This paper presents the Digital Hourglass, an alarm clock that focuses on the amount of sleep, rather than wake-up times. It follows a simple approach, lighting one LED for each h...
The metaDESK is a user interface platform demonstrating new interaction techniques we call “tangible user interfaces.” We explore the physical instantiation of interface eleme...
This paper introduces COLT (Continuous On-Line Tuning), a novel framework that continuously monitors the workload of a database system and enriches the existing physical design wi...
Karl Schnaitter, Serge Abiteboul, Tova Milo, Neokl...
Using role play at every stage of the design process has been a vital tool for IDEO in working with clients and users. With the dual properties of bringing participants into the m...
This paper presents a design framework for wearable electronic textiles. The focus is on the design and simulation issues that arise from the interaction of the electronic textile...
Thomas Martin, Mark T. Jones, Joshua Edmison, Ravi...