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The tangible user interface and its evolution

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Users sculpt and manipulate digital information throughsuch tangible media as clay, sand, and building models, coupled with underlying computation for design and analysis.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 51, Issue 6
        Organic user interfaces
        June 2008
        93 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1349026
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