icon : an exploration into learning across distances with a wearable device

There are 7 billion people on this planet. Each one of us is a learner and a teacher. Collectively we hold the entire of humanity's knowledge and boundless compassion. We enrich our lives every single day by unknowingly learning and teaching small things to others. We have a plethora of tools to communicate at our disposal, tools that make it possible to learn and teach others. However these tools don't operate in our natural hands-on learning environments. They demand their own computational enclosures either on our desks, laps, palms or in front of our eyes. Moreover, they don't support a seamless transfer of intentions that can be achieved by an effective communication tool. This thesis proposes, documents and reflects on the creation a wearable shoulder-worn wearable communication device 'icon' and a set of tools 'iconHub' and 'iconView' that try to facilitate learning across distances between people, while offering a eyes-free and hands-free experience.

Department dc:contributor.department

Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Dand, Dhairya

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pattie Maes.

• Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95596

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/95596