Huggy pajama: A mobile parent and child hugging communication system

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 250-257

  Keng, James ^a   Teh, Soon ^a   Cheok, Adrian David ^a   Peiris, Roshan L ^a   Choi, Yongsoon ^a   Thuong, Vuong ^a   Lai, Sha ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POCKETS; COLOR CHANGING; INTERFACE DEVICES; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; PRESSURE SENSING; REMOTE COMMUNICATION; SYSTEM DESIGN; WEARABLE SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 70450252331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463689.1463763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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