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Creating A Printed Electronic Tangible User Interface Suitable For Primary Education Settings, Lauren Toler
Creating A Printed Electronic Tangible User Interface Suitable For Primary Education Settings, Lauren Toler
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With the growing popularity of interactive learning, an experiment developing a tangible user interface made of paper was performed. Screen printing was utilized to print conductive traces that would connect to a device that has capacitive touch capabilities. A color mixing program was coded to accompany the tangible interface. It was found that a tangible user interface can be successfully made of paper. Further research with development, construction, and testing of this paper tangible interface was proposed.
An Investigation Of Fundamental Competencies For Printed Electronics, John Jacobs
An Investigation Of Fundamental Competencies For Printed Electronics, John Jacobs
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A survey was taken of professionals in the printed electronics industry to determine the basic educational requirements the industry had of a student graduating with a degree in graphic communications or printing sciences. A test was conducted of graphic communication seniors graduating in May 2010 to determine their fundamental knowledge of printed electronics. Data obtained from the industry survey was used to determine the relevant components of a basic printed electronics education. The data obtained from the graduating senior examination determined their areas of knowledge of printed electronics. The needs identified from the industry survey were compared to the areas …