• Ken Nakagaki

      Interaction Designer / HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) 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.

       

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

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      (This portfolio page is still in progress of renewal! Refer to Tangible Media Group web as well.)

    • Selected Publication / Research

      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]

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      TRANS-DOCK

      Shape Displays with Interchangeable Transducers

      [TEI '20, Nakagaki et al]

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      SCALE

      Force-based Interaction Toolkit

      [UIST '19, Yoshida 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]

      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

      Interaction Design with Line-based Shape Changing UIs

      [UIST '15, Nakagaki et al]

      PDF | ACM | Video | Web

      COMP*PASS

      Digitally Enhanced Compass-based Drawing Tool

      [CHI '14 Interactivity, Nakagaki et al]

      PDF | ACM | Video

      Petanko Roller

      Rolling Pin-based Interface for Entertainment

      [ACE '13, Nakagaki et al]

      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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