The Transformative Human Interfaces for the Next Generation (THING) Lab closed at the end of 2023.
The lab employed听shape-changing materials, novel sensors and unique design methods to make digital information tangible, paving the way for a new generation of interactivity that goes beyond sight and sound. The听lab听was听directed by Daniel Leithinger.听
Lab Director
Associated Researchers
Alumni
Publications
C. L. Hunt, K. Sun, Z. Dhuliawala, F. Tsukiyama, I. Matkovic, Z. Schwemier, A. Wolf, Z. Zhang, A. Druin, A. Huynh,听D. Leithinger, J. Yip. 2023. 鈥溾��. In:听ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC '23)听(Chicago, IL, June 19-23, 2023).
Ran Zhou,听Zachary Schwemler, Akshay Baweja, Harpreet Sareen,听Casey Lee Hunt, and听Daniel Leithinger. 2023. "". In:听Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems听(Hamburg, Germany, April 23-28, 2023). 听
Cathy Mengying Fang, Ryo Suzuki, and听Daniel Leithinger. 2023. "". In:听Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems听(Hamburg, Germany, April 23-28, 2023). 听
Ran Zhou,听Zachary Schwemler, Akshay Baweja, Harpreet Sareen,听Casey Lee Hunt, and听Daniel Leithinger. 2023. "". In:听Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems听(Hamburg, Germany, April 23-28, 2023). 听
Chris Hill*,听Casey Lee Hunt* (*shared first authorship),听Sammie Crowder, Brett Fiedler, Emily B. Moore, and听Ann Eisenberg. 2023. 鈥溾��. In:听Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '23)听(Warsaw, Poland, February 26 - March 1, 2023).
Ran Zhou, Harpreet Sareen, Yufei Zhang, and听Daniel Leithinger.听2022. "".听In:听Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1330鈥�1344.(June 13-17, 2022鈥擵irtual Event, Australia)听[Best Pictorial Honorable Mention].
Ryo Suzuki, Eyal Ofek, Mike Sinclair,听Daniel Leithinger, and Mar Gonzalez-Franco. 2021.听. In听The Adjunct Publication of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 131鈥�133. DOI:听(Virtual鈥揙ct.10-14, 2021).
Purnendu, Sasha M Novack, Eric Acome, Christoph Keplinger, Mirela Alistar, Mark D Gross, Carson Bruns, and Daniel Leithinger. 2021. Electriflow: Soft Electrohydraulic Building Blocks for Prototyping Shape-changing Interfaces. Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2021. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1280鈥�1290. DOI: (June 28-July 2,听2021鈥�Virtual Event).
Purnendu, Eric Acome, Christoph Keplinger, Mark D. Gross, Carson Bruns, Daniel Leithinger. 2021. Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators for Origami Inspired Shape-Changing Interfaces. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI '21 Extended Abstracts). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. . (Yokohama, Japan鈥揗ay 8-13, 2021). .
Hooman Hedayati, Ryo Suzuki, Daniel Leithinger, Daniel J. Szafir. 2020. PufferBot: Actuated Expandable Structures for Aerial Robots. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2020). DOI: . (Las Vegas, Nevada鈥揙ct.听25-29, 2020) .
Ryo Suzuki, Rubaiat Habib Kazi, Li-Yi Wei, Stephen DiVerdi, Wilmot Li, and听Daniel Leithinger. 2020. RealitySketch: Embedding Responsive Graphics and Visualizations in AR through Dynamic Sketching. 听In听Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages. DOI:听听(Minneapolis, Minnesota鈥揙ct. 20-23, 2020)听[Honorable Mention Paper Award].
Ryo Suzuki,听Hooman Hedayati,听Clement Zheng, James Bohn,听Daniel Szafir,听Ellen Yi-Luen Do,听Mark D Gross, and听Daniel Leithinger. 2020. RoomShift: Room-scale Dynamic Haptics for VR with Furniture-moving Swarm Robots. In听Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 396, 11 pages. DOI:听听 (Honolulu, Hawaii听鈥撎鼳pril 25-30, 2020).
Ryo Suzuki, Ryosuke Nakayama, Dan Liu, Yasuaki Kakehi, Mark D. Gross, and Daniel Leithinger. 2020. LiftTiles: Constructive Building Blocks for Prototyping Room-scale Shape-changing Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI '20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Pages 143鈥�151. DOI: (Sydney, Australia -- Feb. 9-12, 2020).听
Ryo Suzuki, Ryosuke Nakayama, Dan Liu, Yasuaki Kakehi,听Mark D. Gross, and听Daniel Leithinger.听2019.听LiftTiles: Modular and Reconfigurable Room-scale Shape Displays through Retractable Inflatable Actuators.听In Adjunct Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '19).听ACM, New York, NY, USA,听1-3.
DOI:听听(New Orleans, Louisiana 鈥� Oct. 20-23, 2019).
Ryo Suzuki,听Clement Zheng, Yasuaki Kakehi,听Tom Yeh,听Ellen Yi-Luen Do,听Mark D. Gross,听Daniel Leithinger. 2019. ShapeBots: Shape-changing Swarm Robots. In Proceedings of The 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'19). 听To appear (New Orleans, Louisiana听鈥� Oct. 20-23, 2019).
Ryosuke Nakayama,听Ryo Suzuki,听Satoshi Nakamaru, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Yasuaki Kakehi. 2019. MorphIO: Entirely Soft Sensing and Actuation Modules for Programming Shape Changes through Tangible Interaction. In Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 975-986. DOI:听. Best Paper Award.
Peter Gyory,听Clement Zheng,听Daniel Leithinger, and听Ellen Yi-Luen Do. 2019. HOT SWAP: Probing Embodied Game Interfaces With Reconfigurable Controllers. In听Companion Publication of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2019 Companion听(DIS '19 Companion). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 183-187. DOI:听.听(San Diego, CA, USA 鈥� June 23 - 28, 2019).
Clement Zheng,听Jeeeun Kim,听Daniel Leithinger,听Mark D. Gross, and听Ellen Yi-Luen Do.听2019. Mechamagnets: Designing and Fabricating Haptic and Functional Physical Inputs with Embedded Magnets. In听Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction听(TEI '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 325-334. DOI:听
Ryo Suzuki, Junichi Yamaoka,听Daniel Leithinger,听Tom Yeh,听Mark D. Gross, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Yasuaki Kakehi. 2018.听Dynablock: Dynamic 3D Printing for Instant and Reconstructable Shape Formation. In听Proceedings of The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'18).听DOI:听听(Berlin, Germany 鈥� Oct.听14-17, 2018).
Udayan Umapathi, Patrick Shin, Ken Nakagaki,听Daniel Leithinger,听and Hiroshi Ishii. 2018. Programmable Droplets for Interaction. In听Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems听(CHI EA '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA. DOI:听听(Montreal QC, Canada 鈥� April 21 - 26, 2018).
