Time: April 10, 14.00-16.00
Place: Waverley 129
What shape is a screen and why do flat, rectangular interfaces limit the way we interact with digital information? Free-form interactive devices such as custom-fitted wearables, bespoke controllers and integrated interactive surfaces hold the potential to revolutionise environments including education, vehicular travel, workplaces and homes. However, manufacturing is limited to high quantity runs of identical devices and component-based fabrication is limited in form and quality. By harnessing 1) state-of-the-art active materials that can enable input and output and 2) additive manufacturing methods to enable automated deposition, the next step in manifesting interfaces is through decentralised production where makers can design and produce physical devices on-demand. Place: Waverley 129
Ollie Hanton is a lecturer (assistant professor) at the University of Bath. Before joining the University of Bath, he attained his Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, supervised by Professor Anne Roudaut and Professor Mike Faser. There he focused his research on the Personal Fabrication of Interactive Devices through spraying and 3D printing. Ollie publishes work at top HCI conferences (CHI, TEI) where he has received multiple awards for his research.