While I won’t be there in person this year at #CHI2026, I’m really grateful that we get to share this work with the @chi.acm.org community. If you’re attending, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this work or connect remotely! Feel free to reach out.
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🐣✨ and here is a fun TCO quiz we vibe-coded. Answer these 10 questions to find out which TCO user you are: ubcspin.github.io/TCO-visualiz... would love to see your responses 😃
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You can engage with this research in different ways:
📄 Read the paper: lnkd.in/gjFRePvn
🎥 Watch the talk: lnkd.in/gVEmpkNR
🛠️ Interact with the visualization tool: lnkd.in/gZhpMxXQ
📊 Use the open dataset: lnkd.in/gUjgqsnr
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🏆 Honored that our #CHI2026 paper received a Best Paper Honorable Mention 🎉
We studied how people use touchable comfort objects (TCOs) for emotion regulation, informing affective haptic system design.
Link: programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/pro...
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Presenting our recent work on affective haptics and cognitive reappraisal at Atlas Fall Colloquium tomorrow. The talk starts at 11:30 am MT in person at ATLS 208 and in zoom cuboulder.zoom.us/j/93867790852
Hope to see some of you in person at Atlas Institute, CU Boulder 🏔️✨
Hello #hci #haptics #affectivehaptics #affectivecomputing research communities! I am a 5th year PhD Candidate in Computer Science. Excited to connect with you all here as I migrate from X. I study how to design interactive haptic technologies to facilitate individuals’ emotion regulation practises.