and video players. However, the interaction paradigm to use these devices has remained mostly unchanged. Remote controls are still the most common way to manage ...

Springer Verlag2011

User Interface Design in a Just-in-time Retrieval System for Meetings

Andrei Popescu-Belis, Majid Yazdani

The Automatic Content Linking Device (ACLD) is a just-in-time multimedia retrieval system that monitors and supports the conversation among a small group of people within a meeting. The ACLD retrieves from a repository, at regular intervals, information th ...

Idiap2009

Simulation Tool for Architects

Christian Roecker, Maria Cristina Munari Probst

The presented work offers an improved planning tool as a response to the demand for active and passive solar architecture. An integral solution is presented for the design of solar assisted heating systems and decentralized electricity production using pho ...

EFPL2009

TinkerSheets: Using Paper Forms to Control and Visualize Tangible Simulations

Pierre Dillenbourg, Patrick Jermann, Guillaume Zufferey, Aurélien Lucchi

This paper describes TinkerSheets, a paper-based interface to tangible simulations. The proposed interface combines the advantages of form-based input and paper. Form-based input allows to set an arbitrary number of parameters. Using paper as a medium for ...

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Interaction design guidelines on critiquing-based recommender systems

Pearl Pu Faltings, Li Chen

A critiquing-based recommender system acts like an artificial salesperson. It engages users in a conversational dialog where users can provide feedback in the form of critiques to the sample items that were shown to them. The feedback, in turn, enables the ...

Springer Netherlands2009

Development and Quantitative Performance Evaluation of a Noninvasive EMG Computer Interface

Silvestro Micera

This paper describes a noninvasive electromyography (EMG) signal-based computer interface and a performance evaluation method based on Fitts' law. The EMG signals induced by volitional wrist movements were acquired from four sites in the lower arm to extra ...

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