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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
Design and Fabrication of Body-Based Interfaces
(Demo of Saarland HCI Lab)
This Interactiv...more
I Need a Third Arm! Eliciting Body-based Interactions with a Wearable Robotic Arm
Abst...more
Handheld Tools Unleashed
A Mixed-Initiative Physical Sketching with a Robotic Printer
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SparseIMU: Computational Design of Sparse IMU Layouts for Sensing Fine-Grained Finger Microgestures
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SparseIMU: Computational Design of Sparse IMU Layouts for Sensing Fine-Grained Finger MicrogesturesClient Review :
(TOCHI 2022)
(TOCHI 2022)
Interactive Bioplastics
A DIY approach for composing soft interactive devices from bio-based and ...more
Print-A-Sketch
A Handheld Printer for Physical Sketching of Circuits and Sensors on Everyday Surf...more
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
BodyStylus
Freehand On-Body Design and Fabrication of Epidermal Interfaces
In traditional bo...more
bARefoot
Generating Virtual Materials using Motion Coupled Vibration in Shoes
Many fe...more
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
News
20/01/2021
5 Papers Accepted to CHI 2021
We will present the following main track papers at CHI 2021: BodyStylus: Freehand On-Body Design and Fabrication of Epidermal Interfaces...
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20/11/2020
Keynote at MUM’20 on Augmented Materiality
Jürgen Steimle will give the closing keynote at the International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM'20 on "Augmented Materiality"....
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19/10/2020
Marion Koelle receives Helene-Lange Award
She was awarded the Helene-Lange-Preis 2020 for her doctoral research on "Designing Socially Acceptable Body-worn Cameras". The award recognises outstanding dissertations contributing...
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25/09/2020
Special Issue of ToCHI on Digital Touch
We invite submissions to a special issue of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction on "Digital Touch: Reshaping interpersonal communicative capacity...
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12/03/2020
Honorable Mention Awards at ACM CHI 2020
Two of our contributions at ACM CHI 2020 were recognized with Honorable Mention awards: Rapid Iron-On User Interfaces: Hands-on Fabrication...
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03/03/2020
ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award for Paul Strohmeier
We are excited that Paul Strohmeier is going to receive an ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award for his PhD thesis. Paul...
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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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