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Jessica Hammer receives the 2018 Teaching Innovation Award from the CMU provost

Hammer Receives 2018 Teaching Innovation Award

Jessica Hammer, assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, jointly appointed in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) an...

screenshot of the mobile-friendly Bento dashboard with color-coded search categories at the top of the screen

Bento Browser Makes It Easier To Search On Mobile Devices

Searches involving multiple websites can quickly get confusing, particularly when performed on a mobile device with a small screen. A new ...

Understanding The Cybersecurity Grapevine

Social Networks Are Sources Of Security Tips  When people get word of an online data breach, men are far more likely to share that n...

a piece of flat, white plastic being dipped in warm water and folding into a rose

Thermorph: Flat Materials Self-Fold When Heated

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold thems...

Two men stand in front of a white wall. The locations of where they are touching the wall are visible on a nearby laptop screen.

Paint Job Transforms Walls Into Sensors, Interactive Surfaces

Smart Walls React to Human Touch, Sense Activity in Room Walls are what they are — big, dull dividers. With a few applications of conduct...

the Bronze Age Innovations display with digital rails in the front at the Field Museum

Digital Exhibit Labels: Enhancement or Distraction for Museum Visitors

Does a touchscreen display distract visitors from the cultural museum artifacts it supports? A team of learning scientists and computer ...

CHI 2018 in Montreal, Canada

HCII at CHI 2018

​Over 3,000 of the world’s top researchers, scientists, and designers are traveling to Montréal this week for CHI 2018, the ACM CHI Confer...

Sara Kiesler Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Sara Kiesler, Hillman Chair Emerita of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has be...

Nesra Yannier and Ken Holstein holding their award checks at the Reimagine Education competition

PhD and Postdoc Win Gold Awards at Reimagine Education Competition

Using mixed-reality to reimagine the classroom from both sides -- an Intelligent Science Station for students and smart glasses for teache...

Patrick Carrington speaks with an athlete at the NWBT about SpokeSense

HCII Team Tests Fitness Tracker for Wheelchair Athletes at NWBT

“It’s like all of March Madness in one weekend,” said Patrick Carrington, postdoctoral research fellow at the Human-Computer Interaction I...