Next steps in epidermal computing: Opportunities and challenges for soft on-skin devices

AS Nittala, J Steimle - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Skin is a promising interaction medium and has been widely explored for mobile, and
expressive interaction. Recent research in HCI has seen the development of Epidermal …

Prototyping soft devices with interactive bioplastics

M Koelle, M Nicolae, AS Nittala, M Teyssier… - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Designers and makers are increasingly interested in leveraging bio-based and bio-
degradable 'do-it-yourself'(DIY) materials for sustainable prototyping. Their self-produced …

4Doodle: 4D printing artifacts without 3D printers

Y Tao, S Wang, J Ji, L Cai, H Xia, Z Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
4D printing encodes transformability over time, which empowers users to create artifacts by
on-demand deformation. The creative process of 4D printing shape-changing artifacts can …

SkinKit: Construction Kit for On-Skin Interface Prototyping

PS Ku, MTI Molla, K Huang, P Kattappurath… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The emergence of on-skin interfaces has created an opportunity for seamless, always-
available on-body interactions. However, developing a new fabrication process for on-skin …

Skinpaper: Exploring Opportunities for woven paper as a wearable material for on-skin interactions

J Zhu, N El Nesr, N Rettenmaier, CHL Kao - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Paper circuitry has been extensively explored by HCI researchers as a means of creating
interactive objects. However, these approaches focus on creating desktop or handheld …

DisplayFab: The State of the Art and a Roadmap in the Personal Fabrication of Free-Form Displays Using Active Materials and Additive Manufacturing.

O Hanton, M Fraser, A Roudaut - Proceedings of the CHI Conference on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Over recent years, there has been significant research within HCI towards free-form physical
interactive devices. However, such devices are not straightforward to design, produce and …

Learning with stitch samplers: Exploring stitch samplers as contextual instructions for e-textile tutorials

L Jones, A Girouard - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The field of textile fabrication has a strong pattern-making culture that enables individuals to
reproduce items at home. Electronic textile (e-textile) researchers within HCI are …

Libraries of Things: Understanding the Challenges of Sharing Tangible Collections and the Opportunities for HCI

L Jones, A Nousir, T Everrett, S Nabil - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
“Libraries of Things” are tangible collections of borrowable objects. There are many benefits
to Libraries of Things such as making objects and skill-building accessible, reducing waste …

Goldwork embroidery: Interviews with practitioners on working with metal threads and opportunities for e-textile hybrid crafts

L Jones, S Nabil - Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Creativity and …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Within the emerging field of e-textiles, goldwork embroidery (also known as metalwork)
which uses metal threads and materials is an underexplored area, despite being a centuries …

SweatSkin: rapidly prototyping sweat-sensing on-skin interface based on microfluidics

CJ Lee, D Yang, PS Ku, HLC Kao - … of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Sweat sensing affords monitoring essential bio-signals tailored for various well-being
inspections. We present SweatSkin, the fabrication approach for customizable sweat …