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CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Taking the time to care: empowering low health literacy hospital patients with virtual nurse agents
Ninety million Americans have inadequate health literacy, resulting in a reduced ability to read and follow directions in the healthcare environment. We describe an animated, empa...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Laura M. Pfeifer, Brian W. Ja...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Codex: a dual screen tablet computer
The Codex is a dual-screen tablet computer, about the size of a 4"x6" day planner, with a self-supporting binding and embedded sensors. The device can be oriented in a v...
François Guimbretière, Ken Hinckley,...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
PenLight: combining a mobile projector and a digital pen for dynamic visual overlay
Digital pen systems, originally designed to digitize annotations made on physical paper, are evolving to permit a wider variety of applications. Although the type and quality of p...
Hyunyoung Song, Tovi Grossman, George W. Fitzmauri...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Measuring the impact of third place attachment on the adoption of a place-based community technology
CoCollage is a placed-based community technology that leverages the power of online social networking to facilitate awareness and face-to-face interactions in a third place. We ad...
Shelly Farnham, Joseph F. McCarthy, Yagnesh Patel,...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Critical methods and user generated content: the iPhone on YouTube
Sites like YouTube offer vast sources of data for studies of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). However, they also present a number of methodological challenges. This paper offers ...
Mark Blythe, Paul A. Cairns
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Bezel swipe: conflict-free scrolling and multiple selection on mobile touch screen devices
Zooming user interfaces are increasingly popular on mobile devices with touch screens. Swiping and pinching finger gestures anywhere on the screen manipulate the displayed portion...
Volker Roth, Thea Turner
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
What's mine is mine: territoriality in collaborative authoring
Territoriality, the expression of ownership towards an object, can emerge when social actors occupy a shared social space. In the case of Wikipedia, the prevailing cultural norm i...
Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Dan Cosley, Geri Gay
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CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Tactile feedback for predictive text entry
Mark D. Dunlop, Finbarr Taylor
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CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
SiteLens: situated visualization techniques for urban site visits
Urban designers and urban planners often conduct site visits prior to a design activity to search for patterns or better understand existing conditions. We introduce SiteLens, an ...
Sean White, Steven Feiner
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Undo and erase events as indicators of usability problems
One approach to reducing the costs of usability testing is to facilitate the automatic detection of critical incidents: serious breakdowns in interaction that stand out during sof...
David Akers, Matthew Simpson, Robin Jeffries, Terr...