It is used in a brainstorming setting to help kids generate topic ideas from all the brainstorming fractions collaboratively. The input is people’s handwriting on the glass board, when a user writes a word, the system will present it in image and other 5 things that are related and with the highest search frequency on Google. With more and more words, we have a map with lots of idea cells.
And the interaction tool is clay-made blocks and arrows. When users put a block on the idea cell, it will remain and generate new cells related, other cells will disappear. When users put an arrow between two cells, the system will present an interesting fact connected with the two cell. In this way, we have more and more ideas on the board, and remain the useful ones and build connections between them. Visualization of ideas help people to imagine more and do not constrain their thoughts.
And the bits in this setting is the digital mapping and the facts generated with connections. The atoms are the initial handwriting input and the clay-made block and arrows.
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