zPatch: Hybrid Resistive/Capacitive eTextile Input

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zPatch : Hybrid Resistive/Capacitive eTextile Input. / Strohmeier, Paul; Knibbe, Jarrod; Boring, Sebastian; Hornbæk, Kasper.

TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 188-198.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Strohmeier, P, Knibbe, J, Boring, S & Hornbæk, K 2018, zPatch: Hybrid Resistive/Capacitive eTextile Input. in TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 188-198, 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Stockholm, Sweden, 18/03/2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173242

APA

Strohmeier, P., Knibbe, J., Boring, S., & Hornbæk, K. (2018). zPatch: Hybrid Resistive/Capacitive eTextile Input. In TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (pp. 188-198). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173242

Vancouver

Strohmeier P, Knibbe J, Boring S, Hornbæk K. zPatch: Hybrid Resistive/Capacitive eTextile Input. In TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery. 2018. p. 188-198 https://doi.org/10.1145/3173225.3173242

Author

Strohmeier, Paul ; Knibbe, Jarrod ; Boring, Sebastian ; Hornbæk, Kasper. / zPatch : Hybrid Resistive/Capacitive eTextile Input. TEI 2018 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. pp. 188-198

Bibtex

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