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DJ holding an Android watch running SoundWatch that shows Speech has been recognized (at 64 dB). The alert can be snoozed for 10 minutes

Dhruv Jain Passes General Exam

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Dec 11, 2020

A screenshot of the opening slide of Seokbin Kang's PhD defense showing a picture of PrototypAR and some of the committee members

Announcing Dr. Seokbin Kang

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Nov 10, 2020

Image shows a person wearing an Android smartwatch with the SoundWatch user interface, which shows a "Car Honk" recognized sound with 98% accuracy and 101 decibels.

SoundWatch Wins Best Artifact Award at ASSETS

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Oct 29, 2020

A picture of Manaswi Saha showing her standing in front of tree with a yellow shirt

Manaswi Saha Honored with Google PhD Fellowship

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Oct 07, 2020

A picture of a sidewalk and street scene showing six different zones related to sidewalks (and non-motorized traffic)

CSCW2020 Paper on "Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem" Accepted!

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Aug 04, 2020

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ISWC 2020 Paper on "Field Study of a Tactile Device" Accepted!

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Aug 04, 2020

A diagram of Liang's PhD thesis work showing object, body, and space integration for 3D printing on-demand structures

Liang He Accepted into UIST2020 Doctoral Symposium

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Jul 29, 2020

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SoundWatch and Navigating Grad School with a Disability Accepted to ASSETS'20

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Jul 22, 2020

Four Makeability Lab Ugrads Accepted to BS/MS Program

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Jul 15, 2020

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High School Research Assistant Naomi Bashkansky Named Coolidge Senator

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Jun 22, 2020

A colorful mural of George Floyd who was unjustly killed by police in Minneapolis. His face is in the middle with the words George Floyd in large, orange block lettering. the text "Say our names" and "I can breathe now" is written above and below George's head with the names of fellow Black people who have been killed by police written behind him.

The Makeability Lab Stands in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

BY Jon E. Froehlich • Jun 02, 2020

CREATE Center Launches!

BY Jon E. Froehlich • May 28, 2020

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