2010
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EU-Canada Exchange Program
A three year Transatlantic Exchange Partnership project entitled LEIF: A Multicultural Exploration into Research and Education for Surface Computing has been approved by the European Commission (EACEA) for funding. Four Canadian and four European Universities will work together. 64 students and 16 researchers will be given the opportunity for a multi-month stay at a research institution in [...]
Europrix 2010 goes to NiCE Formula Editor
We are proud to announce that our NiCE Formula Editor has won the Europrix Multimedia Award 2010 in the category “Content Tools & Interface Design”. 50 nominated projects with more than 200 participants from 23 countries all over Europe took part at the Europrix Festival in Graz, Austria, hoping to win one of the coveted [...]
3M supports the Media Interaction Lab with nice projectors
3M Austria is supporting the Media Interaction Lab. We got some really nice short through projectors which will be tested and evaluated. The SCP716W is a WXGA short throw projector that lets you focus on the best utilization of your interactive classroom space. The SCP716W can display a bright and clear image the same size from [...]
Upcoming deadlines for interesting conferences
CHI 2011, Vancouver (May 7-12 2011), Full (Sep 24), Work in progr. (Jan 14) SIGGRAPH 2011, Vancouver (Aug 7-11 2011), ETech (Feb 18) Interact 2011, Lisbon, (Sept 5-9 2011), Abstract (Jan 10), Full (Jan 24)
Yuji Ayatsuka @ MIL
Yuki Ayatsuka from Toyota just visited the Media Interaction Lab. Yuki has been working for Sony CSL (directed by Jun Rekimoto) before moving to Toyota. It was a really great pleasure for the lab to welcome him and to present our demos.
Federal Minister for Science and Research
Beatrix Karl, the Federal Minister for Science and Research, visited the Media Interaction Lab. During the visit, we presented the Interactive Whiteboard (SLiDE), the NiCE Formula Editor, and the NiCE Living Room with the NiCE Kitchen and the Interactive Table (LiGHT). The lab hopes to get further support from the Government to develop next generation interfaces.
MIT-Talk@MIL: Tangible User Interfaces
Daniel, now PhD student at Hiroshi Ishii’s MIT Tangible Media Group, was visiting the Media Interaction Lab and providing a talk. In his presentation, Daniel was talking about RELIEF, an actuated tabletop display, which is able to render and animate three-dimensional shapes with a malleable surface. It allows users to experience and form digital models like [...]
NiCE Formula Editor
In this project we present the NiCE Formula Editor, which recognizes handwritten formulas to provide in situ computation and visualization. Our editor uses a novel hardware setup, suitable for use as a desktop or whiteboard that disambiguates pen and multi-touch input. In our interface, the pen writes and performs gestures, while touch manipulates. Multiple users [...]
Daniel is working for the Mouse
Daniel just finished his Master at the MIT Media Lab and moved to Pittsburgh. He is now working for Mickey Mouse =). Actually, he is working together with Ivan Poupyrev at Disney Research. Before moving to Disney, Ivan was working for Sony CSL in Tokyo – together with Jun Rekimoto. In fall, Daniel will go [...]
Doktor Peter Brandl
We are really proud to make a really big announcement: Dr. Peter Brandl has successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled “The Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Interactive Meeting Room” and has received the Dr. from the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. The whole Media Interaction Lab congratulates to this success.
