John Anders Eichenlaub

John Anders Eichenlaub

John Anders Eichenlaub is a researcher and first author of the 2023 paper on an interactive haptic fidget object.

Who they are

John Anders Eichenlaub is a researcher and first author of the 2023 paper on an interactive haptic fidget object. On this site the name is tied to Fidget Widgets.

Key papers

Eichenlaub, J. A., Huisman, G., & Xue, H. (2023). Exploring extended mind-wandering through an interactive haptic fidget object. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2657-2671.

Key ideas

Fidget Widgets: Low-stakes physical objects placed in the margin of digital work to support the main task indirectly.

Sources

  1. Eichenlaub, J. A., Huisman, G., & Xue, H. (2023). Exploring extended mind-wandering through an interactive haptic fidget object. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2657-2671.