Handimate on IDC poster in CHI 2016

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 12, 2016 | News

Ziro’s predecessor Handimate is spotted on IDC poster in CHI 2016. Interactive Design & Children Conference has brought together researchers and practitioners seeking to study how best to develop and design interactive technologies for children, since...

CardBoardiZer: Creatively Customize, Articulate and Fold 3D Mesh Models

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 5, 2016 | 2016, Fabrication, Karthik Ramani, Luis Paredes, Recent Publications, TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED & EMBODIED INTERFACES, Wei Gao, Yunbo Zhang

                Computer-aided design of flat patterns allows designers to prototype foldable 3D objects made of heterogeneous sheets of material. We found origami designs are often characterized by pre-synthesized patterns and...

Ziro Robot has Hit Shelves on Indiegogo!

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | May 2, 2016 | News

Ziro: World’s First Hand-controlled Robotics Kit, is now on Indiegogo. Do not miss your chance to be among the people that get it first.  

Ziro Launch Party @ Purdue GateWood Attrium

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Apr 25, 2016 | News, Uncategorized

We had a successful event for announcing the start of the Indiegogo campaign for Ziro on April 18th. The event took place in Gatewood Wing of Purdue Mechanical Engineering building and it was a major success with more than 350 people attended. The event has introduced...

CVPR 2016 HANDS Workshop

by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Apr 22, 2016 | News

C Design Lab gladly announces that it is sponsoring The HANDS Workshop, among other sponsors like NSF, Facebook/Oculus, IEEE Computer Society and CVF. This is the 2nd time this workshop is taking place and researchers who work on hand detection and hand pose...