COLUMN: Letter from the editor
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The future of interaction
Interfaces everywhere
By Chris Harrison
Issue 16.4 marks the all-new XRDS. We're proud to introduce a new format, new content, and new vision for the student magazine of the ACM. Inside this issue, you'll discover a dozen new columns, things like "Advice," a tutorial called "Hello World," "Labz," and much more. You can also read a number of feature articles on the theme The Future of Interaction. No longer do we think of computing solely as sitting in front of a desktop computer with a keyboard and mouse. Computing happens everywhere.
By Chris Harrison
While computing has advanced exponentially, almost explosively, since the 1970s, input devices have only just begun to change. Why?
By Johnny Chung Lee
Pens may seem old-fashioned, but some researchers think they are the future of interaction. Can they teach this old dog some new tricks?
By Gordon Kurtenbach
Tap. Slide. Swipe. Shake. Tangible user interfaces have some scientists toying around with stuff you can really put your hands on.
By Sergi Jordà, Carles F. Julià, Daniel Gallardo
Enabling mobile micro-interactions with physiological computing.
By Desney Tan, Dan Morris, T. Scott Saponas
Techniques and devices are being developed to better suit what we think of as the new smallness.
By Patrick Baudisch, Christian Holz
Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to change the way we use devices, and there are at least four methods for implementation.
By Evan Peck, Krysta Chauncey, Audrey Girouard, Rebecca Gulotta, Francine Lalooses, Erin Treacy Solovey, Doug Weaver, Robert Jacob
By David Chiu