Cord UIs: Controlling Devices with Augmented Cables
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Jagannath, Krithika; Schoessler, Philipp; Leigh, Sang-won; van Hoof, Patrick Johan Nicolaas; Ishii, Hiroshi
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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.
Date issued
2015-01Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Sloan School of ManagementJournal
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction - TEI '14
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Schoessler, Philipp et al. “Cord UIs: Controlling Devices with Augmented Cables.” ACM Press, 2015. 395–398.
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978-1-4503-3305-4