I’m confirmed to go to CHI2010 in Atlanta, so I spent some time making a poster for the Ubiquitous Drums project that was miraculously accepted as a WIP. It’s nice to pretend to be a visual designer sometimes. Thanks to Mark, Jenn and Rebeca for your input.
I would really appreciate additional suggestions on how to improve the poster, or your thoughts on academic posters in general. Why are they usually so ugly?
Look at the riders of any city bus. Many of them are plugged into their music players, tapping away to the beat. I propose to augment our natural love of rhythm into a ubiquitous wearable drum system. The target user of this system isn’t only the typical rhythm loving bus rider, but also an amateur drummer. Drum kits are heavy and unwieldy, making them difficult to transport to a jam session. The proposed system can also act as a stand-in for a full drum-kit for quick, impromptu jamming. read more…
In late March, I was completely thrilled to hear that the Carnegie Mellon University Human Computer Interaction Institute accepted me into their Master’s program! In addition to admission, they offered a very juicy scholarship to spend part of the time on the beautiful island of Madeira. CMU was my most far fetched reach school, so I attribute this wonderful fortune to a clerical error made by the admission committee.