Tangible/Ambient Media
Tuesday, 10 August
10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Room 501AB
Session Chair: Mary Phillipuk, Core 77

Cafe Tools: Contents that Connect People A chair and a lamp present a new style for real communication by adding another communication channel in a future public communication space. Atsuro Ueki Keio University atsurou (at) activemail.jp Masa Inakage Keio University
Very Slowly Animating Textiles: Shimmering Flower A simple technology for non-emissive, color-change textiles. It functions as a woven animated display, constructed with conductive yarns and thermochromic inks together with custom electronics components. Joanna Berzowska XS Labs joey (at) berzowska.com Arkadiusz Banasik XS Labs
Scents of Space: An Interactive Smell System An interactive smell system that allows for three-dimensional placement of fragrances without dispersion, enabling the creation of dynamic olfactory zones and boundaries. Usman Haque Haque Design and Research info (at) haque.co.uk Josephine Pletts Luca Turin Flexitral
A Malleable Surface Touch Interface This touch interface that captures whole-hand input through a malleable surface medium can be used to perform operations involving deformations that would otherwise be difficult with hard surfaces. Timothy Chen The University of British Columbia tichen+sig2k4 (at) ece.ubc.ca Sidney Fels Reynald Hoskinson Florian Vogt The University of British Columbia