| Edible Bits: Seamless Interfaces between People, Data and Food (2005) | |||||||||||||||
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| visual display, this system is also a low-resolution In this paper we introduce the concept of the Edible User gustatory display. The center and bottom of each rod are Interface (EUI). We present BeanCounter and TasteScreen, sealed with electronically controlled valves (Figure 3a), two systems employing this novel interaction paradigm. typically closed to prevent any of the jellybeans from We describe sample applications of these systems and falling through the tube. By controlling the valve discuss the results of our user study. positioning, the computer can dispense jellybeans at Author Keywords varying flow rates. The dispensed jellybeans fall from the Edible user interface, tangible user interface, augmented top section of the tube into the bottom section of the tube reality, ubiquitous computing, ambient media when the middle valve is opened. When the bottom valve ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 User Interfaces: Theory and methods is opened, any jellybeans in the bottom half of the tube fall out into small bowls positioned beneath the rods, where they await consumption by the system’s users. | |||||||||||||||
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