Paper Info
Title
Morphological Interfaces: On Body Transforming Technologies.
Abstract
A close integration of human and machine has been envisioned by researchers and artists for generations, however, there has been little effort in investigating the possibility and plausibility of the idea until recent years. We seek to open a discussion on how the notion of self is plastic, and how innately we are capable of empowering and extending ourselves through technologies. Neuroscience studies show using a tool not only offers new capabilities, but also reconstructs our cognitive architecture to include the tool as a part of ourselves. This adaptive nature of the body image poses an opportunity for designing interfaces that become natural extensions to us. In this paper we introduce previous studies drawn from various fields of study, and discuss the role of the body in the self-world relationship, body image plasticity, and how designing the body may affect neural developments. We also offer a categorization of related technologies, along with our current explorations. Finally, potential issues and challenges in realizing the presented form of interfaces are addressed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1145/3027063.3052758
CHI Extended Abstracts
Field
DocType
Citations 
Categorization,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Cognitive architecture,Human body
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
16
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sang-won Leigh17411.59
Patricia Maes279411719.73