The foundational philosophical commitments of a field of inquiry have a broad hand in defining everything from what questions are of import to how those questions ought to be approached. HCI is no different, and that fact has completely shaped the landscape of its research contribution. In particular, HCI’s development has been marked by field-wide and often divisive debate founded upon worldvi...

This study clarified the relationship between children’s toes and kindergartens’ barefoot policy by comparing the condition of untouched toes, that is, toes not touching the ground while standing normally, between children who attended kindergartens following a barefoot policy and those who did not. Participants were 552 children (299 boys and 253 girls) attending kindergartens that followed a ...

Directional arrays of branched microscopic setae constitute a dry adhesive on the toes of pad-bearing geckos, nature's supreme climbers. Geckos are easily and rapidly able to detach their toes as they climb. There are two known mechanisms of detachment: (1) on the microscale, the seta detaches when the shaft reaches a critical angle with the substrate, and (2) on the macroscale, geckos hyperext...