Tangible Interactions AHO

Reading resources/Compendium

Mosse — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:48:44 +0000

History & Background
Wonders of the Future by Nikola Tesla (full text online)
Tales of tomorrow (from the Acme Novelty Library) by Chris Ware
The computer for the 21st century by Mark Weiser (full text online)
In the Bubble by John Thackara (sample pdf chapter online)

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Ubiquitous computing
Contemporary perspectives on ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) as an area of research and development. Here we see critical perspectives of the field from architecture and interaction design, and some observations on the nature of ubiquitous computing in practice.
Digital Ground by Malcolm McCullough (sample pdf chapter online)
Everyware by Adam Greenfield (introduction pdf online).
Yesterday’s tomorrows: Questioning Ubicomp’s dominant vision by
Bell & Dourish (pdf online)
Getting out of the City: Meaning and structure in Everyday
encounters with Space by Bell & Dourish (pdf online)

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Tangible, social and embodied interaction

A brief history of interaction with computers including the development of the original mouse. An example of the design of tangible interfaces, including the creation of interaction models, and a simple manifesto for curious, playful interfaces.

Where the action is: the foundations of embodied interaction by
Paul Dourish (sample pdf chapter online)
Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge (chapter 1 – the mouse
and the desktop + video)
Emerging frameworks for tangible user interfaces by Ullmer & Ishii
The Curious Interface: A Design Manifesto in Favor of Play by Jane
McGonigal (pdf online)
The tangible user interface and its evolution by Hiroshi Ishii
The usability of everyday technology’ by Petersen, Madsen og Kjær
Sensorial interfaces by Angela Chang & Hiroshi Ishii
Aesthetic interaction by Petersen, Iversen & Krogh
Getting a grip on tangible interaction by Hornecker & Buur

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Products, services and artefacts
Contemporary products are increasingly computational, interactive and social. We start with a strong vision of a sustainable future of things, then we explore how the internet and products are influencing each other including social software, service design and mobile devices.
Shaping things by Bruce Sterling (sample pdf chapters online)
3C products, The life of products and Experience hooks by Matt Webb (weblog posts)
On the Ground Running by Adam Greenfield (weblog post)
Mobile essentials by Jan Chipchase et al (paper and weblog post)
What makes a good social object? and Why some social network
services work and others don’t by Jyri Engestrom (weblog posts)

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Method
Introducing a wide range of methods for interaction design and interactive products. We look at the role of qualitative research in design processes, developing fictional products, using cultural probes, ‘hackability’ and the ethnographic study of mobile objects.
Design Research by Brenda Laurel (introductions to qualitative and
quantitative methods)
The importance of fictional products by Allan Chochinov
Cultural probes and the value of uncertainty by Bill Gaver et al
Portable Objects in Three Global Cities: The Personalization of
Urban Places by Mizuko Ito et al (pdf online)
Design for Hackability by Anne Galloway et al (pdf online)
Don’t design for ‘mobile’ – design for mobility by Adaptive Path
Making Things Talk by Tom Igoe (entire book)

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Museums and Spaces: project brief, schedule etc

Ant — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:38:09 +0000

The briefs, project outline and timetable for the Museums and Spaces course is available here: TekniskMuseum-brief-2

(Updated 8 April 2010)

Physical computation shopping list

Mosse — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:34:28 +0000

“Physical computing as design material – explorations and experience “

During this 5 week module we are going to learn about electronics, programming and designing interactive products. We start on Monday 22.02.2010. On Monday you will have one assignment and one lecture/workshop:

10:00 Assignment 0 : Buying tools. You start the day with getting the tools you need for the course. We will not meet at AHO until 12:00, and by then you should be properly equipped. More on what you need to get below.

12:00 – 16:00 Lecture 1 : Introduction and sort of designing with electricity. Intro, course-plan and some experiments.

You will be given online tutorials and things to look at as homework afterwards.

ASSIGNMENT 0 : BUYING TOOLS

You will have to have a small set of private tools for this course and you will need them right away. Your shopping list is as follows:

> 1 soldering iron. (In norwegian: Loddebolt / loddepen)You need a simple fixed temperature soldering iron that do about 30W and have a changeable tip. I recommend that you do not buy the cheapest ones (around 50,-) but the next one up at about 100,- . You need to have a slim tip that isn’t more than 4mm at the end. It should look something like this

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9507

or this one:

30-9931 30 W4 mm 109,0 from:

http://www.clasohlson.no/Product/Product.aspx?id=134361065

( Do not buy one that comes with a ‘learn electronics kit’ )

> 1 soldering iron stand. You will need a stand for your soldering iron and a sponge for cleaning it. Sometimes you get a little one with the iron, and it is usually all right to begin with. It could look like this:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9477

> 1 solder wick. (Loddelisse)A lifesaving de-soldering tool. Looks like this:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9327

http://www.clasohlson.no/Product/Product.aspx?id=147216419

> 1 Needle nose pliers. (Spisstang / Radiotang) Looks like this:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8793

> 1 Diagonal cutters. (Sideavbiter / elektronikkverktøy) Looks like this:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8794

The pliers can be bought in a kit like this:

http://www.clasohlson.no/Product/Product.aspx?id=134443162

> 1 mini screwdriver set with both phillips and flat tips (Miniatyrskrutrekkere). A cheap one will do. Looks like this:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=80

> 1 Wire strippers. (Avisoleringstang)You will need some kind of wire strippers that go down to at least 0.8 mm wire. They look like this:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8696

> Some rolls of narrow electro tape. (Electro tape) http://www.clasohlson.no/Product/Product.aspx?id=147451197

> A couple of 9V batteries.

> 1 small tool-box/shoe-box. Most of the things we work with are small, and you need a small box to keep your stuff in.

These are the tools you need to start of with electronics. You might also want to get a simple (small) multimeter like this http://www.clasohlson.no/Product/Product.aspx?id=146986113 (or cheaper). And you will need your usual product design tools (knifes, screwdrivers, glue, needles etc).

You will be provided with a kit to borrow with components and an Arduino-board. But we will not start with this until Wedensday. You should however download and install the Arduino-software from here: http://arduino.cc/

I look forward to see you on Monday!

Einar Sneve Martinussen