The UCube: A child-friendly device for introductory three-dimensional design

Proceedings of IDC 2011 - 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 72-80

  Leduc Mills, Ben ^a   Eisenberg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

spatial cognition; three dimensional design; three dimensional fabrication; UCube

Indexed keywords

3-D PRINTING; 3D DESIGN; BOUNDARY POINTS; COMPLEX SOFTWARE; DESKTOP COMPUTER; FABRICATION DEVICES; LIGHT SWITCHES; PILOT TESTS; SPATIAL COGNITION; SPATIAL INPUTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FABRICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT; UCUBE; VOLUMETRIC ARRAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DESIGN; FABRICATION; PRINTING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79960239013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1999030.1999039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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