• Ken Nakagaki

      Interaction Designer / HCI Researcher @MIT Media Lab

    • 'Tangible Curiosity'

      I invent and speculate in the gap between our fingertips and the physical world, with means of physical computing, robotics and interaction design, and HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) research.

       

      Driven by curiosity and tangible prototyping processes, I investigate the future of physical space and materials coupled with computation for novel physical experiences.

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      (Please refer to Tangible Media Group web and Google Scholar as well.)

    • Selected Research

      See Full Portfolio here (In-Progress)

      HERMITS

      Mechanical Shell Add-ons for Robotic TUIs

      [UIST '20, Nakagaki et al]

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      Venous Materials

      Interactive Fluidic Mechanism

      [CHI '20, Mor et al]

      FastCo Innovation by Design Awards

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      TRANS-DOCK

      Shape Displays with Interchangeable Transducers

      [TEI '20, Nakagaki et al]

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      inFORCE

      Bi-directional 'Force' Shape Display

      [TEI '19, Nakagaki et al]

      Honorable Mention Award

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      Force Jacket

      Pneumatically-Actuated Jacket for Embodied Haptic Experiences

      [CHI '18, Delazio et al]

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      AnimaStage

      Animated Craft on Shape Display

      [DIS '17, Nakagaki et al]

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      ChainFORM

      Modular Line-based Shape Changing UIs

      [UIST '16, Nakagaki et al]

      YouFab Award - Finalist

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      Materiable

      Representing Material Property with Shape Changing UIs

      [CHI '16, Nakagaki et al]

      Honorable Mention Award

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      LineFORM

      Line-based Shape Changing UIs

      [UIST '15, Nakagaki et al]

      Golden A' Design Award

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      TRANSFORM

      Dynamic and Adaptive Furniture

      [CHI '15 EA, Vink et al]

      Golden Mouse Award

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

       

      COMP*PASS

      Digitally Augmented Compass

      [CHI '14 Interactivity, Nakagaki et al]

      James Dyson Award - TOP20

      PDF | ACM | Video

      Petanko Roller

      Rolling Pin-based Haptic Interface

      [ACE '13, Nakagaki et al]

      Japan Media Arts Festival - Jury Selections

      PDF | Springer | Video

    • Career and Education

      View the Full CV here

      MIT Media Lab

      M.S and Ph.D

      Cambridge, MA USA

      Sep 2014 - [Expected: June 2021]

      Tangible Media Group

      Research Assistant

      Cambridge, MA USA

      Sep 2014 - [Current]

      Disney Research Pittsburgh

      Research Associate (Intern)

      Pittsburgh, PA USA

      May - Aug 2017

      Keio Univ. SFC

      B.A. and M.M.G

      Kanagawa, JAPAN

      Apr 2009 - Aug 2014

      Yasuaki Kakehi Lab.

      Bachelor and M.S

      Kanagawa, JAPAN (now in Univ. of Tokyo)
      Apr 2010 - Sep 2014

       

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