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The Future Interfaces Group (FIG), a lab directed by Human-Computer Interaction Institute Assistant Professor Chris Harrison, was recently the topic of discussion on Essential Pittsburgh t...

Many HCIIers headed to San Jose last week for the Association for Computing Machinery's Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI 2016), where they presented research on everything fro...

New improvements to smartwatches address significant shortcomings in the initial product. But these advancements — such as built-in networking and efficient phone pairing — only scratch th...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found a way to improve education for elementary and middle school students. The head of the project, Human-Computer Interaction Professor Justin...

A recent blog in the Huffington Post investigates the evolution of human-computer interaction as a field, and specifically calls out Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute ...

Sensor data from smartphones has the potential to provide new insight into healthcare, transportation, urban planning and the social sciences. It also greatly contributes to a branch of ar...

The HCII's Future Interfaces Group and its work on smartwatch technology were recently featured in the Digital Trends article "Your Smartwatch Screen Becomes a Joystick in This Awesome Pro...

Conversant Labs, a technology startup that works on developing voice-enabled app technology, recently launched an app called Say Shopping that allows shoppers to search, browse and buy ite...

Web developer Victor Windell recently created an online simulation that allows viewers to experience what it’s like to have severe dyslexia and read online content. Creating the code in be...

Since last July, Carnegie Mellon researchers have been working with Google to develop a platform to support Internet of Things (IoT) technologies — Internet-connected sensors, gadgets and ...

For earphone users, pulling your earphones out to address something that's diverted your attention is tedious — it becomes even more tedious when you forget to hit pause and end up missing...

For the visually impaired, daily tasks like going on a walk, ordering coffee or even navigating a busy college campus to get to class become time-consuming and inconvenient. Even the sligh...