CMSC 838G - Spring 2004
Prof Guimbretiere

Advanced usability: New Devices for New Interactions

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General

  
ACM SIGCHI, SIGCHI's HCI Sites The premiere professional organization for people working in HCI
UMD Guide to Usability Engineering Web Resources From 1998's CMSC 434 course
The HCI Bibliography Over 20,000 references to the HCI research literature
Human Factors and Ergonomic Society This is a professional society that also looks at HCI, but more at the physical aspects of devices.
ACM Digital Library UMD has a site license to the ACM Digital Library, and is available from any UMD machine.
   

Devices

  
Buxton's web page on devices manufacturers An excellent starting point to see what is available
   

Hardware prototyping

  
Phidgets Inc. USB to sensors/actuators interfaces
PIC microcontroller resources The PIC list is a good starting point for learning how to use the PIC micro-controllers
PIC-Tools; Electronic products Ready to run hardware based on PIC micro-controllers
Microchip Manufacturer of the PIC micro-controllers
Robot Store Actuators, sensors and micro-controllers
Basic stamps A BASIC based micro-controller boards
Jameco Electronic suplies
Tower Hobbies Hardware for models

CAD

  
MicroScribe A small measuring arm used for reverse-engineering
Rhino NURBs basedCAD software (Used with the MicroScribe)
SolidWorks A nice constrains based CAD software
   

Rapid prototyping

  
Zprinter 310 The 3D printer available during the class

Web Accessibility