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Robotany: breeze

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This paper describes Breeze, a live roboticized tree. Visitor interaction with Breeze is interpreted through a series of narratives. These narratives yield results with implications for human-computer interaction research.

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    CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    April 2010
    2219 pages
    ISBN:9781605589305
    DOI:10.1145/1753846

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    1. art
    2. embodied interaction
    3. hermeneutics
    4. interpretation
    5. metaphor
    6. phenomenology
    7. technological art
    8. totem

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