The missing link: augmenting biology laboratory notebooks

  • Authors:
  • Wendy E. Mackay;Guillaume Pothier;Catherine Letondal;Kaare Bøegh;Hans Erik Sørensen

  • Affiliations:
  • INRIA Domaine de Voluceau Rocquencourt, B.P. 105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, FRANCE;INRIA Domaine de Voluceau Rocquencourt, B.P. 105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, FRANCE;Institut Pasteur Service d'Informatique Scientifique 28 rue du Docteur Roux 75724 Paris CEDEX 15, FRANCE;Aarhus University Åbogade 34 DK-8200 N, Aarhus, DENMARK;Aarhus University Åbogade 34 DK-8200 N, Aarhus, DENMARK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 15th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Using a participatory design process, we created three prototype augmented laboratory notebooks that provide the missing link between paper, physical artifacts and on-line data. The final a-book combines a graphics tablet and a PDA. The tablet captures writing on the paper notebook and the PDA acts as an "interaction lens" or window between physical and electronic documents. Our approach is document-centered, with a software architecture based on layers of physical and electronic information.