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Choreographing the extended agent : performance graphics for dance theater
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The marriage of dance and interactive image has been a persistent dream over the past decades, but reality has fallen far short of potential for both technical and conceptual reasons. This thesis proposes a new approach ...
A forearm controller and tactile display
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis discusses the design and implementation of ARMadillo, a simple virtual environment interface in the form of a small wireless device that is worn on the forearm. Designed to be portable, intuitive, and low cost, ...
Automated analysis of musical structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Listening to music and perceiving its structure is a fairly easy task for humans, even for listeners without formal musical training. For example, we can notice changes of notes, chords and keys, though we might not be ...
The structural determinants of media contagion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Informal exchanges between friends, family and acquaintances play a crucial role in the dissemination of news and opinion. These casual interactions are embedded in a network of communication that spans our society, allowing ...
The Viscous Display : a transient interface for collective play in public space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The Viscous Display is a tangible, mobile, flexible display device that explores the exchange of social information through transient public interfaces. Shaped by principles of so-called 'underground public art', the Viscous ...
Documentation : a reflective practice approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The Center for Reflective Community Practice in MIT's Department of Urban studies is involved in projects helping community organizers working on social change. In order to foster reflection, they are currently utilizing ...
Interaction harvesting for document retrieval
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Despite advances in search technology, few software systems have been developed which accurately categorize multimedia files. The most successful systems for searching images, sounds, or movies rely on keyword annotation ...
Process makes perfect
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis presents a software architecture for developing art and design tools that automatically capture the artist's interaction and records the entire creative process. The software uses the artist's interaction with ...
Cooperative multicast in wireless networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Wireless communication has fundamental impairments due to multi-path fading, attenuation, reflections, obstructions, and noise. More importantly, it has historically been designed to mimic a physical wire; in concept other ...
Hook-ups : how youth learn through creating physical computer interfaces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The Hook-ups project introduces a new set of tools, materials, and activities intended to support children in creating physical computer input devices for computer programs they write. This project introduces a new approach ...