In the Media

How often do you think twice before downloading an app on your smartphone or posting something on the Internet? Chances are, not often. In a recent podcast from WESA-FM, HCII Associate Pro...

Using social media can actually influence how depressed, happy, unsatisfied or fulfilled you are, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University and Facebook. Researchers found ...

Imagine that you could connect your smartphone to a nearby "smart" appliance just by taking its photo. Such a luxury could be a possibility soon, thanks to the HCII's Snap-To-It research p...

HCII researchers take center stage in the article "Educational Engagement" featured this week on the Carnegie Mellon News website. The article discusses work by alumnus Derek Lomas, who ha...

In 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg aims to build an AI software assistant for his home that can recognize his voice, the cries of his child and the faces of any friends who stop by. But...

Traditional education models generally revolve around lectures, but new findings from HCII Professor Ken Koedinger and a team of Carnegie Mellon researchers shows that lectures aren't near...

A team from the HCII and Disney Research has developed a technology that could enable smartwatches to automatically recognize the objects users are touching, and more than 80 news outlets ...

HCII researchers have found a way to produce hair-like strands, fibers and bristles using a common, low-cost 3-D printer — and the world has noticed. Since the original story appeared on t...

Artificially intelligent software is changing the face of the American classroom, and Slate's recent article "No More Pencils, No More Books" looks to experts like HCII Professor Ken Koedi...

While you might breathe a sigh of relief when you hear that classified data wasn't stolen in a data breach or cyberattack, that news isn't always as reassuring as you think. HCII Associate...

The HCII is leading the charge as Carnegie Mellon researchers work with colleagues at other universities to turn the CMU campus into a living laboratory for the Internet of Things — and th...

"LearnSphere, a new $5 million federally funded project at Carnegie Mellon University, aims to become 'the biggest open repository of education data' in the world," begins the Hechinger Re...