Cord UIs: Controlling Devices with Augmented Cables
Author(s)
Jagannath, Krithika
Schoessler, Philipp
Leigh, Sang-won
van Hoof, Patrick Johan Nicolaas
Ishii, Hiroshi
Date Issued
January 2015
Journal
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction - TEI '14
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Citation
Schoessler, Philipp et al. “Cord UIs: Controlling Devices with Augmented Cables.” ACM Press, 2015. 395–398.
Version
Author's final manuscript
Abstract
Cord UIs are sensorial augmented cords that allow for simple metaphor-rich interactions to interface with their connected devices. Cords offer a large underexplored space for interactions as well as unique properties and a diverse set of metaphors that make them potentially interesting tangible interfaces. We use cords as input devices and explore different interactions like tying knots, stretching, pinching and kinking to control the flow of data and/or power. We also look at ways to use objects in combination with augmented cords to manipulate data or properties of a device. For instance, placing a clamp on a cable can obstruct the audio signal to the headphones. Using special materials such as piezo copolymer cables and stretchable cords we built five working prototypes to showcase the interactions described in this paper.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Sloan School of Management
Terms of Use
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1145/2677199.2680601
