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    • TH-Wood: Developing Thermo-Hygro-Coordinating Driven Wood Actuators to Enhance Human-Nature Interaction 

      Wang, Guanyun; Chen, Chuang; Jin, Xiao; Chen, Yulu; Zheng, Yangweizhe; e.a. (ACM|CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025-04-25)
      Wood has become increasingly applied in shape-changing interfaces for its eco-friendly and smart responsive properties, while its applications face challenges as it remains primarily driven by humidity. We propose TH-Wood, ...

    • From blades to tracks: a case study in structural reuse of curved surfaces for circular design 

      Pupping, Jesse; Riso, Marzia; Popescu, Mariana; Bousseau, Adrien; Joustra, Jelle (ACM|ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, 2025-11-19)
      We explore the fabrication of curved surfaces by reusing panels extracted from decommissioned wind turbine blades, using cycling pumptracks as a case study. We first present real-world prototypes of pumptrack modules that ...

    • Fintech Innovation in China 

      Cusumano, Michael (ACM, 2025-09-23)
      This column discusses innovation in payment platforms in China and what Western central banks and governments might learn. Private Chinese companies led in the introduction of the mobile payment systems Alipay and WeChat ...