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Action path : a location-based tool for civic reflection and engagement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Many platforms for civic engagement, whether online or offline, require that citizens leave the places they normally inhabit physically or virtually and commit to a separate space and set of processes. Examples include ...
IMMERSION : a platform for visualization and temporal analysis of email data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Visual narratives of our lives enable us to reflect upon our past relationships, collaborations and significant life events. Additionally, they can also serve as digital archives, thus making it possible for others to ...
Music, mind, and mouth : exploring the interaction between music and flavor perception
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis presents a study of how hearing and taste can influence each other, how this interaction can be measured, and how the results can be used to design new, powerful, immersive experiences. The goal of the thesis ...
Electronic digital materials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Digital materials are constructions assembled from a small number of types of discrete building blocks; they represent a new way of building functional, multi-material, three-dimensional structures. In this thesis, I focus ...
Singing about singing : using the voice as a tool for self-reflection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Our voice is an important part of our individuality. From the voice of others, we are able to understand a wealth of non-linguistic information, such as identity, social-cultural clues and emotional state. But the relationship ...
CAD enabling smart handtools
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
CAD (Computer Aided Design) software allows one to describe a design in great detail and at any arbitary scale. However, our interface to CAD is still largely through traditional avenues: screen, keyboard and pointing ...
ActiveStories : infusing author's intention with content to tell a computationally expressive story
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
The form of emotive design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
We have an unconscious understanding of the meaning of different physical objects through our extensive interactions with them. Designers can extend and adapt pre-existing symbolic meanings through the design of these ...
Hacking innovation - group dynamics in innovation teams
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Innovative work is gradually shifting towards collaborative efforts by larger, multidisciplinary teams, making team efficacy an increasingly important field of study. Researchers in this field have mainly focused on ...
Ruminati : modeling the detection of textual cyber-bullying
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The scourge of cyber-bullying has received widespread attention at all levels of society including parents, educators, adolescents, social scientists, psychiatrists and policy makers at the highest echelons of power. ...