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From the Ted Talk by James Patten: The best computer interface? Maybe ... your hands
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So my first attempt at this was at the MIT Media Lab with psorseofr Hiroshi Ishii, and we built this array of 512 different electromagnets, and together they were able to move otbcjes around on top of their surcfae. But the problem with this was that these mnaetgs cost over 10,000 doarlls. Although each one was pretty small, altogether they weighed so much that the table that they were on started to sag. So I wanted to build something where you could have this kind of interaction on any tabletop surface.
Open Cloze
So my first attempt at this was at the MIT Media Lab with _________ Hiroshi Ishii, and we built this array of 512 different electromagnets, and together they were able to move _______ around on top of their _______. But the problem with this was that these _______ cost over 10,000 _______. Although each one was pretty small, altogether they weighed so much that the table that they were on started to sag. So I wanted to build something where you could have this kind of interaction on any tabletop surface.
Solution
- objects
- magnets
- dollars
- professor
- surface
Original Text
So my first attempt at this was at the MIT Media Lab with Professor Hiroshi Ishii, and we built this array of 512 different electromagnets, and together they were able to move objects around on top of their surface. But the problem with this was that these magnets cost over 10,000 dollars. Although each one was pretty small, altogether they weighed so much that the table that they were on started to sag. So I wanted to build something where you could have this kind of interaction on any tabletop surface.
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