Fachgebiet Human-Computer Interaction
Hasso-Plattner-Institut
für Softwaresystemtechnik
Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Str. 2-3
D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
Leitung:
Prof. Patrick Baudisch
The most popular computers world-wide are not computers—they are mobile phones. Four billion phones give us access to the digital world anytime. And arguably even more important, mobile phones give access to the digital world to billions of users who have never even seen a PC. Mobile phones have thereby made the idea of a “$100 computer” reality—even though different from how many of us had expected.
But the new, unexpected computing platform for the masses brings up many new questions. How to interact with these tiny devices? How to display the expansive data sets many of our tasks require and how to edit them? Is it possible to “think” with these tiny devices—even as well as we do using PCs?
To answer these questions is the mission of this group, the human computer interaction lab at Hasso Plattner Institute (ranked #1 in 2009 nation-wide computer science ranking "CHE-Hochschulranking)
News: Our work in the press
RidgePad: fat fingers' can become dainty for touch screens. In New Scientist, November 24, 2009
RidgePad: the personal touch. In The Economist, November 18, 2009
RidgePad: touche-Forscher verbessern Eingabegenauigkeit bei Touchscreens in c't 24/09
Lumino: Microsoft Surface and Objects. Presented at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference PDC. (Video)
Lumino & Nanotouch: 6min TV segment in "Ozon" on German TV station RBB (Video)
Lumino: Smart 'Lego' blocks take touch screens into 3D. New Scientist. Oct 6 2009
Nanotouch: in ComputerWorld
Nanotouch: in the New York Times
NanoTouch: in the Times online
Nanotouch: on Slashdot
Nanotouch: on Engadget
Nanotouch: Fat fingers no problem with 'see-through' touchscreen. In The New Scientist. Dec 18, 2008
Nanotouch: What's Next for Computer Interfaces? Touch tricks for small and large displays could be the next big thing. In MIT Technology Review. Dec 11, 2008