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Living interfaces: the impatient toaster

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Tangible and embedded interaction archive
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction table of contents

Cambridge, United Kingdom

SESSION: Embedded artefacts, garments and environments table of contents

Pages 21-22

Year of Publication: 2009

ISBN:978-1-60558-493-5

Authors

Eva Burneleit	Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany
Fabian Hemmert	Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin, Germany
Reto Wettach	Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany

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: Microsoft Research (USA)
: Nokia (Finland)
: Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK)
: Microsoft Hardware (USA)

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

This paper introduces the Impatient Toaster, a kitchen appliance designed to motivate its owners to eat more often and in regular intervals: After not using it for a while, it signalizes hunger through nervous movements. This project sought to explore life-like behaviour as a means of increasing user's sympathy for everyday objects. We present a prototype that was informally tested with six participants in a situated user test. The results indicate that sympathy and perceived cuteness can arise from life-like movements that, as we propose, represent an object's will of its own. This work is part of a larger series of experiments in the Living Interfaces project, exploring ways in which reduced life-like movements can be beneficial for Human-Machine Interaction.

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