| Abstract: |
With regard of future developments and the churning out of visions for
Assistive Homes and Living the market for interactive devices is increasing.
The need for inclusive guidelines in product developing, especially for
the areas of the elderly, is outstanding.
Usability and accessibility is and always has been a major aspect of the
acceptance of products in general. The availability of mobile information and
communication technologies is increasing rapidly and provides huge
possibilities for different product applications and devices.
The Tangible User Interface (TUI) itself indicates to be the core of the
investigation, and therefore the Human Computer Interaction. When talking about
an inclusive view upon society and guidelines for new developments one has to
take in account the three dimensional materialized objects. The definitions of
all the paraphrases and specifications have to gain a more general meaning as
they influence the interdisciplinary workflow of new developments per se.
If we are fundamentally to examine the different aspects of designing a
more inclusive world, we must consider the embodied aspects of handling devices
to develop new interactive tools. To enable future dialogue between the developers
and the consumers, the secret around intuitive devices has to be investigated
and contextual parameters around the embodied sequence of operation and action
established. What are these automated sequences, and how can we relate to those
entangled with our personal history?
A new device does not have to imply learning a new chain of action. In finding
a usability index and to develop assessment methods for new developing products
in this area the present market is the starting point. Therefore building Senior
Research Groups as Focus Groups is the base to explore on existing devices. The
aim is to develop and model the usage and product environment of artifacts by
evaluating and assessing the level of intuitive actions in terms of pre-learned,
automated actions. The projects are specified to investigate new strategies
for interactive tools and guidelines for future developments. |
| Biographie: |
Lisa Ehrenstrasser is currently working on her Dissertation for Engineering
Science at the Technical University of Vienna; Institute of Design and
Assessment of Technology.
For the Dissertation she did basic studies at the University for Applied Arts
in Vienna for Material Culture and the Technical University of Vienna for
Medical Informatics, and holds a Master in Industrial Design from the Engineering
Studies for Industrial Design and Multimedia Systems at the University for
Applied Arts in Vienna.
In the Area of Product Development and Product Environment for Assistive
Living she collected experience as Student and Work Practice for Product
Design and Manufacturing in Devon/England, Student and Project Work for
Daily Aids in Copenhagen, Team Project "MIB" with ÖAMTC, Ericsson and
Kappsch - Future Scenarios for Motion and projects for the development
of Daily Aids - Rehabilitation Products (Winner project of Fred Adlmüller
Award 2002).
With the diploma with distinction (January 2004) - Medical Textiles for Skin
Diseases she won the Diploma Award of the Federal State of Tyrol and a one
year Research Project "Skin Couture - Smart Textiles and Healing Clothes"
Development and Methods of Implementation, supported by a research bursary of
the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
During her last two years she worked in research and development at ARC
Seibersdorf research GmbH/Biomedical Systems for different projects for
Ambient Intelligence and Interactive Input Devices. With a team she won
an Approval Award at Genius 2005 for the Development of a Computer Control
through EOG (Electrooculography - Ehrenstrasser, Fugger, Hanke, Mina).
Recent Publications:
- Analysis of Reaction Forces on Human Computer Interfaces;
Mina, Ehrenstrasser, Lurf; Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and
Assistive Technology; 2005.
- Affective Computing & Intelligent Care Environments;
Fugger, Ehrenstrasser, Normie, Prazak; Tromsö Telemedicine and eHealth
Conference; 2005
- Proactive Electronic Assistant for Intelligent Homecare Environments
- A Development Pilot;
Fugger, Ehrenstrasser, Hochgatterer, Russ; International Conference on
Smart Homes and Health Telemetric; 2006
- Assistive Technology and Design for All: Inclusive Design versus
Universal Design;
Ehrenstrasser; Conference of Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing
Impairment; 2006
- Talk Adaptability and Usability of Senior Mobile Phones;
Forum for Information- and Communication Technologies; Linz; 2006
- Evaluation of Reaction Forces During HCI for Optimization and Development
- A Pilot Study;
Ehrenstrasser, Lurf, Mina, Prazak; International Conference on Computers
Helping People with Special Needs; 2006
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