From the Daily Californian
UC Berkeley students exhibit interactive device prototypes
By Kate Randle
UC Berkeley students showcased interactive computer devices of their own design - such as a personalized virtual closet, a feedback-giving back brace and a transforming wall - on Monday and Wednesday as part of their final projects for a graduate level class at the School of Information.
The class - Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces, taught by assistant professor of information Kimiko Ryokai - focuses on technology with which people naturally interact. The final projects were prototypes the students had been developing all semester that would naturally relate to people's lives and be tested in an interactive environment to see reactions.
"It's graduate-level because we've challenged students to design new interactive designs that take advantage of our familiarity with the physical and social world," Ryokai said. "The technology should be intuitive and natural."...