Boda blocks: a collaborative tool for exploring tangible three-dimensional cellular automata

Authors:
Leah Buechley;Mike Eisenberg
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO;Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Venue:
CSCL'07 Proceedings of the 8th iternational conference on Computer supported collaborative learning
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Construction kits like traditional building blocks provide excellent media for face-to-face collaborative interaction. The complexity and expressive power of these kits are increasingly being augmented with computational elements like controllable lights, motors and sounds. This paper introduces a computationally enhanced set of building blocks, Boda Blocks, which allows for collaborative interaction through the construction and programming of tangible three-dimensional cellular automata. We provide a brief introduction to computationally enhanced construction kits, describe the Boda Blocks system and report on the results of a preliminary user study.