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Makeability Lab

@makeabilitylab

The Makeability Lab's mission is to design, build, & study interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges. Join us!

 Seattle, WA
makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/
Joined May 2013
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Today, we kick off hashtag#ASSETS2024 in beautiful St. John's, Newfoundland. Would love to meet up with you if you're also here!
Rainbow over St. John's harbor

ALT Rainbow over St. John's harbor

A look outward at the Atlantic Ocean from North Head Trail in St. John's

ALT A look outward at the Atlantic Ocean from North Head Trail in St. John's

The sun setting over St. John's harbor

ALT The sun setting over St. John's harbor

Rain clouds over St John's harbor

ALT Rain clouds over St John's harbor

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An exciting Oct: 11 papers, posters, & demos at UIST, ASSETS, & VIS! 🎉 Congrats to our students & collaborators. Special rec to Jae Lee for a Best Paper Inclusion Award at UIST’24, Arnavi Chedda-Kothary for a Best Paper Nom at ASSETS’24, & Chu Li for our lab's 1st ever VIS paper
A flyer showing thumbnails of the 11 papers and a QR code to the Makeability Lab website

ALT A flyer showing thumbnails of the 11 papers and a QR code to the Makeability Lab website

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Happy holidays from the Makeability Lab! We're so grateful for our students, colleagues, and collaborators at @uwcse, @uwcreate, @uwmhcid, @uwdub, @PacTransUTC, and beyond! Wishing you all a wonderful 2023. ☃️❄️
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We use @tinkercad for teaching but it appears to be going up and down today. :( Please help. CC @autodesk. Note that the Autodesk Health status reports healthy: health.autodesk.com/
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We're teaching physical computing to @uwcse undergraduates for the first time, and it's all remote (yikes!). Trying to intermix live demos, in-class activities, & whiteboarding. There are challenges but we're having fun & learning alot too! Course website: makeabilitylab.github.io/phy…
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Congratulations to @manaswisaha on passing her PhD quals today. She presented research exploring urban accessibility as a socio-political problem, which greatly deepens and expands our work in this area. CC @projsidewalk
Screenshot of Zoom showing Manaswi's last slide (takeaways) along with a gallery view of attendees. Image taken and shared with permission from all Zoom participants.

ALT Screenshot of Zoom showing Manaswi's last slide (takeaways) along with a gallery view of attendees. Image taken and shared with permission from all Zoom participants.

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Playing with OLED displays 🧐😎
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Happy Holidays from the Makeability Lab! This procedurally generated landscape with Santa and his sleigh made in @p5xjs. Play with it and remix it here: editor.p5js.org/jonfroehlich…. Based on the amazing @muted_mountains & a great blog post by @foocodes: jonoshields.com/2017/03/29/c…
Image shows an example procedurally generated landscape with Santa and his sleigh riding over mountains in front of the moon. The landscape is computationally generated in @p5xjs.

ALT Image shows an example procedurally generated landscape with Santa and his sleigh riding over mountains in front of the moon. The landscape is computationally generated in @p5xjs.

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Happy Halloween from the Makeability Lab!
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Hiking, canoeing, kayaking, potluck picnicking, games, & fun. The Summer 2019 Makeability Lab retreat was a great success. As the summer ends, also an opportunity to thank and say goodbye to our wonderful high school and ugrad interns. #teamwork @uwcse
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Second Makeability Lab fun run of the summer: 1 high school student, 2 ugrads, and 1 PhD student. Woohoo!
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First Makeability Lab fun run of the summer: 3.4 miles to the beautiful Gasworks Park and back. Thanks all for joining! Hoping for an even bigger crew next time!
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Dhruv Jain watching ⁦@julenka⁩’s ⁦@uwdub⁩ talk on building HoloLens 2 with live captions projected in his view (built with HoloLens 1). ⁦⁦@higherDefender⁩
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Replying to @jonfroehlich @uwcse @HoloLens @julenka @uwdub
@jonfroehlich @uwcse @HoloLens @julenka @uwdub
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Congrats to newly minted ⁦@umdcs⁩ PhDs ⁦@DuRuofei⁩ (on to Google), ⁦@lstearns86⁩ (joined ⁦@JHUAPL⁩), ⁦@meethumalu⁩ (joined Google), and ⁦@mattm401⁩ (not pictured, joint post-doc at Stanford and OSU). It was fun celebrating with you!
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Congrats to ⁦@seokbinkang⁩ for passing his ⁦@umdcs⁩ PhD proposal defense on “Augmented Reality Systems to Engage Children in STEM Experiences.” Thanks to the committee: Professors Tamara Clegg and David Jacobs!
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Just another Makeability Lab whiteboard session with Prof ⁦@jonfroehlich⁩ in his everyday wear. He contends that it’s his “most comfortable outfit.” Alt-text: ⁦@jonfroehlich⁩ wearing PhD regalia while brainstorming with ⁦@venkypotluri⁩ & ⁦@higherDefender⁩.
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PhD student Dhruv Jain (@higherDefender⁩) as a lobster and an anonymous professor as MacArthur Fellow, serial entrepreneur, and award-winning ⁦@uwcse⁩ professor Shwetak Patel. Happy Halloween 🎃!
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First ⁦@uwcse⁩ Makeability Lab Retreat. Kayaking, pot luck picnic, ultimate frisbee, & swimming in Lake Washington! #summerlabfun
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