Jack Forman

@ishii_mit This work appeared in @SciReports (@NaturePortfolio). Authors: Sarah Nicita, James C. Weaver, Hiroshi Ishii (@ishii_mit), and Jack Forman (@formanfunction). nature.com/articles/s4159…

Lots of exciting things happening at UIST this year!! I've had the pleasure of being Community Co-Chair with @formanfunction and will be moderating the Women's Lunch Panel on 9/29! ✨ We have a fabulous set of panelists across academia & industry. Join us! 👩🏻‍🔬👩🏾‍💻 (poster by Jack!)

A paper by Media Lab researchers and collaborators, to appear at @acm_chi 2025, describes a new rapid-prototyping platform called VIK (Voxel Invention Kit) that utilizes reconfigurable building blocks with integrated electronics. The system can be assembled into complex, functional devices, with potential applications in areas ranging from space fabrication to the development of smart buildings and intelligent infrastructure for sustainable cities. Co-lead author @formanfunction, a PhD student in the Tangible Media group and an affiliate of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), says, “This is about democratizing access to functional interactive devices. With VIK, there is no 3D printing or laser cutting required. If you just have the voxel faces, you are able to produce these interactive structures anywhere you want.” news.mit.edu/2025/new-platf…

Got an exciting notification today🤩 Our DefeXtiles paper (UIST'20) got its 100th citation! 🔗 scholar.google.com/citations?view… 💪 @formanfunction @ishii_mit @ACMUIST @ACMDL

Congratulations to all of the winners and honorees of the 2024 @core77 Design Awards, including Media Lab researcher @formanfunction and the FibeRobo team, alum @chelsi_alise, and spinoffs Butlr and @elroyair! media.mit.edu/posts/the-medi…

Call to be an organizing committee member for UIST 2024. Help us organize UIST by applying to be a part of the organizing committee. Please fill out linked form by September 15th. It should not take more than 10 minutes to complete. forms.gle/zV1366D3uDTFLJ…