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James Patten
I’m a PhD Candidate in the Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab, where I design new interfaces to computers based on physical objects. These tangible interfaces aim to let people take advantage of the skills they already have when using a computer, instead of having to develop new ones. Recently I’ve been focusing on the theme of the interactive workbench. I’ve developed some technologies for quickly and accurately tracking the movements of objects on a tabletop surface, and several applications of this technology, ranging from musical performance to business simulation.