XRDS

Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students

Sign In

Association for Computing Machinery

Magazine: Features
Profile Hiroshi Ishii
Tangible bits

Profile Hiroshi Ishii
Tangible bits

By ,

Full text also available in the ACM Digital Library as PDF | HTML | Digital Edition

Tags: Human computer interaction (HCI)

Thank you for your interest in this article. This content is protected. You may log in with your ACM account or subscribe to access the full text.

Pointers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Laboratory

77 Mass. Ave., E14/E15
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA
http://www.media.mit.edu

Where to Find HCI Events

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

Multi-touch

A usually flat surface that can detect multiple finger gestures, popularized by the iPhone, and a common component of tangible user interfaces

TUI

Tangible User Interface

WIMP

Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers, the typical way we interact with a GUI