The amount of e-waste generated by discarding devices is enormous but options for
recycling remain limited. However, inside a discarded device (from consumer devices to …

Reducing the environmental footprint of electronics and computing devices requires new
tools that empower designers to make informed decisions about sustainability during the …

Designing plant-driven actuators presents an opportunity to create new types of devices that
grow, age, and decay, such as robots that embody these qualities in their physical structure …

The sense of touch is fundamental to how we interact with the physical and digital world.
Conventional interactive surfaces and tactile interfaces use electronic sensors embedded …

Mark Weiser predicted in 1991 that computing would lead to individuals interacting with
countless computing devices, seamlessly integrating them into their daily lives until they …

Bio-based and bio-degradable materials have shown promising results for sustainable
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) applications, including shape-changing interfaces …

While it seems counterintuitive to think of degradation within an operating device as
beneficial, one may argue that when rationally designed, the controlled breakdown of …

Paper and touchscreen devices are two common objects found around us, and we
investigated the potential of their intersection for tangible interface design. In this research …

We present EcoThreads, a sustainable e-textile prototyping approach for fabricating
biodegradable functional threads. We synthesized two thread-based fabrication methods …

The iterative prototyping process for printed circuit boards (PCBs) frequently employs
surface-mounted device (SMD) components, which are often discarded rather than reused …