The Information Percolator: Ambient Information Display in a Decorative Object

Ambient information displays are designed to convey background or context information that the user may or may not wish to attend to at any given time. They are designed to work primarily in the periphery of a user's awareness, moving to the center of attention only when appropriate and desirable. This research describes a new ambient information display that is designed to give a rich medium of expression placed within an aesthetically pleasing decorative object. This display - The Information Percolator - is formed by bubbles of air rising up columns of water.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• water
• bubbles
• display
• screen
• output
• information
• ambient
• carnegie
• mellon
• university
• human
• computer
• interaction
• interface
• hci
• hcii
• cmu