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ABOUT ME
I am a Human-Computer Interaction academic working at the intersection of HCI with multisensory communication interfaces, wearable technology, and mixed reality. I received my PhD (2018) from City, University of London and my Masters (2012) from Carnegie Mellon University, in Entertainment Technology. My PhD thesis focused on multi-modal communication using olfaction, mechanoreception, thermoception, and their effect on emotion and user behaviour. My work has appeared in major media outlets such as Wired, CBS News, and Newsweek.
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK
Academic Conferences and Journals
THE HEAT IS ON: A TEMPERATURE DISPLAY FOR CONVEYING AFFECTIVE FEEDBACK (2017)
Jordan Tewell, Jon Bird, George R Buchanan
HEAT-NAV: USING TEMPERATURE CHANGES AS NAVIGATIONAL CUES (2017)
Jordan Tewell, Jon Bird, George R Buchanan
EMERGING HUMAN-TOY INTERACTION TECHNIQUES WITH AUGMENTED AND MIXED REALITY (2015)
Jeff KT Tang, Jordan Tewell
RING* U: A WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR INTIMATE COMMUNICATION USING TACTILE LIGHTING EXPRESSIONS (2014)
Yongsoon Choi, Jordan Tewell, Yukihiro Morisawa, Gilang A Pradana, Adrian David Cheok
GENIE: PHOTO-BASED INTERFACE FOR MANY HETEROGENEOUS LED LAMPS (2012)
Jordan Tewell, Sunao Hashimoto, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi
PRESS
News and Media
DIGITISING SMELL: THE THIRD SENSE IS COMING TO YOUR PHONE
11 September 2014
Article published in Newsweek magazine about our Digital Food App collaboration with Mugaritz.
CITY'S CIRCUS FOR THE SENSES WOWS AUDIENCES AT NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
13 June 2014
City, University of London ran an article on our demonstration at the British Natural History Museum for University Week 2014.
UNIVERSITIES WEEK 2014: TEXT A HUG OR SEND A SMELL
9 June 2014
An interview I had with the British Council about my life in the Mixed Reality Lab at City, University of London and University Week.
NEW DIGITAL SMELL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS SMARTPHONES INTO SMELL-O-PHONES
1 April 2014
CBS News came to our lab and did a feature on our Digital Food App.
SENSORY HACKING: PERFUME-INFUSED DREAMS AND VIRTUAL INTIMACY
31 March 2014
Wired UK did a piece on our entry into Ferran Adrià 's Hacking Bullipedia Competition in Barcelona Spain.