We propose virtually connected media called tranStick. They provide two functions: that of a virtual wire, and that of a memory card containing shared space. The first function enables a user to select devices to be connected as if by an invisible wire, by simply putting tranSticks with the same identifier into them. The tranSticks provide feedback indicating that the devices are connected, and also allow the connection to be closed or changed the way it would be if the devices were connected by physical wires. The second function enables a user to access to shared space on the network as if the shared space were in the tranStick. tranSticks contain long secret keys so that a process of finding another tranStick with the same identifier can be encrypted. In this paper we describe the implementation of the tranStick system and introduce some applications of the system.
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| Concept of tranSticks: a pair of sticks are connected by a "wireless wire" |
Yuji Ayatsuka, Jun Rekimoto "tranSticks: Physically Manipulatable Virtual Connections" in CHI 2005 Proceedings, Apr. 2005, pp.251-260