{"id":35,"date":"2011-11-02T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/inside_microsoft_research\/2011\/11\/02\/students-get-creative-with-touch-mouse\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:33:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:33:27","slug":"students-get-creative-with-touch-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/students-get-creative-with-touch-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Get Creative with Touch Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"posted-by\">Posted by <span class=\"author\">Rob Knies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/TNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.technet.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/00\/90\/35\/6253.MSR_Snail_Snapshot_110211.jpg\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-90-35\/6253.MSR_5F00_Snail_5F00_Snapshot_5F00_110211.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 0px currentColor; float: left;\" title=\"Snail Interface\" alt=\"Snail Interface\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/TNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.technet.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/00\/90\/35\/6253.MSR_Snail_Snapshot_110211.jpg\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-90-35\/6253.MSR_5F00_Snail_5F00_Snapshot_5F00_110211.jpg\" width=\"350\" \/><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s always interesting to put new technology into the hands of university students and see what they can devise, and such was precisely the case during the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Student Innovation Contest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acm.org\/uist\/uist2011\/call\/contest.html\">Student Innovation Contest<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, held in conjunction with the Association for Computing Machinery&rsquo;s <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"24th annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acm.org\/uist\/uist2011\/\">24th annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (UIST), held Oct. 16-19 in Santa Barbara, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty groups participated in the contest, for which <a title=\"Microsoft Hardware\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/hardware\/en-us\">Microsoft Hardware<\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Microsoft Research\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\">Microsoft Research<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and Microsoft&rsquo;s <a title=\"Microsoft Applied Sciences Group\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/appliedsciences\/\">Applied Sciences Group<\/a> supplied each student with a <a title=\"Microsoft Touch Mouse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/hardware\/en-us\/products\/touch-mouse\/microsite\/\">Microsoft Touch Mouse<\/a>, customized specially for the contest, and exclusive access to the publicly available <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Touch Mouse API\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/downloads\/8ca8f8d1-c0b8-43a3-a519-0276195a6eec\/\">Touch Mouse API<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, to gain visibility to the real-time sensor information from the touch sensor on the mouse.<\/p>\n<p>The participants received three instructions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experiment and combine the Touch Mouse with other devices and sensors.<\/li>\n<li>Use creativity to write new applications for the device.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate novel thinking by using the mouse, familiar to all computer users, in unique ways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winners satisfied those qualifications and more:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Creative<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"TUI.TAR: An air guitar-inspired tangible user interface for digital music creation and performance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GYJpci5X5yc\">TUI.TAR: An air guitar-inspired tangible user interface for digital music creation and performance<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>&mdash;Wellesley College. <em>Runner-up:<\/em> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"FlipMouse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9MOW1g5bP4\">FlipMouse<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, from Harvey Mudd College.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most Useful&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Window Manipulation with the Microsoft Touch Mouse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E4I5n7cuJbc&feature=youtu.be\">Window Manipulation with the Microsoft Touch Mouse<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>&mdash;Carnegie Mellon University. <em>Runner-up:<\/em> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Where&rsquo;s Bo Peep?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9R5b2hhDYwo\">Where&rsquo;s Bo Peep?<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, from Wellesley College.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Toki D.I.Y. toolkit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kz5hufrUGao\">Toki D.I.Y. toolkit<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>&mdash;University of Copenhagen. <em>Runner-up:<\/em> <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Moussage Mat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1uyTIG3OKvs\">The Moussage Mat<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, from the University of California, Berkeley.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, two teams were chosen by their UIST peers as winners in the People&rsquo;s Choice category. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Snail Interface\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r5DiPkqaOV8\">Snail Interface<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, took first place, and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Grip to Identify: Super-fast login using your grip pattern\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=83hrdlR8Vlo&feature=youtu.be\">Grip to Identify: Super-fast login using your grip pattern<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, was second.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I knew it was going to be a great contest,&rdquo; said <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chris Harrison\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisharrison.net\/\">Chris Harrison<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, a judge from Carnegie Mellon and a former intern at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Microsoft Research Redmond\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/labs\/redmond\/default.aspx\">Microsoft Research Redmond<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. &ldquo;Creative students paired with Microsoft Hardware is always a recipe for something exciting. Ideas ranged from funky to functional. We had snails with multitouch antennas for feeling out food, all the way to mice that can sense who you are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re interested in learning more about how the Touch Mouse journeyed from research to store shelves&mdash;ushered along by <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hrvoje Benko\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/people\/benko\/\">Hrvoje Benko<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"John Miller\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/people\/johnmil\/\">John Miller<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> of Microsoft Research&mdash;see <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"this story\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/features\/touchmouse-072611.aspx\">this story<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> from earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Derived from the original <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Microsoft Hardware Blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsofthardwareblog.com\/uist-contest-winners\/\">Microsoft Hardware Blog post<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Rob Knies It&rsquo;s always interesting to put new technology into the hands of university students and see what they can devise, and such was precisely the case during the Student Innovation Contest, held in conjunction with the Association for Computing Machinery&rsquo;s 24th annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), held Oct. 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