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Ozgun Kilic Afsar
Large language models are increasingly used for ideation, yet most interactions with them occur through linear GUI-based chat interfaces th…
Electrofluidic Fiber Muscles are a new class of artificial muscle fibers for robots and wearables. By integrating charge-injection electroh…
What does it mean to give artificial intelligence a body? Not a body in the fleshy sense, or even a humanoid shell, but a form through whic…
PixBric: Precision Morphological Control of Pre-Stretched Fabrics ThroughTessellated Primitive Geometries3D printing onto pre-stretched fab…
TangiGumball is a tangible, real-world incarnation of the widely used “gumball” tool found in many CAD (Computer-Aided Design) progra…
Physical play is integral to childhood development. Often children pair sound, dialogue, and onomatopoeia with their actions and interactio…
In this paper, we discuss a new physical interface towards agentic models. We define AI Cohabitants as new interfaces for agentic models th…
While legacy sketchnotes capture rich design rationales and inspirations, they are rarely reused in contemporary practice. We present Co-Id…
The act of cracking knuckles often stems from psychological tension, nervous focus, or the satisfaction of release. Crackers explores how t…
From Remote Space to Remote TimeTuesday, April 14, 2026 (14:15 – 15:45 CEST)CHI 2026 Panel This panel explores a design vision that re…
Modern children’s entertainment has shifted increasingly into the digital realm. Growing up during this transition, our team draws on our o…
Machine learning in acoustics is an emerging field with great potential yet to be explored. Previous research includes predicting acoustic …
We introduce E-LIG, a laser-enabled, additive fabrication method for flexible, double-sided printed circuit boards (PCBs) with integrated …
Accepted at UIST25With rising climate change and e-waste, BioLIG introduces a technique to functionalize bio-based materials through laser-…
The Anemoia Device is a scent-memory machine that distills analogue photographs into bespoke fragrances.Guided by a generative AI models an…
FiberCircuits: A Miniaturization Framework To Manufacture Fibers That Embed Integrated Circuits• Keywords:Embedded Systems, Wearables,…
We demonstrate a multimodal approach for perceptual learning that supplements a perceptually-ambiguous audio stimulus with haptics. In our …
Can you ever be what you say and say what you are?Can your speech genuinely represent yourself and convey your thoughts and meaning?Does y…
A Framework For Designing Augmented Human-Flora Interaction.
OmniFiber is a reconfigurable fiber technology for movement-based interactions based on thin fluidic fiber actuators with closed-loop strai…
ARS ELECTRONICA 2021Garden CAMBRIDGE
FibeRobo is a novel body-temperature shape-changing fiber based on liquid crystal elastomers. The development of a new fabrication techniqu…
MetaSense: Integrating Sensing Capabilities into Mechanical Metamaterial. J. Gong*, O. Seow*, C. Honnet*, J. Forman, S…
People die twice.First, when they die.Then when they are forgotten.Rokusuke Ei (1933-2016)
by Ken Nakagaki, Jordan L Tappa, Yi Zheng*, Joanne Leong, Jack Forman, Sven Koenig*, and Hiroshi Ishii*Collaborators at the Unive…
Orbiting is a cooperation between artist Thom Kubli and Prof. Hiroshi Ishii, featuring the Tangible Media group. It is a novel approach to …
When materials sciences meet HCI and e-textiles, for custom sensors and actuatorsIn this project we explore the process of polymerization t…
Therms-Up! is a DIY method of creating inflatables and prototyping interactive materials from wasted thermoplastic bags that easily found a…
By Hila Mor, Yu Tianyu, Ken Nakagaki, Benjamin Harvey Miller, Yichen Jia, Hiroshi IshiiThe Venous Materials project envisions a new way to …
In this project the ephemeral and intangible aspects of human communication are represented by a soap-bubble. The shapeless, intangibl…
'Shells, often found on seashores, exemplifies the absence of existed lives. What if a presence dwells in to animate them?'Projec…
Renee Magritte's “Treachery of Images” highlighted the fallacy in which images and words are prescribed meaning. It is obvious that a paint…
HelioZZZ is an opacity changing eye mask that wakes you up with natural sunlight when you want it. The mask warms your eyes to help you fal…
Dr. Jifei Ou, who received his PhD and graduated from the Tangible Media group in 2019, started a company called OPT Industries, Inc.,…
"Telepresence'" is raising a fundamental question about our existence. "I can see you, I can hear you, but where are you?"The Covid-19 pand…
Patchbots are sheet-form robots that are programmable on-the-fly by direct manipulation through bodily movements. The integrated …
By Ken Nakagaki, Joanne Leong, Jordan L Tappa, Joao Wilbert, and Hiroshi IshiiOverviewProject HERMITS explores a way to greatly a…
OverviewDefeXtiles are thin, flexible textiles of many materials that can quickly be printed into a variety of 3D forms using an inexpensiv…
Integrating sensors and actuators using flexible electronicsCurrently, the manufacturing of self-actuating and self-sensing robots requires…
In nature, hair has numerous functions such as providing warmth, adhesion, locomotion, sensing, and a sense of touch, as well as its well-k…
We developed a concept of transformative appetite, where edible 2D films made of common food materials (protein, cellulose or starch) can t…
TRANSFORM fuses technology and design to celebrate its transformation from still furniture to a dynamic machine driven by a stream of data …
Shape-changing interfaces give physical shape to digital data so that users can feel and manipulate data with their hands and body. Combini…
The project investigates how to make origami structure with inflatables with various materials. We introduce a universal bending mechanism …
Introducing TRANSFORM, a shape-changing desk. TRANSFORM is an exploration of how shape display technology can be integrated into our everyd…
Shape displays can be used to render both 3D physical content and user interface elements. We propose to use shape displays in three differ…
Radical Atoms is our vision of interactions with future materials. Radical Atoms goes beyond Tangible Bits by assuming a hypothetical gener…
MeshModule is a modular construction platform composed of soft, 3D-printed mesh units designed for rapid prototyping of interactive, reconf…
This study introduces PixBric, a pixel-based textile methodology composed of primitive geometries designed to induce controlled morphing be…
Speculating on life in Zero G, with magnetic cloths that dock us to give us a sense of gravity.