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Our mission is to contribute toward a future of user interfaces that seamlessly merge with the physical world and the human body. We develop advanced interactive technologies and investigate new user interface concepts to create more effective, expressive and engaging interactions with interactive systems. [read more]
Featured Projects
Computational Design and Optimization of Electro-Physiological Sensors
Abstract
Elect...more
Weirding Haptics
In-Situ Prototyping of Vibrotactile Feedback in Virtual Reality through Vocaliza...more
SoloFinger
Robust Microgestures while Grasping Everyday Objects
Using microgestures...more
BodyStylus
Freehand On-Body Design and Fabrication of Epidermal Interfaces
In traditional bo...more
Eyecam
Anthropomorphic Webcam
What if seeing devices looked like us? Eye...more
Squish This
Force Input on Soft Surfaces for Visual Targeting Tasks
Today’s typic...more
bARefoot
Generating Virtual Materials using Motion Coupled Vibration in Shoes
Many fe...more
PolySense
Augmenting Textiles with Electrical Functionality using In-Situ Polymerization
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PhysioSkin
Rapid Fabrication of Skin-Conformal Physiological Interfaces
Advances in rapid...more
Soft Inkjet Circuits
Rapid Multi-Material Fabrication of Soft Circuits Using a Commodity Inkjet P...more
Skills : Best Paper Award
Tactlets
Adding Tactile Feedback to 3D Objects Using Custom Printed Controls
Rapid prototypi...more
Multi-Touch Kit
A Do-It-Yourself Technique for Capacitive Multi-Touch Sensing Using a Commodity M...more
Tacttoo
A Thin and Feel-Through Tattoo for On-Skin Tactile Output
Tacttoo is a feel-through ...more
Multi-Touch Skin
A Thin and Flexible Multi-Touch Sensor for On-Skin Input
Skin-based touch i...more
News
26/02/2020
Workshop at EuroHaptics 2020
We organize a workshop at EuroHaptics 2020 on Designing Digital Touch: Social and Sensory Aspects and Challenges. You can find...
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21/01/2020
5 Papers at CHI 2020
We will be presenting five papers at CHI'20. PhysioSkin: Rapid Fabrication of Skin-Conformal Physiological Interfaces Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Saarland University,...
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21/01/2020
New post-doc Marion Koelle
We welcome our new team member Marion Koelle. Marion is joining our lab as a post-doctoral fellow. She has previously...
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13/03/2019 / news
Honorable Mention Awards at CHI 2019
Two of our contributions at ACM CHI 2019 were recognized with Honorable Mention awards: Like a Second Skin: Understanding How...
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13/08/2019 / news
4 Papers at UIST 2019
Four full papers have been (conditionally) accepted for publication at UIST’19. As always at UIST, all papers are accepted conditionally...
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13/01/2020 / news
Best Paper Awards at UIST 2019
Two of our contributions at ACM UIST 2019 are recognized with Best Paper awards: Soft Inkjet Circuits: Rapid Multi-Material Fabrication...
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13/01/2020 / news
Multi-Touch Kit is now on Github
Code for our latest UIST 2019 paper: Multi-Touch Kit is now released on Github. You can find Tutorials and the...
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13/01/2020 / news
Foldio kits: learn programming in a playful way
Our spin-off Foldio has made first starter kits available. Based on foldable electronics and an easy-to-use microcontroller, children can learn...
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13/01/2020 / news
Congrats, Dr. Daniel Gröger!
Daniel Gröger has successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations! The full dissertation entitled “Digital Fabrication of Custom Interactive Objects with Rich Materials” can be found online
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