About Chris Harrison's Work
My research group creates new sensing and interface technologies that foster more powerful and delightful interactions between humans and computers. These efforts often lie in emerging use modalities, such as wearable computing, augmented reality, smart environments, and gestural interfaces. In addition to computer science, my research often incorporates machine learning, computer vision, embedded processing, sensors, interaction design, and physical fabrication.
Awards and Achievements
MIT Technology Review’s top 35 innovators under 35 (TR35)
Forbes’ top 30 scientist under 30 World Economic Forum Young Scientist
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow
Intel Outstanding Researcher Award
World Economic Forum Young Scientist
In the News
In a Small Space, a Big Issue
The New York Times
Bringing Touch Recognition to Everything
Wall Street Journal
Meaningful Gestures
The Economist
Stephen Hawking’s Science of the Future: Episode 4
National Geographic Channel
Em-Sense Enabled Smartwatch Can Detect When You Touch a Doorknob
Wired
This Invention Lets You Use Your Skin as Smartwatch Trackpad
ABC News
SkinTrack Turns Your Arm Into a Touchpad. Here’s How It Works
Wired
Making wearables more useful and smart homes less of a chore
Tech Crunch
8 Incredible Prototypes That Show The Future Of Human-Computer Interaction
Fast Company
Non-invasive 'Skintrack' technology turns your flesh into a trackpad for controlling an Apple Watch
Mirror
New Tech Turns Your Arm Skin Into A Touchpad
Huffington Post
Tech Trends: Smartwatch makes your skin an extension of the touchscreen
KRON, San Francisco
Want more screen space on your smartwatch? Put a ring on it...
Tech Crunch
This watch turns your arm into a touchscreen
CNN Money
Frustrated with tiny smartwatch screens? Gadget turns the skin on your Arm into a touchpad
Daily Mail
This Freakily Futuristic Technology Lets you use your Skin as a Touchscreen
Maxim
Researchers create wild skin-touch interface for tiny smart watches
Mashable
Navigate your smartwatch by touching your skin
Engadget
New tech turns your skin into a touchscreen for your smartwatch
The Verge
SkinTrack turns your entire forearm into a smartwatch touchpad
CNET
Use Your Arm as a Smart-Watch Touch Pad
MIT Technology Review
This New 'Skinterface' Could Make Smartwatches Suck Less
Gizmodo
This Smartwatch Turns your Skin into a Touchscreen
Popular Science