Tangible interaction toolkits for designers
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As new products and systems grow in complexity and embed new technologies, designers face new challenges for adequately pursuing their prototyping activities. Tangible User Interface toolkits provide an easier development environment for rapidly exploring and prototyping functional physical interactive devices. Such toolkits range from friendly toy-like building blocks to advanced wireless microchips, and provide designers the ability to explore and play with bits and atoms like never before. This paper briefly reviews seven electronic toolkits and discusses their present and future use in industrial and interaction design projects.
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