Spookies: Combining smart materials and information technology in an interactive toy

Proceedings of: Interaction Design and Children 2005, IDC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 17-23

  Berglin, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interactive toy; Smart materials; Smart textiles

Indexed keywords

SMART MATERIALS; SMART TEXTILES; TEXTILE MATERIALS;

FABRICS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; USER INTERFACES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 43149091546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1109540.1109543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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