Category Archives: research-proj

Kinect Body Paint – Kinect Workshop @ Pervasive 2012

Posted on June 21, 2012 by dustinfreeman

Look at what I and my team made in a couple hours at the Kinect Workshop (run by David Kim): There are “buckets” of paint on either side of the space. One can grab paint and draw it all over … Continue reading →

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Scribbling with Typeset

Posted on October 29, 2010 by dustinfreeman

Typeset text via keyboard text input is still mostly confined to rigid, linear textboxes, while freeform written text from a stylus or pen and paper is slower and harder to read and re-use in new contexts. I created a prototype … Continue reading →

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Above The Surface Interaction

Posted on April 6, 2010 by dustinfreeman

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas Edison This past year, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to work on several projects that did not go anywhere. I started getting very discouraged when it … Continue reading →

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Fingerpainting on the Microsoft Surface

Posted on April 2, 2010 by dustinfreeman

(with Julian Lepinski) For a course on sketching interfaces with Prof. Karan Singh, a colleague and I wanted to explore how to use the rich input available with the Microsoft Surface (grayscale bitmap input) as a suitable artistic tool. For … Continue reading →

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Surface Monster Nom Nom Nom

Posted on February 4, 2010 by dustinfreeman

Someone on the Microsoft Surface team was nice enough to send me a project they were working on. Enjoy! This was a whimsical project that received some notice at CHI 2009 as a novel way to extend the interface space … Continue reading →

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Research in Action 2009

Posted on November 17, 2009 by dustinfreeman

Tommorow, Tuesday November 17th is my department’s Research in Action day. Think of it as a science-fair-like event, but without anu judging or prizes. Basically, its a chance for us computer science graduate students to show off what we have … Continue reading →

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Slampad

Posted on October 9, 2009 by dustinfreeman

(with Julian Lepinski) A colleague and I submitted an entry to the UIST 2009 Student competition sponsored by Microsoft, which challenged entrants to come up with a use for a keyboard that could detect the pressure applied to each key. … Continue reading →

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Diamond Touch Projects

Posted on January 18, 2009 by dustinfreeman

While working on 3 courses last semester, I got a head-start on some research ideas. When I was starting out, I was simply interested in the idea of “Miming and Mimicry” as an inspiration. After many discussions, I’ve developed further … Continue reading →

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Evolving Ambiguous Digits

Posted on December 19, 2008 by dustinfreeman

The above image represents my final Machine Learning project, Evolving Ambiguous Digits. I have just finished writing it now. Yeah! First semester of Master’s finished! More details are to come (I will likely make a project page). But the above … Continue reading →

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Devices that Bruise

Posted on December 2, 2008 by dustinfreeman

(with Alicia Grubb) For a Topics in Ubiquitous Computing class, a colleague and I were interested in helping people get out of being in a bad mood. Typically when someone is in a bad mood, it does not improve the … Continue reading →

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