May 18, 2017
3D printing has been quietly moving towards a radical revolution over the past several years. While it has already exceeded 5.1 billion, its growth has been relatively slow, and not as disruptive as some might have envisioned. Instead, 3D printing has been advancing to ... Read more
May 16, 2017
What does a gorilla, toppling towers and a postdoctoral fellow from Carnegie Mellon University have in common? They are all part of the mixed platform game, NoRilla, that teachers young students physics. Nesra Yannier ... Read more
April 28, 2017
There's no such thing as a free lunch or a free service that bundles subscriptions, as was recently reaffirmed by Unroll.Me's media coverage. Unroll.Me is marketed as a free service that helps users manage and weed out junk mail, and recently came into the spotlight for ... Read more
March 9, 2017
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute's research project, Helping Hands, made an appearance in a recent Health Tech Insiders article. This project, led by HCII ... Read more
March 6, 2017
Why are community college students in online classes 4% more likely than their high-performing peers to drop out? This is what Barbara Illowsky, a mathematics professor and chief academic affairs officer at DeAnza College, wanted to know. The drop out rate for online ... Read more
December 13, 2016
In a recent article on CNBC, Assistant Professor Chinmay Kulkarni shared his research that is bringing together individuals with very different viewpoints. Kulkarni's research focuses on building technology that can support and improve how people live and learn. So he ... Read more
October 26, 2016
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong, a researcher on privacy and security, calls the ... Read more
October 11, 2016
Why do so many students drop out of MOOCs before completing the class? This is a question that has interested Carolyn Rosé, associate professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and ... Read more
October 10, 2016
A recent CNN news article questioned the future of autonomous machines: are they out of control demons or lifesaving robots? While self-driving cars may be new ... Read more
September 9, 2016
Personal interactions on Facebook can have a major impact on a person's feelings of well-being and satisfaction with life just as much as getting married or having a baby, a new study by Carnegie Mellon University and Facebook researchers shows.
But not just any ... Read more
August 12, 2016
Technology use continues to rise in schools as an important means for teachers to create a more personalized learning experience for students. Schools are increasingly dedicating significant budgets to apply ... Read more
August 1, 2016
Despite the increasing number of smart watches entering the market, these wearable devices are all facing similar challenges for users; small screen sizes and limiting device operation to one hand are just two of the common issues that frustrate watch users. However, ... Read more
July 18, 2016
If you are reading an article just to get the facts, are you better off reading it online or printing the article? Or does it really matter? Geoff Kaufman, assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and a previous ... Read more
July 13, 2016
Meet Sara, the "socially aware robot assistant" that previous Human-Computer Interaction Institute Director, Justine Cassell, brought to the Annual Meeting of Champions, hosted by the World Economics Forum. ... Read more
July 11, 2016
Carnegie Mellon University, like other colleges and universities, is able to create smaller learning cohorts from large lectures by using teaching assistants. These TAs often have varied backgrounds and levels of familiarity with the U.S. educational system, which can ... Read more
June 27, 2016
Product Design & Development recently turned to Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) Assistant Professor Chris Harrison to answer the ... Read more
June 24, 2016
After 130 years of diligently lighting up our homes, light bulbs may be ready for a serious upgrade. Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) Assistant Professor Chris Harrison is ready to ask a little more ... Read more
June 22, 2016
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to be a priority research area for faculty in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII.) In particular, faculty like Associate Professor Jason Hong are looking at the risks ... Read more
June 20, 2016
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 to demo one of its ... Read more
May 16, 2016
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 from how reading on digital ... Read more
