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Personalized User Interfaces with Printed Electronics
Anusha Withana, Aditya Nittala, Jürgen Steimle
Human-Computer Interaction Lab
Saarland University
Saarbrücken, Germany
{anusha, anittala, steimle}@cs.uni-saarland.de
ABSTRACT Alternatively, it also allows for fabricating components that
The goal of this workshop is to acquire conceptual and practi- can be embedded in existing physical object.
cal skills in developing thin, flexible and customizable physical
Olberding et. al. demonstrated a variety of interactive and cus-
user interfaces with printed electronics for interactive devices
tomizable interfaces with printed electronics. These comprise
and objects. The workshop will cover personalized digital
multi-touch, proximity and bend sensors for input, while elec-
design of printed electronics, basics of different sensor types
troluminescent displays and thin-film actuators are used for
and actuators, and prototyping of printed electronics with con-
output [2]. Furthermore, previous research has shown the ca-
ductive inkjet printing.
pability of physical customization of printed electronics after
Author Keywords they are fabricated, such as a cuttable multi-touch sensor [1].
Printed Sensors and Actuators; Tangible Interfaces; Digital These interfaces have enabled a variety of tangible interaction
Fabrication techniques such as touch, shear, fold, and rotation sensing
with custom shaped displays and fold actuators.
INTRODUCTION
Tangible interaction aims to seamlessly integrate the digital WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
and the physical worlds to enable natural, direct, and expres- The goal of this workshop is to acquire basic conceptual and
sive interactions with digital information. Augmenting objects practical skills in developing physical user interfaces with
and the physical environment with computational components, printed electronics for interactive devices and objects. Topics
such as sensors, actuators, data processors and communication and learning outcomes of the workshop include:
devices, is a key part of tangible interfaces. • Personalized digital design of printed electronics.
Computational capabilities can be externally added to tangible
• Basics of different sensor types and actuators (touch sensing,
objects, for instance by using computer vision and projec-
proximity sensing, RFID, EL displays, etc.).
tors. Recent advances allow for embedding computational
components directly inside the object itself even in case of • Rapid prototyping of printed circuits with conductive inkjet
challenging form factors. In either approach, these computa- printing.
tional devices should blend in with the environment, satisfy
user preferences, and be aesthetically pleasing while func- • Hardware interfacing and data communication with Ar-
tioning efficiently. Therefore, such interfaces require a much duino.
higher degree of customization to the personal and contextual • Sample application scenarios with printed sensors/actuators.
needs than a general purpose computer.
• Introduction to high fidelity printed electronics with screen
Recent advances in printed electronics have enabled the design
printing.
and fabrication of thin and flexible computing components
that capture user input and provide system output [1, 2]. The
REFERENCES
majority of these components can be designed digitally in a
1. Simon Olberding, Nan-Wei Gong, John Tiab, Joseph A.
computer so that they can be easily customized and person-
Paradiso, and Jürgen Steimle. 2013. A Cuttable
alized. Rapid prototyping of such designs becomes possible
Multi-touch Sensor (UIST ’13). ACM, 245–254.
with low cost fabrication methods such as conductive inkjet
printing. This enables iterative design and evaluation of user 2. Simon Olberding, Sergio Soto Ortega, Klaus Hildebrandt,
interfaces with thin, flexible, and highly customized form and Jürgen Steimle. 2015. Foldio: Digital Fabrication of
factors. Interactive and Shape-Changing Objects With Foldable
Printed Electronics (UIST ’15). ACM, 223–232.
PRINTED USER INTERFACES
Printed electronics can be used for directly fabricating an entire
tangible interfaces (for instance an interactive paper solution).
ETIS ’17, June 19–23, 2017, Luxembourg, Luxembourg