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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

WRLKit: Computational Design of Personalized Wearable Robotic Limbs
Abstract
Wearable...more

Double-Sided Tactile Interactions for Grasping in Virtual Reality
Abstract
For graspi...more

Biohybrid Devices: Prototyping Interactive Devices with Growable Materials
Abstract
L...more

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
Abst...more

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
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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
News
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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