The Common Interactive Objects (CIO) project is concerned with offering new ways for people to construct and configure human physical and virtual environments, together, over time and within communities. The main objectives of CIO project are to:
CIO is methodologically rooted in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and the research methods combine empirical, analytical, theoretical, and design approaches, all with focus on the relationship between common interactive objects and their human users. The CIO project stands at the beginning of a five year effort to rethink and redo human-computer interaction.
For more details on the CIO project, see: http://cs.au.dk/research/pages/cio/