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Poetic Communication: Interactive Carpet for Subtle Family Communication and Connectedness

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Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2011)

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Recent research in Human Computer studies have shown that smart and efficient technology alone is not what people desire for in their homes. The Interactive Carpet project aims to produce a new kind of interaction - Poetic Communication, enabling remote communication through the creation of a sense of sharing, co-presence, and connectedness. This technology connects two carpets in remote locations enhancing communication through more meaningful aesthetic interactions.

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  1. Keio-NUS CUTE Center, National University of Singapore, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, 119 613, Singapore

    Mili John Tharakan, Jose Sepulveda, Wendy Thun & Adrian David Cheok

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  1. Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628CE, Delft, The Netherlands

    David V. Keyson

  2. College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, 2117E Hornbake Hall, 20742-4345, Marylandm, USA

    Mary Lou Maher

  3. Smart Future Initiative, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 43, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany

    Norbert Streitz

  4. Keio University, Japan and National University of Singapore, Heng Miu Keng Terrace 02-01-01A, 119613, Singapore

    Adrian Cheok

  5. School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Shore Road, BT37 0QB, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, UK

    Juan Carlos Augusto

  6. Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD, Fraunhoferstrasse 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Reiner Wichert

  7. Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gwenn Englebienne

  8. Ambient Intelligence Research Lab., Stanford University and Ghent University, 350 Serra Mall, David Packard #318, 94305-9515, Stanford, CA, USA

    Hamid Aghajan

  9. Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Science Park 904, 1098XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Ben J. A. Kröse

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Tharakan, M.J., Sepulveda, J., Thun, W., Cheok, A.D. (2011). Poetic Communication: Interactive Carpet for Subtle Family Communication and Connectedness. In: Keyson, D.V., et al. Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7040. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25167-2_46

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