Previous Work: Work at Berkeley by Hse [3] has shown that users prefer a single-stroke sketch-based user interface to a mouse-and-palette based tool for UML design. One company [2] has developed a gesture based diagramming tool, Ideogramic UML,TMwhich allows users to sketch UML diagrams. The tool is based on a graffiti-like implementation and requires users to draw each gesture in one stroke, a...

Graffiti and ‘maker’ cultures use technology in ways that reveal specific effects of the urban environment. Researchers have paid little attention to how these cognitive artifacts – artificial devices designed to serve a representational function – are invented, acquired, or transmitted across individuals or generations, especially in groups outside of accepted criterion. This paper investigate...

nanostructured alumina thin films were coated on stainless steel by sol-gel dip coating method. in order to prevent crack formation, al2o3 films were kept in a solvent bath immediately after coating to reduce the rate of drying. effects of calcination temperature and withdrawal speed on structural properties were analyzed using xrd and sem. topography and thickness of coatings were analyzed by ...

While exploring the everyday experiences of Tonga youth, this paper draws on a participatory graffiti-on-board project in Binga, rural community Zimbabwe. Focus is placed what shapes and drives youth aspirations precarious contexts marked by unemployment poverty. Using graffiti to create artistic engagements, research aims stretch limited boundaries social political space available for discussi...