Flexkit: a rapid prototyping platform for flexible displays

Authors:
David Holman;Jesse Burstyn;Ryan Brotman;Audrey Younkin;Roel Vertegaal
Affiliations:
Human Media Lab, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada;Human Media Lab, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada;Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA;Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA;Human Media Lab, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the adjunct publication of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Commercially available development platforms for flexible displays are not designed for rapid prototyping. To create a deformable interface, one that uses a functional flexible display, designers must be familiar with embedded hardware systems and corresponding programming. We introduce Flexkit, a platform that allows designers to rapidly prototype deformable applications. With Flexkit, designers can rapidly prototype using a thin-film electrophoretic display, one that is "Plug and Play". To demonstrate Flexkit's ease-of-use, we present its application in PaperTab's design iteration as a case study. We further discuss how dithering can be used to increase the frame rate of electrophoretic displays from 1fps to 5fps.