Sound is an important medium in our lives, but its ephemeral nature can be problematic when people cannot recall something they heard in the past. Motivated by everyday conversatio...
Gillian R. Hayes, Shwetak N. Patel, Khai N. Truong...
Finding lost items is a common problem for the visually impaired and is something that computing technology can help alleviate. In this paper, we present the design and evaluation...
Julie A. Kientz, Shwetak N. Patel, Arwa Z. Tyebkha...
Abstract We have explored the challenges of designing domestic services to help family and friends determine mutually agreeable times to call. In our first study, we identified a...
Kristine S. Nagel, Ja-Young Sung, Gregory D. Abowd
This proposal describes the early phase of our design process developing a robot cell-phone named CALLY, with which we are exploring the roles of facial and gestural expressions o...
We describe our approach and initial results in the participatory design of technology relevant to local rural livelihoods. Our approach to design and usability proceeds from rese...
Kevin Walker, Joshua Underwood, Timothy Mwololo Wa...