Media

The problem of controlling appliance has been recognized by many of worlds leading news and media sources. On occasion, they even choose to right about our work. This is a collection of a articles that motivate or mention our research.

Research articles by others using the PUC system

1. Istvan Barakonyi, Thomas Psik, Dieter Schmalstieg. "Agents That Talk And Hit Back: Animated Agents in Augmented Reality," in Proceedings of the Third IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). Nov 2-5, 2004. Washington D.C. pp. 141-150 (pdf)

Articles about this research by others

1. Mike Crissey, "Designers Work on All-in-One Remote," Associated Press, August 27, 2002. html local pdf
2. WPXI, Channel 11 news at 11:00pm on October 15, 2002. (Includes a brief shot of Jeff and a PUC interface). mpg
3. Michael Yeomans, "CMU Scientists Improving Computers' People Skills," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Tuesday, October 22, 2002. pages B7, B10. html local pdf
4. Microsoft PressPass Press Release, "It's Academic: Microsoft Research Collaboration Projects Fuel Technology Innovation at Universities". Redmond, Wash., July 28, 2003. html
5. Kim Peterson. "Inventions' wonderful world on display at Microsoft fair," Seattle Times. Wednesday, July 30, 2003. pp. E-1 and E-3. html local pdf

Articles motivating this research

1. Business Week, "I can't work this ?#!!@ thing!", Cover Story, April 29, 1991. local gif
2. Unknown author. "Flying with a Palm pilot" local jpg
3. Hilton Hotels, Advertisement. Assorted Magazines, 2002-2003 local jpg
4. Dave Barry. "Dave Barry Calendar 2002", February 19, 2002. local jpg
5. Jan Eliot. Stone Soup comic. June 23, 2002. local gif
6. Wiley. Non-sequitur comic. November 26, 2002. local jpg
7. Lee Gomes. "Appliances Have Become Like PCs: Too Complex for Their Own Good", The Wall Street Journal Online, May 12, 2003. local pdf
8. Associated Press. "Newest electronics short on simplicity", January 30, 2004. local pdf
9. Scott Adams. Dilbert, February 18, 2004. local gif
10. Jakob Nielsen, "Why Consumer Products Have Inferior User Experience", Alertbox, March 15, 2004 html
11. Michelle Delio, "Technology Resets the Clock", WIRED News, April 3, 2004 local pdf
12. Jakob Nielsen, "Remote Control Anarchy", Alertbox, June 7, 2004. html
13. Stephen H. Wildstrom, "Lessons From A Dizzying Decade in Tech", Business Week, June 14, 2004. html pdf
14. Economist, "Make it simple", October 28, 2004. local pdf
15. Michael Erard, "The Geek Guide to Kosher Machines", WIRED 12.11, November 2004 local pdf
16. Michelle Delio, "Race for the Ultimate Car Hacks", Technology Review, December 16, 2004. html local pdf
17. Warren Webb, "Smart phones: the next embedded interface", January 6, 2005. html local pdf
18. Michael Totty, "Who's Going to Win The Living-Room Wars?", Wall Street Journal Online, April 25, 2005. local pdf
19. Bill Amend, FoxTrot, May 1, 2005. local gif
20. Steven Levingston, "Vying for Remote Control: Companies Scramble for a Niche as Computer and Televisions Merge", Washington Post, December 1, 2005. html local pdf
21. Sean Captain, "Network Babel in the Living Room", Wired News, January 12, 2006. html local pdf
22. Associated Press, "Time change is money for Indiana teen", CNN.com, April 1, 2006. html local pdf
23. Dave Barry, "Dave Barry Desk Calendar 2006", April 12, 2006. local png
24. Gregory M. Lamb, "A fast rate of return", May 15, 2006. html local pdf