So, as a computer scientist inspired by this utility of our interactions with physical objects -- along with my adviser Pattie, and my collaborator Jeevan Kalanithi -- I started to wonder -- what if when we used a computer, instead of having this one mouse cursor that was a like a digital fingertip moving around a flat desktop, what if we could reach in with both hands and grasp information physically, arranging it the way we wanted?
Enquanto cientista computacional, inspirado nesta utilidade das nossas interacções com objectos físicos, juntamente com o meu supervisor Pattie e o meu colaborador Jeevan Kalanithi, comecei a imaginar se, quando usássemos um computador, em vez de termos um rato que serve de indicador digital a mover-se numa mesa plana, se pudéssemos estender as mãos e agarrar na informação fisicamente,