CHI '24 · ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Best Paper Honorable Mention
Intellitex: Fabricating Low-cost and Washable Functional Textiles Using a Double-coating Process
Intellitex: Fabricating Low-cost and Washable Functional Textiles Using a Double-coating Process
HCI
Research communication
Prototyping
Data visualization
The Research
The Research
IntelliTex proposed a fabrication method that bridges materials science and everyday use. Functional textiles — fabrics that sense pressure, touch, and temperature — have long required materials expertise to build. IntelliTex changes that with a two-step coating process any maker can replicate.
IntelliTex proposed a fabrication method that bridges materials science and everyday use. Functional textiles — fabrics that sense pressure, touch, and temperature — have long required materials expertise to build. IntelliTex changes that with a two-step coating process any maker can replicate.
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Related Work
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Workflow
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Material Mechanism
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Input Evaluation
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Fabricate Workflow
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Component Library
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Applications
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User Test & Future Work
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Related Work
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Workflow
03
Material Mechanism
04
Input Evaluation
05
Fabricate Workflow
06
Component Library
07
Applications
08
User Test & Future Work
My Role & Personal Reflection
My Role & Personal Reflection
My role sat at the intersection of human factors and research communication: I led the user study validating accessibility, designed with two application prototypes, and owned all data visualization and video production for the paper.
My role sat at the intersection of human factors and research communication: I led the user study validating accessibility, designed with two application prototypes, and owned all data visualization and video production for the paper.
Reading literature carefully to locate where a field's boundaries actually sit.
Reading literature carefully to locate where a field's boundaries actually sit.
Moving fast inside uncertainty: prototype, fail, and recalibrate without losing the thread.
Moving fast inside uncertainty: prototype, fail, and recalibrate without losing the thread.
Sitting with a problem long enough to really understand it, even when it resists quick answers.
Sitting with a problem long enough to really understand it, even when it resists quick answers.
Taking a complex system and making it legible (findings only matter if others can follow them).
Taking a complex system and making it legible (findings only matter if others can follow them).
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