Designing for diversity: Developing complex adaptive tangible products

TEI'07: First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 155-158

  Hengeveld, Bart ^a   Voort, Riny ^b   Van Balkom, Hans ^b   Hummels, Caroline ^c   De Moor, Jan ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Viataal Research Development and Support (RDS)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Complex products; Edutainment; Interactive toys; Multi handicapped children; Tangible interaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PRODUCT DESIGN; USER INTERFACES;

ADAPTABILITY; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; EDUTAINMENT; INTERACTIVE TOYS; MULTI-HANDICAPPED CHILDREN; TANGIBLE INTERACTION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34748846286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1226969.1227002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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