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My new PC is a mobile phone
Techniques and devices are being developed to better suit what we think of as the new smallness.
My new PC is a mobile phone
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Pointers
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI) keeps a handy calendar of events related to HCI
http://www.sigchi.org/conferences/calendarofevents.html
Jargon
Graphical User Interface
Human-Computer Interaction: a subfield of computer science
A usually flat surface that can detect multiple finger gestures, popularized by the iPhone, and a common component of tangible user interfaces
Tangible User Interface
Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers, the typical way we interact with a GUI