September 9
- The first class of MAS834: Welcome and introduction of Tangible Interfaces course (by Hiroshi Ishii)
- Lecture: Vision-Driven Research (by Hiroshi Ishii) ▶ slides (uploaded 09/09/14)
- Online Sign-up Sheet
- Enrollment decision and notification by September 12th (Friday)
- HCI & CSCW framework:
- Vision Videos (for further references):
- Apple Knowledge Navigator Classic Vision of the Future 1984
- World Builder Influential Vision of VR
- Seamless Media Design Hiroshi Ishii’s Vision of Remote Collaboration Media (TeamWorkStation & ClearBoard) in 1994
- TRANSFORM TMG’s Radical Atoms Vision 2014
Deadline: Thursday, September 11
If you want to take this class, make sure that you filled out the registration form by midnight.
We will notify of your class status on Friday, September 12th.
September 16
Lecture: Tangible History (60 Min)
- Lecture: Introduction of TUI #1 (by Hiroshi Ishii) ▶ slides (2014)
- Readings:
- “The Computer for the 21st Century” by Mark Weiser
- “Seamless Media Design” CACM 93 by Hiroshi Ishii, Minoru Kobayashi and Kazuho Arita
- “Tangible bits: towards seamless interfaces between people, bits and atoms” CHI ’97 by Hiroshi Ishii and Brygg Ullmer
- “Tangible bits: beyond pixels” TEI ’08 by Hiroshi Ishii
Lecture: Prototyping with Xiao Xiao ▶ slides
Workshop: Brainstorming / Intro to Prototyping (lead by Xiao Xiao) / Ideation Workshop (lead by Basheer) (120 Min)
Step into a future where the things around you are just as malleable and responsive as the apps on your phone. We will kick off an engaging design sprint with a short presentation session covering the history and state-of-the-art of tangible interfaces. From there, students will split into brainstorming groups to re-imagine the world around them through discussions, prototypes, and presentations.
September 23
Lecture: Tangible History (40 min)
- Introduction of TUI #2 (by Hiroshi Ishii) ▶ slides (2014)
- Readings:
- Doug Engelbart (The Economist)
- Computer Visionary Who Invented the Mouse (New York Times)
- 1968 Demo of NLS by Doug Engelbart
- “The Computer for the 21st Century” by Mark Weiser
Workshop: Electronics Prototyping Workshop (lead by Philipp) (120 Minutes)
Basic hands on introduction to the Arduino microcontroller and its IDE. The TA’s will assign 6 groups for the workshop. We are aware that we have students in the class that are experts at electronics and programming and students that don’t have any experience with neither. Therefore each group will have at least one expert and you are supposed to learn from each other. Brainstorm ideas together then try to assign tasks within your group(coding, building, presenting … ) to finish the project within class time .
Compared to last class, where we wanted you to come up with ideas for existing everyday objects, this time you will have to come up with ideas for a generic object that can potentially be many things. Also, you will have to make it work and present it to the class! We will explain the exact task in class on Tuesday.
Outside of class this week we want you to form groups for the 1st assignment. You can stick with the group you were assigned to or change group. We will explain Assignment 1 in class.
September 30
Lecture: Tangible History (40 min)
- Introduction of TUI #3 (by Hiroshi Ishii) ▶ slides (2014)
- Readings:
- “Bricks: laying the foundations for graspable user interfaces ” by Fitzmaurice, Ishii, and Buxton
- “Urp: a luminous-tangible workbench for urban planning and design.” by John Underkoffler and Hiroshi Ishii
Computational Sensation (by Felix)
October 7 UIST 2014 – Hiroshi & Philipp out of town
Lecture on GIFS: (Slides)
Workshop: Project 1 Discussion
Discussion of ideas and prototypes for Project 1. The group and TA’s are going to give you feedback on your ideas and directions as well as technical support.
October 14
Project 1 Presentations (2 hours)
Guest Lecture by Daniel Leithinger Shape Display (1 hour)
Physical Telepresence: Shape Capture and Display for Embodied, Computer-mediated Remote Collaboration (UIST 2014)
inFORM: Dynamic Physical Affordances and Constraints through Shape and Object Actuation
October 21 No Class: Media Lab Fall Member Meeting
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October 28
Lecture: Overview of Radical Atoms Research (by Hiroshi Ishii) ▶ Ishii’s Radical Atoms slides (PDF)
Readings:
Radical Atoms: Beyond Tangible Bits, Toward Transformable Materials
Guest Lecture by Lining Yao & Jifei Ou on Programmable Materials
Lecture Slides:
November 4 – Pneumatic Day
Guest lecture by Kevin C. Galloway, Ph.D.
Galloway’s research interests are in applying knowledge of materials and manufacturing techniques (such as shape deposition manufacturing, composite part design, and standard CNC machining) toward the development of bioinspired robots. He completed his Ph.D. in 2010 at the University of Pennsylvania, where he developed a composite tunable stiffness leg and experimentally investigated the role of passive variable compliance on a hexapedal running robot. During his graduate studies, he applied his mechanical design experience toward several product development ventures including the development of an actuator based on dielectric elastomers, a traffic safety device, a medical wrap, commercialization of a tailgating product, and leading the mechanical design of a legged robot for a start-up company.
Guest lecture by Lining Yao on Pneumatic User Interfaces
Guest Lecture by Jifei Ou on JamSheets
Live demonstration of the fabrication process for Jamming and Pneumatic Control
November 11 No Class: Veterans Day
November 18
Guest Lecture by Prof. Neri Oxman
Guest Lecture by Lining and Jifei on Stimuli Responsive Materials
November 25 – Actuated Material Day
(Hiroshi in Tokyo)
Guest Lecture by Skylar Tibbits on Self Assembly and Programmable Materials
Guest Lecture by Felix
Feedback Session for Final Project.
December 2 Final Class: Final Project Presentations
December 9 No Class – 12/02 is the final class
- Hiroshi in Seoul for HCI Korea 2015 Keynote