2014 11-24 wearables why poetry matters

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Rikke Koch, Senior Concept Developer / Wearables, The Alexandra Institute

Wearables: Why Poetry Matters


•  Background: –  Smart textiles

•  State-of-the-art –  Product concept –  Communication / Interaction

•  Why poetry matters –  Context: How should the technology blend into your life? –  Communication: Are all numbers understandable? –  Product

•  Concluding

Agenda

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•  Climate Dress, UV Dress, Solarbag, Memory Bag, Magic Shirt etc.

•  The Hammock, Life Saving Textiles •  Project Management, concept

development, user studies •  Frame: understanding and designing

the communication / interaction.

Background: Smart Textiles

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•  Concept: –  When to get out of the sun –  Information given in context –  A fluid/organic/poetic communication

form

•  Hardware: –  Light sensitive sensor, micromotors,

small PCB

Background: UV Dress

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•  Concept: –  Private life logistics

•  Interaction design: –  Input: Movement, caressing –  Output: vibration, blinking diode

•  Poetry, communication

Background: Memory Bag

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•  Everybody wants a wristband: FitBit, Fuelband, Jawbone, LifeBand, Moov, etc.

State-of-the-art: Product design

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•  Mostly measured? –  Activity: steps, distances, acceleration etc –  Bio: Pulse, sleep

•  Combinations •  Added manual input from user •  Often communicated:

–  Pulse: 85 –  7000 steps –  Slept 7 hours, woke 3 times

•  Need for analysed data •  What does the user want to know?

State-of-the-art: concept+communication

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•  Everybody wants jewels •  Sesame Ring, RFID, Singapore

+Boston •  NFC Ring, lock phone/door,

exchange information •  June bracelet, UV-exposure and

recommendations (many domains of knowledge: skin health, jewelry, it, who sells this?)

•  Misfit Shine, activity tracking

…..maybee a change in product concept

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•  Goal is: self initiated change of habbits •  We must look towards research in

mechanisms of behavioural change •  For now products have a more or less

crude communication style •  Which kind of understanding of the body

and the daily life does this represent? •  Do you want to know when your living

right / wrong? •  Do we really want this type of perfection? •  Could we use ideas like nudging on this

field also?

But still not in communication style

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•  Context – integrated in our lives –  Lives and goals are different

•  Users – changing habbits is delicate •  Products – the opportunity for

something really beautifull and truly integrated is here.

Why a poetic approach?

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•  Training for children with hemiparesis integrated in daily activities

•  Correcting posture •  They still should be able to focus

while attending school, learning math etc.

•  Communication should be subtle

Context: case – the magic shirt

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•  Sun bathers are like alcoholics •  Alcoholics+smokers added •  Obviously people have fallen into

these habbits because they like it •  They know it is unhealty •  Will they want a gadget telling them to

stop? Will they buy it? •  Maybe something more subtle

showing them their level of consumption

•  Maybe something that can be ignored at will?

Usecases – UV, alcohol and cigaretes

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•  Is it possible to communicate a healthy/unhealthy tendency without judging the lifestyle of the user?

•  The need for poetry •  Suggestions:

–  Tactile – e.g. vibration, heat –  Visual but rudimentary – e.g.

change of color, pattern, light –  Teletouching

Communicating without judging

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•  Vibration •  When is tactile communication

preferable? –  Sports where the hands should be

free –  When we ought to know, but are

reluctant to look at the smartphone – e.g. to much UV-exposure, to little exercise during the day etc.

–  When we want to show affection •  We need to gather more

knowledge about how to communicate with rudimentary techniques

Communicating without judging

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•  In the end all of this is also a question of which target group you have for your product

•  We will always have gadget freaks and sports enthusiasts finding every measurable number relevant

•  For other target groups there is a need for analysed data delivered in a format focusing on the needs of the users

Conclusion

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•  Rikke Koch Senior Concept Developer / Wearables The Alexandra Institute Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 5B08 2300 Copenhagen S E: [email protected] M: +45 2126 8724 W: alexandra.dk

Contact

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Thanks for your attention

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