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Push-pins: a Tangible Programming Interface Using Physical Tags for Home Automation

Abstract

A tangible programming interface called "Push-pin" is proposed, which involves end-users in designing smart home programs for home appliance automation. Programming on the Push-pin system is based on a stimulus-response model in which an appliance connected to another appliance via a network gets activated when the other appliance is activated. To interconnect two appliances, the user puts a pin associated with an output appliance such as a lamp or a robot cleaner into an input module such as a switch or a motion sensor. The input appliance sends stimulus data with the ID of the pin as the destination address.

Publication

Kentaro Fukuchi, Maki Sugimoto, Charith Fernando, Shengdong Zhao, Masahiko Inami, and Takeo Igarashi,
Push-pins: a Tangible Programming Interface Using Physical Tags for Home Automation,
Interaction 2010, Information Processing Society of Japan symposium Vol. 2010, No.4, pp.1-8. Video:YouTube,  

Kentaro Fukuchi, Takeo Igarashi, Maki Sugimoto, Charith Fernando and Masahiko Inami,
Push-pins: Design-by-user Approach to Home Automation Programming, International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, workshop 5: ArchiBots 2009, ubicomp 2009, Orlando, Florida.    PDF

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