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 …

Punch-Sketching E-textiles: Exploring Punch Needle as a Technique for Sustainable, Accessible, and Iterative Physical Prototyping with E-textiles

L Jones, M Sturdee, S Nabil, A Girouard - Proceedings of the Fifteenth …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Tangible toolkits enable individuals to explore concepts through combining components
together and taking them apart. The strength and limitation of many e-textile toolkits is that …

Skinergy: Machine-Embroidered Silicone-Textile Composites as On-Skin Self-Powered Input Sensors

TC Yu, N Wang, S Ellenbogen, CHL Kao - Proceedings of the 36th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We propose Skinergy for self-powered on-skin input sensing, a step towards prolonged on-
skin device usages. In contrast to prior on-skin gesture interaction sensors, Skinergy's …

Bodyprinter: Fabricating circuits directly on the skin at arbitrary locations using a wearable compact plotter

Y Choi, N Ryu, MJ Kim, A Dementyev… - Proceedings of the 33rd …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
On-body electronics and sensors offer the opportunity to seamlessly augment the human
with computing power. Accordingly, numerous previous work investigated methods that …

Feather hair: Interacting with sensorized hair in public settings

M Muehlhaus, J Steimle, M Koelle - Proceedings of the 2022 ACM …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Human hair opens up new opportunities for embodied interactions that build on its unique
physical affordances and location on the body. As hair has high socio-cultural significance …

A 10-Year Review of the Methods and Purposes of On-Skin Interface Research in ACM SIGCHI

SY Lee, MT Islam Molla, CHL Kao - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
This paper aims to organize research from Association for Computing Machinery Special
Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) associated conferences that …

Creative probes, proxy feelers, and speculations on interactive skin

C Jewitt, N Barker, L Golmohammadi - Multimodal Technologies and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper critically discusses the combination of creative and social research methods to
generate a novel approach to explore the multimodal technoscape. This paper draws on an …

Embody: A data-centric toolkit for EMG-based interface prototyping and experimentation

J Karolus, F Kiss, C Eckerth, N Viot… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Body movements, from a short smile to a marathon run, are driven by muscle activity.
Despite the fact that measuring muscle activity with electromyography (EMG) is technically …

Print-A-Sketch: A Handheld Printer for Physical Sketching of Circuits and Sensors on Everyday Surfaces

N Pourjafarian, M Koelle, F Mjaku… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We present Print-A-Sketch, an open-source handheld printer prototype for sketching circuits
and sensors. Print-A-Sketch combines desirable properties from free-hand sketching and …