Title:
Hands-on math: a page-based multi-touch and pen desktop for technical work and problem solving
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Hands-on math: a page-based multi-touch and pen desktop for technical work and problem solving
Robert Zeleznik, Andrew Bragdon, Ferdi Adeputra, Hsu-Sheng Ko
UIST '10 Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
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Summary:
This paper is about a new multi-touch, and pen desktop. The goal of this desktop is to integrate a pencil and paper type of input with a Computer Algebra System. Paper offers a fluid method of solving problems, and it encourages step-by-step computations. The Computer Algebra System allows for fast problem solving, at the cost of abstraction. They both have their strengths and weaknesses, and the goal of the Hands-on math system is to get the strengths of both, while losing many weaknesses. The paper goes on to describe the different ways the user can interact with the system. This ranges from just writing, to opening up new pages, to manipulating equations, to different touch gestures.
Discussion:
I thought that this was an interesting paper. There are times when I am trying to solve something on the computer, but the fact that I have to type everything in slows me down. I think that this will be a great tool for those who need to solve mathematical problems, and would be interested in trying out this new desktop.
This is something that I have desired since I started college. I much prefer to write math related problems by hand, but this leaves me with no interaction with the computer in my math problems. This product could prove to alleviate that problem if it worked correctly.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the computer slowing you down when writing out math. And I for one am tired of using Latex to write out complex mathematical functions.
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