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PRODUCT EXPERIENCE AND WELL-BEING: AN INTERACTIVE INTERPRETER FOR DIABETIC CHILDREN
No full textIn this paper a case study of a device for diabetic children is analyzed. It concerns a new interactive product system able to make children independent in the disease’s management and to meet the parents’ needs to be updated on their child’s health condition. Author tried to understand how a product
experience should be in the field of well-being and then set how to design that product thanks to a methodology based on user-oriented approach,
emotional design and interaction design. Author found that designing for the field of well-being requires a design approach that allows for designers
to understand: (i) the user the product is designed for, (ii) the context in which the product is used, (iii) which aesthetic features the product should have (iv) how the product should interact with the user and then (v) to evaluate the results on the user himself
THE INVESTIGATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NOVEL CONCEPT OF A PLURISENSORIAL WEARABLE DEVICE TO PREVENT OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
No full textA report of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL) highlights that
work-related exposures are estimated to account for about 15% of all adult respiratory diseases. Volatile
organic compounds (VOC) are within working environment one of the highest cause of asthma, lung cancer,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis (CF), and respiratory tract infections.
According to the International Labour office the best way to reduce the number of risks and of disease is,
besides information, the prevention both for the workers and for the employer. There are two levels of
prevention: (i) environmental monitoring and (ii) the use of personal protective equipment. The present paper
aims at presenting the methodology of a novel concept to prevent respiratory diseases inside the specific
working environment of a coating plant. The concept is a plurisensorial wearable device with protective
purpose, able to detect the air quality and the health conditions of the workers.
The project is object of a founded European Research Project (SAF€RA Joint Call 2014) within a consortium
made up of Design Department of Politecnico di Milano, Delft University of Technology and Comftech S.r.l.
(an Italian Company specialized in electronic/smart textile) The objective of the research is to develop a
device able to alert the user of hazardous conditions (voc evaporation or breathing problems) and to transmit
the monitored data to the control room. The novelty of the concept lies in the exploitation of technological
solutions already/today adopted in medical field (i.e wearable monitoring systems for physiological
parameters) and military one (i.e the electronic nose developed by Nasa)
The system intended to be developed during the research activity requires addressing issues by meeting not
only technological requirements, but also user needs with a human-centred approach. When designing
wearable technologies it is important to understand the needs of potential users/consumers. Indeed the paper
will describe how design functional, reliable and acceptable products by involving the users in the design
process
Fit-Suit: Biodesign per l’idrokinesiterapia
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