University of New Hampshire
Germany / hci / hcilab / ires / nsf / stuttgart / travel / ubicomp
Hallo! My name is Lauren Futami, and I’m spending June and July here in Stuttgart, Germany, working in the Human Computer Interaction Lab at Stuttgart University. I’m here with two other students – Midori Yang from Wellesley College and Calvin Liang from Tufts University. We each have our own projects and supervising graduate students to guide[…]
Germany / ires / nsf / stuttgart / travel
My name is Calvin Liang, and I’m a Human Factors masters student at Tufts University. I’m so excited to be doing research abroad in Germany and am super grateful to be a part of the IRES program. I’ll use this blog to discuss my experiences in Stuttgart and Europe, including my research and general adventures.[…]
In our third week in Oldenburg, we continued to make progress on our projects. I am helping my supervisor with the EyeSee360 application. EyeSee360 is an application that maps the 3D position objects around the user. This allows a user to have an idea of where out-of-view objects without having to look for them. After[…]
During our second week in Oldenburg, we all delved deeper into our respective projects. In the project I am joining, we are designing an ambient light display to be used on a car when the driver is considering changing lanes. The display will inform the driver of the car’s distance from other cars in the[…]
In our first week at OFFIS in the University of Oldenburg, we found ourselves warmly welcomed by our new colleagues and supervisors: We took advantage of the week’s uncharacteristic sunny weather to explore town, where we found plentiful grocery stores and bakeries. Going grocery shopping became interesting adventures in themselves, as we quickly discovered that items[…]