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CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
An evaluation of coordination techniques for protecting objects and territories in tabletop groupware
Indirect input techniques allow users to quickly access all parts of tabletop workspaces without the need for physical access; however, indirect techniques restrict the available ...
David Pinelle, Mutasem Barjawi, Miguel A. Nacenta,...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Blobby: how to guide a blind person
For the majority of blind people, walking in unknown places is a very difficult, or even impossible, task to perform, when without help. The adoption of the white cane is the main...
Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim A. Jorge, Tiago João ...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
The doctor as the second opinion and the internet as the first
People who use the Internet for health information often obtain their first opinion that way, and then, if they go to a doctor, the doctors advice is relegated to the second opini...
Lisa Neal Gualtieri
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Supporting carers in their caring role through design
Carers are people who look after family, partners or friends who could not manage without them because of frailness, illness or disability. Our contribution is to show the potenti...
Andrea Taylor, Richard Wilson, Stefan Agamanolis
CHI
2008
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
CueFlik: interactive concept learning in image search
Web image search is difficult in part because a handful of keywords are generally insufficient for characterizing the visual properties of an image. Popular engines have begun to ...
James Fogarty, Desney S. Tan, Ashish Kapoor, Simon...