Human Computer Integration Lab
Computer Science Department, University of Chicago
This page highlights the impact of our lab's research beyond just paper citations and direct impact in the HCI community.
Live (TV/radio/podcasts) press
Written interviews with us
- Interview with Jas Brooks about their olfactory interfaces work (by SlowDown TV)
- Article and Interview with lead author Jasmine Lu, by Cassidy Ward for SyFy
- Full article about Smell in VR by Jude Stewart for WIRED magazine, which covers also our stereo smell and trigeminal illusions work, including interview with Jas Brooks
- Short interview/blurb for Technical University of Lisbon (Pedro's alma mater) about Sloan Fellowship Award
- Short interview/blurb for Hasso Plattner Institute (Pedro's PhD alma mater) about Sloan Fellowship Award
- Interview by Stephen Gossett for BuiltIn magazine with Jas Brooks on Smell interfaces (their future, how the Smell-o-vision legacy fares today, and our olfactory interfaces)
- Interview with Jun and Pedro for UchicagoCS
- Crain's article on Michael Franklin's plan for UChicago CS, includes interview with Pedro
Press on our Electrical Head Actuation (CHI 2022)
Press on our Chemical Haptics (UIST 2021)
Press on our DextrEMS work (UIST 2021, Best Demo Award People's Choice)
Press on our Altering Softness work (UIST 2022, Best Paper Award, Best Demo Award Jury)
Press on our Touch and Fold work (CHI 2021, Honorable Mention Award)
Press on our Elevate work (CHI 2021, in collaboration with Andrea Bianchi's group at KAIST)
Press on our Electrical Stereo Smell work (CHI 2021)
Press on our Trigeminal Temperature Illusions for VR (CHI Best Paper 2020)
Press on our HandMorph exoskeleton (UIST Best Paper 2020)
Press on our EMS-based authentication (work with Heather Zheng and Ben Zhao)
Press on our privacy bracelet (CHI Honorable Mention 2020; work with Heather Zheng and Ben Zhao)
- New York Times piece about our jammer
- The Atlantic's interview with Mike Pondsmith (creator of Cyberpunk) mentions our wearable jammer
- Our jammer is a finalist in the 2020 Innovation By Design Awards, given out by Fast Company magazine. The project was one of the 8 finalists chosen in the Experimental category.
- Chicago Tribune's article
- Mashable article
- Engadget article
- The Times article
- Full article about our wearable jammer (Shiropen/ITMedia, japan)
- Slashdot article
- Hackaday article about our jammer
- Adafruit features our work on their blog
- Freethink article about our jammer
- hartford courant's article
- Futurism article
- Techgenyz article
- Ycombinator discussion
- Daily Mail's article
- Reddit discussion
- Slashdot article
- Times of India article
- Input mag article
- Ulyces article (In french)
- Ubergizmo article
- Newsbreak article
- Todo Noticias Article (in Argentinian Spanish)
- Web Razzi Article (in Turkish)
- Yanko Design Article
- IoT Report article
- Seattle TimesActivate This 'Bracelet of Silence,' and Alexa Can't Eavesdrop
- The Mirror UK: Alexa owners can stop her eavesdropping using this 'bracelet of silence'
- Yahoo Finance: Ultrasonic bracelet jams the microphones around you
- National Law Review: Privacy Fashion: Profit from the Surveillance State
- Yahoo News: Activate This 'Bracelet of Silence,' and Alexa Can't Eavesdrop
- Business Insider Spain: Crean una pulsera con ultrasonidos que anula los microfonos e impide que las tecnologicas te espien
- CNet France: Ce bracelet brouilleur empeche les enceintes connectees de vous ecouter
- Paris Match: Un <> pour empecher Siri et Alexa de vous ecouter
- CTV News: Tech with Todd, start at 6:10
- RFI Podcast (France): Bracelet of Silence
- Independent (Ireland): Listen up: Your life is too boring for Alexa to spy on you
- Techtudo (Brazil): Pulseira digital bloqueia microfones proximos e evita espionagem
- TJournal (Russia): Bracelet of silence: how a pair of scientists came up with a device for suppressing microphones of "smart" speakers
- Baltijas Balss (Latvia): As a couple of scientists came up with a device for suppressing microphones of "smart" speakers, "Anti-clocks"
emit ultrasound that interferes with speech recognition
- UberGizmo: This Ultrasonic Bracelet Jams Microphones Around You
- Jezebel: I Thought Dystopic Fashion Would Be Cuter
- UChicago Magazine: A computer science expert on the data privacy crisis
- Termometro (Mexico): Crean pulsera con ultrasonidos que impide que las tecnologicas te espien
- TechGenyz: 'Bracelet of Silence': A device to jam smart speakers' ability to spy on conversations
- Uncrate: ALEXA & SIRI MICROPHONE JAMMING BRACELET
- Le Numeriques (France): Ce bracelet empeche les objets connectes et smartphones de vous ecouter
- Muy Interesante (Spain): Este 'brazalete del silencio' impide que Alexa te espie
- Welt (Germany): Dieses Armband verhindert, dass Alexa und Siri dich belauschen
- Sina Tech (China): Scientists Invent "Bracelet of Silence" that can disable surrounding microphones
- TechOrange (China): American University Invents "Anti-surveillance" Bracelet, Uses Ultrasonic Signals to Block Smart Speakers and Smartphones
- Unwire (Hong Kong): American Researchers Invent Anti-surveillance Bracelet; Uses Ultrasonic Signals to Disrupt Nearby Microphones
- Technews (Taiwan): American Researchers Invent Anti-surveillance Bracelet; Uses Ultrasonic Signals to Disrupt Nearby Microphones
- Tech Insane Youtube Channel (Hindi): Tech Insane Youtube Channel (Hindi)
- Week in Rap Youtube Channel: Week in Rap Youtube Channel
- Guardian piece on IoT security mentions our device
- Featured on UChicago News: Monday, February 17, 2020
- Featured on PSD Academics Newsletter (by PSD Dean Angela Olinto): February 28, 2020
Press on our haptic learning via muscle stimulation work
Press on our agency in haptics work
Press on our agency in haptics work
News articles about the lab as a whole
Press on our new lab or Pedro joining UChicago or individual awards
Academic classes, books, etc that show our work
- The book Perspectives on Wearable Enhanced Learning (WELL) (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
I. Buchem et al.), mentions our work on EMS!
DIY/Maker Community using our projects
Other assorted press articles