Mechanix: An interactive display for exploring engineering design through a tangible interface

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 265-266

  Tseng, Tiffany ^a   Bryant, Coram ^a   Blikstein, Paulo ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Simple machines; Tangible interfaces

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIONISM; EXPLORING ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE DISPLAY; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; LEARNING THEORY; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC SURFACES; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SEMI-TRANSPARENT; SIMPLE MACHINES; SYNCHRONOUS INTERACTIONS; TANGIBLE INTERFACES; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; VIRTUAL COMPONENTS; VIRTUAL LIBRARIES; VISUAL TAGS;

COMPUTER VISION; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINERY; PROJECTION SCREENS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952357633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1935701.1935757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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