Touching the micron: tactile interactions with an optical tweezer

S. Lamont; R. Bowman; J. Williamson; M. Rath; R. Murray-Smith; M. Padgett

doi:10.1145/2371664.2371716

Touching the micron: tactile interactions with an optical tweezer

S. Lamont, R. Bowman, J. Williamson, M. Rath, R. Murray-Smith, M. Padgett

Department of Physics

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A tablet interface for manipulating microscopic particles is augmented with vibrotactile and audio feedback.The feedback is generated using a novel real-time synthesis library based on approximations to physical processes, and is efficient enough to run on mobile devices, despite their limited computational power. The feedback design and usability testing was done with a realistic simulator on appropriate tasks, allowing users to control objects more rapidly, with fewer errors and applying more consistent forces. The feedback makes the interaction more tangible, giving the user more awareness of changes in the characteristics of the optical tweezers as the number of optical traps changes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MobileHCI'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Place of Publication	New York, U. S. A.
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	217-218
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781450314435
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2371664.2371716
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion - MobileHCI '12 - San Francisco, USA United States Duration: 21 Sept 2012 → 24 Sept 2012

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Conference	14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion - MobileHCI '12
Country/Territory	USA United States
City	San Francisco
Period	21/09/12 → 24/09/12

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Lamont, S., Bowman, R., Williamson, J., Rath, M., Murray-Smith, R., & Padgett, M. (2012). Touching the micron: tactile interactions with an optical tweezer. In MobileHCI'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 217-218). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2371664.2371716

Touching the micron: tactile interactions with an optical tweezer. / Lamont, S.; Bowman, R.; Williamson, J. et al.
MobileHCI'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. New York, U. S. A.: Association for Computing Machinery, 2012. p. 217-218.

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Lamont, S, Bowman, R, Williamson, J, Rath, M, Murray-Smith, R & Padgett, M 2012, Touching the micron: tactile interactions with an optical tweezer. in MobileHCI'12 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, U. S. A., pp. 217-218, 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion - MobileHCI '12, San Francisco, USA United States, 21/09/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2371664.2371716

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