This was chosen because of the difficulty in building physical experiments that retain the properties of small objects, but allow user interaction (things like molecules or DNA). Inline with our wedding's DIY spirit, we made custom inserts that mailed out with our invitations. Working with a talented international team, we totally reimagined and redesigned the periodical, relaunching as XRDS: ACM's Magazine for Students in May 2010. Human-Computer Interaction Institute Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Throw in hand-made beer, a frozen margarita machine, sparklers, participatory art projects, our favorite international dishes, a wonderful Moroccan instrumental group, and 120 of our best friends and family. Huge piles of transmissions, flaming engine blocks, and the sound of cars being crushed! Lean and Zoom (Chris Harrison, Anind Dey) - CHI '07 - Duration: 2 minutes, 7 seconds. I chose chainmail over other types of armor because of its relative simplicity. I discovered by chance that that discipline existed," he said. The fact that we can now reinvent that appliance is sort of a real exciting application. It’s heavily based on a game that I thought would be the ultimate MMORPG, Escape Velocity, if they ever developed it. Starting with a raw vector from OpenStreetMaps, I edited down a plain street map of Pittsburgh. Sandak was a text based role playing game I am worked on in high school. Ultimately, the setup could be used for a collaborative, remote, virtual puppet show. When you're done the search page will automatically refresh. Instead of using the entire RGB spectrum (millions), we pruned the color set to 216 "web safe" colors. Research He said he'd go to computer science classes, and then glass blowing classes and then head over to classes on algorithms. The projects being developed at his CMU department aren't limited to light bulbs. Carnegie Mellon University Africa Regional ICT Center of Excellence Bldg Kigali Innovation City - Bumbogo BP 6150, Kigali, Rwanda, Twitter: @CMU_AfricaFacebook: @CMU.AfricaInstagram: @cmuafricaFlickr: CMU AfricaYouTube: CMU Africa, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. "The idea is you can take your office desk lamp and screw in an info bulb. And his work is garnering attention. I'm pretty happy with the result; it even sways in the wind. CMU agreed, so we took to the skies over Pittsburgh again. Designers have yet to figure out a good way to miniaturize devices without simultaneously shrinking their interactive surfaces. He completed his BA and MS in Computer Science at New York University in 2005. I hunted around for some geeky posters, like one showing the structure of the internet or the java classes, but they were either impossible to get or expensive. I always had a love and knack for engineering. Pittsburgh, PA 15213, HCII is part of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Human-Computer Interaction Institute