It's all about the fit: The hand, the mobile screenic device and tactile vision

Journal of Visual Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-155

  Cooley, Heidi Rae ^a  

^a USC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Industrial design; Mobile screenic device; Tactile vision; Walter Benjamin

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249006250     PISSN: 14704129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470412904044797     Document Type: Article

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