A5015356124- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Persona Design and Applications
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Design Education and Practice
- Crafts, Textile, and Design
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Digital Games and Media
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Marine and Coastal Research
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- User Authentication and Security Systems
- AI in Service Interactions
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Mobile Learning in Education
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
2024
University College London
2016-2023
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
2020-2022
Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services
2020
Nottingham Trent University
2013-2014
Design futuring approaches, such as speculative design, design fiction and others, seek to (re)envision futures explore alternatives. As becomes established in HCI research, there is an opportunity expand develop these approaches. To that end, by reflecting on our own research examining related work, we contribute five modes of reflection. These concern formgiving, temporality, researcher positionality, real-world engagement, knowledge production. We illustrate the value each mode through...
Including older adults as full stakeholders in digital society.
This paper explores how a design fiction can be designed to used as pragmatic user-centred method generate insights on future technology use. We built HawkEye, probe that embodies of dementia care. To learn participants respond the probe, we employed it with eight for three weeks in their own homes well evaluating six HCI experts sessions 1.5h. In addition presenting detail, share into process building and discuss utility tool elicit empathetic rich discussions about potential outcomes technologies.
The Futures Cone, a prominent model in design futuring, is useful for promoting discussions about possible, plausible, probable, and preferable futures. Yet this has limitations, such as representing diverse human experiences singular point of "the present" implicitly embedding notions linear progress. Responding to this, we argue that plurality perspectives needed engage imaginations depict unfolding potential Through reflecting on our own cultural professional backgrounds, offer five...
This paper introduces the concept of 'design fiction probes', critical narratives to elicit open-ended responses from potential future users proposed technologies. Inspired and guided by academic literature, such a fictional narrative allows reader explore consequences use technologies before they actually exist. The method is illustrated design on topic smart houses their applications for chronic conditions, as dementia. Based constant monitoring automated responses, these have been...
Research on attitudes to assistive technology (AT) has shown both the positive and negative impact of these technologies quality life. Building this research, we examine sociocultural technological frustrations with hearing loss (HL) that motivate personal approaches solving issues. Drawing meet-up observations contextual interview data, detail participants' experiences towards AT influences hacking loss. Hearing is misunderstood as a solution impairment, influencing one-to-one interactions,...
The field of HCI is changing, which brings with it new responsibilities. Ubiquitous computing touches on many aspects modern life and its consequences are not yet fully understood. In the context dementia ubiquitous technologies currently developed to augment care thereby enhancing quality for people living as well reducing financial pressures health system. Within this paper a design fiction presented method explore issues that may arise from in context. It introduces idea replacing Smart...
For a long-time HCI discourse has viewed ageing and elderly care through medicalised lens in which is broken down into distinct problems, such as activities of daily living addressing accessibility problems. Increasingly, this approach criticised within the community. Adding to critique, we asked non-experts imagine life Lor, 189 year old woman who needs support her life, an adapted story elicitation method The resulting stories present network set against backdrop societal changes...
Key findings regarding the usability of AR solutions during remote navigation and maneuvering marine vessels with tug assistance based on ship handling simulation tests.
In clinical trials (CTs), the process of patient recruitment (PR) is one main risk factors, as almost half all trial delays are caused by problems in PR. To our knowledge, no publication this field describes Therefore, weak spots and potential benefits cannot be identified. By interviewing six domain experts modeling workflow a standardized way, we describe actors, tasks tools within We compare current with Patient Recruitment System (PRS)-supported The identification eligible participants...
In many metropolitan cities air pollution regularly exceeds safe levels, with numerous consequences for health and well-being. Current technological solutions often aim to give users control over their exposure by measuring, processing sharing data about pollutant levels. We created a speculative face mask that opens closes autonomously, taking away from the user. The goal of design was highlight urgency effect on individuals in tangible embodied way. Through this critical object, we...
Taking a current critique of predominant visions care robotics about 20 years into the future, in this paper, we imagine world which robotic technologies have become mode and outline how came to be. Based on ethnographic experience homes knowledge robotics, developed fictional robots for possible future scenarios. We describe six facets caregiving that are rarely discussed discourse robots: recovery & rehabilitation, death palliative care, bereavement remembrance, growth development,...
HCI research is increasingly addressing how technology and design can support the ageing process; from everyday activities, to social life civic participation, experiences with ill health - particularly as age-related illness leads problems independent living. Despite this increasing interest in ageing, issues of sexuality intimacy are rarely addressed, elderly bodies often marginalised, infantilised considered desired, desirable or sexual. Older age also brings an increased risk dementia,...
The HCI community increasingly expands the borders of what topics are acceptable to explore, discuss and research. Recent workshops papers on sexuality, intimate facets body other sensitive show that intimacy in its widest sense impact people's lives well-being is relevant community. In this paper, we draw results an ongoing literature review which shows concept rarely defined, even though it has a variety meanings. Nonetheless, as parameters explored comparable many instances, predominant...
Human relationships, intimacy and the role of technology within it constantly change, catapulted in 2020 by COVID-19. We take this social rupture as an opportunity to reimagine possible futures for love, friendship, kinships. Through design futuring related approaches, we offer five prompts developed imagining alternative exploring a diverse range intimacies. generating responses prompts, intimate well reflections on how such 'prompts futuring' can be generative research. Our work extends...
Smart cities are becoming an inevitable trend in the design of urban futures. With speed technological advancement, by time that smart city visions come to life, environment could already be seen as a co-living space humans and entities, such Artificial Intelligence. This raises question whether these future should get co-created both people technology, especially given AI's potential role decision-making agent data-driven (e.g. planning). In this workshop, we aim explore how futures can...
Appears in: INTED2016 Proceedings Publication year: 2016Pages: 3306-3316ISBN: 978-84-608-5617-7ISSN: 2340-1079doi: 10.21125/inted.2016.1777Conference name: 10th International Technology, Education and Development ConferenceDates: 7-9 March, 2016Location: Valencia, Spain
Moving to another country study can be daunting and is connected practical emotional challenges. Here we present the results of an exploratory on how smart textiles could used support international students in student housing feel at home. We undertook seven situated interviews. Based three key findings - importance social connections, cultural elements (food carpets) limited duration stay – concept a modular carpet with different interactive was developed. The offers space, where spend time...
The Interactions website (interactions.acm.org) hosts a stable of bloggers who share insights and observations on HCI, often challenging current practices. Each issue we'll publish selected posts from some the leading emerging voices in field.
Mobile interaction is now almost exclusively dependent on an intransparent cloud infrastructure beyond the users' control, resulting in multiple issues related to security, privacy, and availability. While alternative approaches based decentralized network architectures exist, these have their own set of such as lack usability or content moderation. In this workshop, we bring together researchers from related, but rarely interconnected fields discuss opportunities decentralization. We will...
This article describes the project 'No place like home' which aimed to design clothing that would be more aesthetically appealing and practical for people with dementia. It argues is often an important part of people's identity, should taken into account by designers manufacturers when designing in care settings.