Abstract The Maker Movement has gathered much attention recently, and has been one of
the fastest-growing topics, due to contemporary technical and infrastructural developments …

In this study, we attempted to curate a list of tools whose primary intent is to enable and
teach children to code. From this list, we developed a framework for the classification of …

Designers and makers are increasingly interested in leveraging bio-based and bio-
degradable 'do-it-yourself'(DIY) materials for sustainable prototyping. Their self-produced …

Whether a programmer with code or a potter with clay, practitioners engage in an ongoing
process of working and reasoning with materials. Existing discussions in HCI have provided …

The field of new methods and techniques for building electronics is quickly growing-from
research in new materials for circuit building, to modular toolkits, and more recently to …

The material foundations of computer systems and interactive technology is a topic that
gained an increased interest within the HCI community during the last years. In this paper …

LaserFactory is an integrated fabrication process that augments a commercially available
fabrication machine to support the manufacture of fully functioning devices without human …

Advances in rapid prototyping platforms have made physiological sensing accessible to a
wide audience. However, off-the-shelf electrodes commonly used for capturing biosignals …

The recent proliferation of easy to use electronic components and toolkits has introduced a
large number of novices to designing and building electronic projects. Nevertheless …

Despite the increasing popularity of soft interactive devices, their fabrication remains
complex and time consuming. We contribute a process for rapid do-it-yourself fabrication of …