Course Design Project
Access the course Design Project Brief and see more examples to inspire your project. Note that solutions should not only be touchpanel-button oriented design!
Human-Computer Confluence
There are various ways in which technology can be designed to become "part of the self". The Report from an EU Consultation Workshop (Nov 2007) is a useful overview.
Tangible interface objects
Human Computer Confluence by Alois Ferscha, Stefan Resmerita and Clemens Holzmann. In Universal Access in Ambient Intelligence Environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. Volume 4397/2007.
Brain-computer interaction
Brain-Computer Interaction by Christoph Guger. Techniques and also some interesting examples of experiments.
Brain-computer interface for Second Life. "A research team led by professor Jun’ichi Ushiba of the Keio University Biomedical Engineering Laboratory has developed a BCI system that lets the user walk an avatar through the streets of Second Life while relying solely on the power of thought."
User Experience and Presence
Future Places: Augmenting the real with virtual worlds
by Professor David Benyon
an easy to read booklet with short articles covering different perspectives on 'mediated presence'.
Presence as a Dimension of Communication: Context of Use and the Person.
In 'From Communication to Presence - Cognition, Emotions and Culture: Towards the Ultimate Communicative Experience' Edited by Giuseppe Riva, M. Teresa Anguera, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Fabrizia Mantovani, IOS Press 2006.
Mind, brain, and emerging technologies
Positive Technology Journal is a blog by Andrea Gaggioli, which features a rapidly updated collection of articles and comments on new technologies, in areas such as Pervasive Computing, Brain-Computer Interaction, Presence, Wearables, Social Robotics, etc. Well worth visiting!
Natural-Born Cyborgs - a provocative and interesting book by Andy Clark about the role of information technology in making human intelligence, and its future. You can find many of his articles available on-line here.
Virtual assistants and companions
Digital Animations Group website.
Another HCI text book worth looking at (not necessary to buy for course):
Preece, J., Rogers, Y., Sharp, H. Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, second revised edition. NY: Wiley, 2007. The companion website has some interesting stuff, including "interactivities".