About this blog

Hi, there! I am Alessandro, behavioral psychologist, and this is my blog about Tangible Interaction (the research topic of my thesis). Currently, I am studying Masters Degree in Design at UFSC (Florianópolis, Brasil).

I chose Tangible User Interfaces (TUI) as study theme because I think this kind of human-machine interaction is something amazing. And I really have not regretted on this choice! 

In a few words, TUI is about taking the interaction off the screen and put it in the physical world.

Ok, ok, but how design and evaluted this kind of interaction? (Yeah, this is my 

Interaction beyod windows, icons, menus and prompts

What you will see in this blog: 

- Reviews about papers, books and other publication on TUI;

- a lot of Situated Cognition theoretical stuff;

- my comments on TUI from my work experience with R&D on driving simulators;

- some pratical applications examined by me;

- the models, patterns and condiderations about TUI from my research;

- some technical tips on TUI about my experience for people who want study and make TUI.

Welcome to my blog! 

See you soon!