Sticking Together: Handcrafting Personalized Communication Interfaces.
Venue
ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2011, ACM
Publication Year
2011
Authors
Natalie Freed, Jie Qi, Adam Stephenson, Hayes Raffle, Leah Buechley, Cynthia Breazeal
BibTeX
Abstract
We present I/O Stickers, adhesive sensors and actuators thatchildren can use to
create personalized remote communicationinterfaces. By attaching I/O Stickers to
special greeting cards,children can invent ways to communicate with
long-distanceloved ones with personalized, connected messages. Childrendecorate
these cards with their choice of craft materials, creativelyexpressing themselves
while making a functioning interface. Thelow-bandwidth connections leave room for
children to design notonly the look and function, but also the signification of
theconnections. We describe the design of the I/O Stickers, a varietyof artifacts
children have created, and future directions for thetoolkit. Preliminary results
indicate that I/O Stickers are beginningto make a space for creative learning about
communication and tomake keeping in touch playful and meaningful.
