The Interaction Engine

Nikolas Martelaro (), Wendy Ju () and Mark Horowitz ()
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Nikolas Martelaro: Center for Design Research
Wendy Ju: Center for Design Research
Mark Horowitz: Center for Design Research

A chapter in Design Thinking Research, 2018, pp 147-169 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Interaction Engine is a framework for prototyping interactive, connected devices based on widely available single-board Linux computers. With microcontrollers, networking, and modular open-source software, these modules enable interaction modalities such as audio, video, tangible, and digital interfaces to be embedded into forms that go beyond traditional computing. In this paper, we outline the hardware and software components that make up the general Interaction Engine framework and discuss its benefits for interaction designers. We provide an illustrative case study of the Interaction Engine in use. We ran workshops to introduce designers to the Interaction Engine framework and we describe the projects where they subsequently employed Interaction Engines to understand issues and opportunities presented by this model. In describing the framework and case studies, we intend to shift designer’s thinking of computer as product to computer as material to create new interactive devices.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60967-6_8

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