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Alanson Sample
World Economic Form: November 8, 2023
This smartphone tool helps people with visual disabilities us touchscreens
This video highlights how work led by Profs. Alanson Sample and Anhong Guo can make kiosks, ATMS, and other touchscreen interfaces accessible to individuals with visual disabilities or tremors. Brushlens is a smartphone case that helps users to perceive, locate, and tap buttons and keys on the touch screen menus.New Atlas: November 1, 2023
BrushLens tech could make touchscreen displays accessible to everyone
This article highlights BrushLens, a new device could help users with visual impairments, tremors, and spasms to use touchscreens independently.Independent Living: November 1, 2023
Smartphone case workaround
This article highlights BrushLens, a new device could help users with visual impairments, tremors, and spasms to use touchscreens independently.CSE researchers present new findings and tech at UIST 2023
CSE researchers have 2 papers and 4 demos appearing at the conference, covering new tech that improves accessibility, enhances user experience, and helps surgeons-in-training.New phone case provides workaround for inaccessible touchscreens
Touchscreens are everywhere but not built for everyone. A new device could help bridge that gap, helping users access ticket kiosks, restaurant menus and more.Two EECS PhD students receive Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
Cameron Haire and Jiale Zhang have been selected as recipients of the prestigious fellowship, which aims to support forward-thinking PhD student research.GizChina: May 5, 2023
Future is now – this revolutionary device can transform your body or a desk into a touchscreen
This article reports on SAWSense, a sensor system developed in Prof. Alanson Sample’s lab that allows for touch inputs to be made on a variety of surfaces.Seven papers by CSE researchers presented at CHI 2023
30 University of Michigan researchers authored and co-authored papers spanning surveillance, virtual reality, algorithmic stigma, assistive technology, and sensing systems.WDET: March 4, 2022
Tracked and Traced: You are the product, thanks to surveillance capitalism
Prof. Alanson Sample discusses his lab’s work on PrivacyMic, a developing audio technology that protects user privacy by operating outside the normal frequency range for human ears.Three ECE students awarded Rackham fellowships
Cheng-Hsun Lu, Shih-Chi Liao, and Jiale Zhang have been awarded the Rackham International Students Fellowship/Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship.Yasha Iravantchi receives Meta PhD Fellowship
Iravantchi’s research focuses on developing novel and privacy-preserving sensing hardware for more immersive VR/AR.Wireless electricity and safety: A Q&A with Alanson Sample
How the safety of a wireless charging room stacks up to that of a cell phone.Fast Company: September 20, 2021
This magic room charges your phone as soon as you walk in
Prof. Alanson Sample discusses his new research, which created rooms with wireless electricity, enabling the use of lamps and fans and charging cells phones all without the need for power cords.World Economic Form: September 1, 2021
This entire room has been turned into a giant wireless charger
Researchers including Prof. Alanson Sample have developed a system to safely deliver electricity over the air, a development that could potentially turn entire buildings into wireless charging zones.Will power cords go the way of land lines?
Room-size charging system powers lights, phones, laptops without wiresLess nosy smart speakers
Technology could capture household information without recording speech.
Three CSE papers at CHI 2021 recognized with honorable mentions
The papers dealt with issues of accessibility, privacy, and consent in technology.
Jaylin Herskovitz selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Through her work in augmented reality, Jaylin hopes to improve the accessibility of emerging technologies for people with disabilities and expand access to computing.
Nine CSE graduate students recognized by NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The nine students represent a broad range of research areas in the department.
All things can be part of the Internet of Things with new RFID system
Sensing technology could keep seniors safe.