iFAD gestures: understanding users' gesture input performance with index-finger augmentation devices

RD Vatavu - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We examine gestures performed with a class of input devices with distinctive quality
properties in the wearables landscape, which we call “index-Finger Augmentation …

Vim: Customizable, Decomposable Electrical Energy Storage

KW Song, E Paulos - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Providing electrical power is essential for nearly all interactive technologies, yet it often
remains an afterthought. Some designs handwave power altogether as an “exercise for …

Lotio: Lotion-mediated interaction with an electronic skin-worn display

KW Song, C Dierk, ST Tung, E Paulos - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Skin-based electronics are an emerging genre of interactive technologies. In this paper, we
leverage the natural uses of lotions and propose them as mediators for driving novel, low …

FabricatINK: Personal fabrication of bespoke displays using electronic ink from upcycled E readers

O Hanton, Z Shen, M Fraser, A Roudaut - … of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
FabricatINK explores the personal fabrication of irregularly-shaped low-power displays
using electronic ink (E ink). E ink is a programmable bicolour material used in traditional …

Augmenting on-body touch input with tactile feedback through fingernail haptics

PKD Tran, PVA Gadepalli, J Lee… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The key assumption attributed to on-body touch input is that the skin being touched provides
natural tactile feedback. In this paper, we for the first time systematically explore augmenting …

AlterWear: battery-free wearable displays for opportunistic interactions

C Dierk, MJP Nicholas, E Paulos - … of the 2018 CHI Conference on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
As the landscape of wearable devices continues to expand, power remains a major issue for
adoption, usability, and miniaturization. Users are faced with an increasing number of …

Rethinking the runway: Using avant-garde fashion to design a system for wearables

T Seyed, J Devine, J Finney, M Moskal… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Technology has become increasingly pervasive in the creative and experimental
environment of the avant-garde fashion runway, particularly in relation to its garments …

Eslucent: an eyelid interface for detecting eye blinking

E Luo, R Fu, A Chu, K Vega, HL Kao - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Eyelid stickers are thin strips that temporarily create a crease when attached to the eyelid.
The direct contact with the crease that increases and decreases the pressure on the eyelid …

Nailz: Sensing hand input with touch sensitive nails

DY Lee, SH Lee, I Oakley - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Touches between the fingers of an unencumbered hand represent a ready-to-use, eyes-free
and expressive input space suitable for interacting with wearable devices such as smart …

SkinnyPower: enabling batteryless wearable sensors via intra-body power transfer

R Shukla, N Kiran, R Wang, J Gummeson… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
In this work, we present SkinnyPower, a technology for Intra-Body Power Transfer (IBPT) that
wirelessly transfers power through human skin to operate batteryless wearable sensors. We …