Reinventing the Cube: An Alternative Agent Design for Shape-shifting Technology

Helen Hasenfuss

2019

Abstract

In 2002 William Butera suggested the concept of a paintable computer. It is a blend of the concept of the internet of things (IoT) and multiagent computing. He describes agents that function on a basic level, ideally suspended in a liquid, so that they can be dispersed evenly but also be used to enhance the surface onto which they are painted (Butera, 2002). Expanding on this concept to create a liquid computer that could change its physical shape, i.e. it would be able to create unique 3D structures depending on user requirements. Such an interface would be in a quasi-liquid state when inactive and could become solid when in use, comparable to a Non-Newtonian fluid. This paper details an agent design that is orientated towards this kind of shape-shifting interface technology.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hasenfuss H. (2019). Reinventing the Cube: An Alternative Agent Design for Shape-shifting Technology.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications - Volume 1: CHIRA, ISBN 978-989-758-376-6, pages 15-27. DOI: 10.5220/0008116500150027

in Bibtex Style

@conference{chira19,
author={Helen Hasenfuss},
title={Reinventing the Cube: An Alternative Agent Design for Shape-shifting Technology},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications - Volume 1: CHIRA,},
year={2019},
pages={15-27},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008116500150027},
isbn={978-989-758-376-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications - Volume 1: CHIRA,
TI - Reinventing the Cube: An Alternative Agent Design for Shape-shifting Technology
SN - 978-989-758-376-6
AU - Hasenfuss H.
PY - 2019
SP - 15
EP - 27
DO - 10.5220/0008116500150027