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The Michal and Avraham Kader Center for Design and Technology is dedicated to research and action in the field of interaction design, which deals with the dialogue created between people and technology and between people and people through technology. The faculty members and students in the laboratory develop new proposals for objects and interactive environments, which are found at the meeting points between the fields of engineering, design and art studied at Shankar.
In order to be at the forefront of global action and at the head of the academic institutions engaged in interaction research, the laboratory offers multidisciplinary courses and possibilities for current and critical research concerning technology, design and human experiences. These are carried out in collaboration with the college’s research and entrepreneurship bodies, the academic staff and in connection with cultural, social and industrial institutions.
The laboratory operates in a spacious creative space that offers researchers and students a variety of innovative tools that enable the rapid construction of prototypes, including:
- Sensors and actuators for interfacing between the physical and digital world, to create “smart” and connected objects and environments (in the spirit of the IoT).
- Microcontrollers to create new behaviors in new products and environments.
- Open source hardware and software tools that enable quick learning even for those without a programming background.
- “Soft” equipment for creating wearable computing and soft objects.
- Phones and communication components for quickly building applications and exploring new models of technology-mediated interpersonal communication.
- Photo and editing tools for creating future scenarios in video.
Part of the research activity in the laboratory deals with the creation of new methodologies of interdisciplinary action, with an emphasis on tools that will allow students to work together, as well as tools for the rapid creation of sketches and prototypes in an iterative process.