The aim of this research is to address issues with the child vaccination record systems in Africa. We have devised the "Aesthetic, Expressive, and Functional Tattoos" concept from a design that reflects traditional African cultural backgrounds. The ...

The fashion industry is famous for their ability to let consumers desire to change. However, the last material innovation widely accepted by the fashion industry is from 1953. If the vogue world would gospel innovation and collaboration 'for the better' ...

Wearable technologies, in the form of small, light and inconspicuous devices, can be designed to help individuals suffering from neurological conditions carry out regular rehabilitation exercises. Current research has shown that walking to a rhythm can ...

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT), through which billions of everyday objects are becoming embedded with the abilities to sense their environment, compute data, and wirelessly connect to other devices, has been widely recognized as the new ...

We present a virtual reality framework and assistive tool for design practices for new medical environments, grounded on human visual perception, attention and action. This includes an interactive visualization of shared electronic patient records, ...

We demonstrate a method that allows two users to communicate remotely using their sense of touch by dynamically applying vibrotactile feedback to one user's forearm using two different input methods. User input on a standard mobile touch-screen device ...

The early stages of design of novel products in the fields of smart home and internet of things are usually carried out doing trials and errors. Accordingly, design tools should be flexible and quickly adaptable to any unexpected change of context or ...

In this paper, we present a head-mounted wearable that augments the perception of quiet and distant sounds -- Superhearo. Inspired by superhero characters, this device has a dark, sleek aesthetic to appeal to a distinctive target audience, vigilantes. A ...

Stride parameters represent basic and useful information on track and field sprint performance. Contact mats or opto-electronic systems allow precise and unobtrusive measurements of those parameters, but their use is limited in space. Hence, there is a ...

Attention Management has become a fundamental requirement in interaction design of information systems, considering the information overload distributed by omnipresent wearable devices. This implies the management of notifications and interruptions ...

This paper presents the results of 11 interviews to beginner climbers aimed at investigating the role of emotions in learning climbing. Climbing is an extreme sport becoming increasingly popular thanks to a higher safety and to the spread of indoor ...

We experiment with using sensors and a machine learning algorithm to detect and label turns in alpine skiing. Previous work in this area involves data from more sensors and turns are detected using either a physics-based model or custom signal ...

Children with autism with sensorimotor impairments found difficult to control their movements when responding to sensory stimuli. Neurologic music therapy, combining music and movement helps individuals with disabilities to better control their ...