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Hackistry: sharing the hacker experience
For my capstone I took a look at the experience of programming and found a few areas that could be [...]
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Hungry, Hungry, Hippies
A design for a mobile phone application that helps people make more sustainable purchasing decisions using augmented reality and image processing.
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Keyboard Gloves: an Arduino prototype
An Arduino prototype based on a previous design. This prototype allows users to treat any flat surface as a keyboard.
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People Power: designing for protests
A physical device paired with a website designed to enable more effective communication for people participating in a protest or movement.
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Config-a-Fleet: printer settings management
A printer fleet management tool designed to allow for flexible and easy printer configuration for large companies.
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You-A-Saurus: A museum experience prototype
A museum experience designed to teach 6-8 year old children about dinosaurs through immersive interactions and role play.
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iSurvive: Zombie Survival iPhone Application
An iPhone application designed to help the survivors of a zombie apocalypse. This app focuses on helping people find other people while avoiding zombies.
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Ravelry Mobile Mockup
This project is a prototype of a possible Ravelry.com iPhone application. Tools used: Fireworks, Device Central, HTML, Interviewing, and Sketching
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Significant Screwdriver
An Arduino prototyping project focused on facilitating the recognition of traditionally masculine maintenance work as acts of love.
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Foodmunity
(CHI2011 Student Design Competition Finalist) An online social networking tool focused on facilitating the appreciation of differences among neighbors in a community through the use of food.
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Austin Toombs is PhD student at Indiana University Bloomington studying Human Computer Interaction Design. He is an Experience Designer with a programming and software development background. He enjoys rolling around in the snow, creating with his hands, reading, people watching, and hugging strangers.