The tangible reminder

Today's computer systems rely on standard input and output hardware which often complicates the tasks of interacting and mapping. The Tangible Reminder introduced in this paper presents an highly usable, self explanatory, real life interface. It's task is to keep track of appointments, giving an overview over their current states and reminding the user of upcoming events. For that purpose it integrates calm ambient display technology with tangible interfaces to give a non interruptive overview. While it supports peripheral perception it nonetheless grasps the user's attention whenever necessary.