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How telepresence robots can help kids stay in school As a child growing up in California, Veronica Newhart was absent from school for weeks at a time due to a congenital heart condition. The loneliness and isolation she felt so many years ago are similar to what children with chronic illnesses feel today, but Newhart says it doesn't have to be that wa...

Come check out these great UX projects by local students!

CapCHI Event: A Student Showcase of UX Expertise You are invited to a presentation of cutting edge research in UX. This year’s student projects are all over the map: online co-design of clothing, sharing the space in collaborative virtual reality environments, multi-sensory belts that can enhance your engagement with the arts, a voice-controlled a...

Are you looking for HCI Related Events? Make sure to check out CAPCHI!

CapCHI | Computer-Human Interaction in the National Capital of Canada is a social and professional society of people who work as user interface designers, researchers, educators, software developers, web designers, graphic designers and human factors engineers in and around the National Capital of Canada.

"Carleton University’s Audrey Girouard, associate professor in the School of Information Technology, is one of six distinguished Canadian scientists to be recognized for educational excellence as part of the Partners in Research National Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Biomedicine."

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Carleton’s Audrey Girouard to be Recognized with Partners in Research National Award - Carleton Newsroom Carleton University’s Audrey Girouard, associate professor in the School of Information Technology, is one of six distinguished Canadian scientists to be r

Do you agree with the proposed waves?

The Four Waves of User-Centered Design | UX Magazine In the fall of 1988, a small group of professionals from the technology industry gathered at Bentley College (now University) in Waltham, Mass., to discuss the topic of user advocacy and assistance. These gatherings were informal, simply a group of professionals with a shared passion for improving t...

How long do you think it took the Google Glass team to come up with their first prototype? The answer will surprise you. . .

Rapid prototyping Google Glass - Tom Chi View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rapid-prototyping-google-glass-tom-chi Rapid prototyping is a method used to accelerate the innovation process. A...

The $13 Txtr Beagle is the world's cheapest and smallest e-reader.

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STUDY PARTICIPANTS WANTED!!!

Interested in helping out with cutting edge research? We are looking for participants to help with research on flexible displays. Compensation is $5 for a half hour, and sessions are either a half hour or hour in length. If interested, please email us at: [email protected]!

Did you know Carleton HCI has some of the best usability testing/participant observation equipment around? We have the full Noldus suite for participant observations/usability testing, Tobii screen mounted for eye tracking, head mounted eye tracking devices, and many more!!

Are some fonts more believable than others?

A curious experiment by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris suggests as much. After polling approximately 45,000 unsuspecting readers on nytimes.com, Morris discovered that subjects were more likely to believe a statement when it was written in Baskerville than when it was written in Computer Modern, Georgia, Helvetica, Trebuchet, or Comic Sans.

More about this fascinating experiment here: http://bit.ly/PfAliq

Welcome to everyone who has been accepted to the Masters of HCI program at Carleton!! Congratulations!!

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