Edible Bits: Seamless Interfaces between People, Data and Food
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In this paper we introduce the concept of the Edible User Interface (EUI). We present BeanCounter and TasteScreen, two systems employing this novel interaction paradigm. We describe sample applications of these systems and discuss the results of our user study.
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