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Centre for Applied Internet Research cair-uk

Centre for Applied Internet Research www.cair-uk.org. Say ‘ Aah ’ for the Computer A look into Healthcare technologies of the future. Dr Rich Picking Reader in Human-Computer Interaction Centre for Applied Internet Research (CAIR) Glynd ŵr University, Wales r.picking@glyndwr.ac.uk.

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  1. Centre for Applied Internet Research www.cair-uk.org

  2. Say ‘Aah’ for the Computer A look into Healthcare technologies of the future Dr Rich Picking Reader in Human-Computer Interaction Centre for Applied Internet Research (CAIR) Glyndŵr University, Wales r.picking@glyndwr.ac.uk

  3. Overview • A bit about me • I teach Master’s level futurology • Chair BCS Health in Wales • Chair BCS HCI4WELL workshop • Background: the ‘demographic time bomb’ • The future • How can we predict the future? • Future applications • Q and A

  4. The ‘demographic timebomb’ • Populations distributions are changing • We are living longer • We are having fewer children • This trend is set to continue • Who will care for all the people?

  5. The difference

  6. The implications for healthcare in the UK .1. Office for National Statistics, 2002. 2. Royal Commission Report into Long Term Care, 1999.

  7. It’s not easy to predict the future!

  8. The World in 2030 (Ray Hammond, 2007) “There will be a revolution in healthcare which will dramatically extend human life spans. A combination of gene-based therapies, stem cell medicine and molecular-nanotechnology will introduce a new model of medical science which will prevent disease from occurring and will offer significant life extension and even physical and mental rejuvenation (at least for the wealthy people in the developed world). A child born in 2030 will have a life expectancy of 130 years (at the point of his or her birth) and, long before they reach old age they will be offered rejuvenation treatments to maintain their biological age at thirty or forty years old, no matter what their chronological age.”

  9. Kurzweil’s prediction of ‘singularity’ (singularity.com)

  10. Moore’s second ‘law’

  11. Monitoring activities of daily living: ADlife

  12. Telehealth will take care out of surgeries and hospitals

  13. Research at Glyndwr: The Easyline+ Project • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8093196.stm

  14. Easy Line+ project - Low-cost advanced white goods for a longer independent life of elderly people. • Funded under the Ambient Assisted Living section of the IST component of the EU framework 6 programme (2.3m Euros) • Objective: To develop a range of advanced white goods, near to market, to support elderly people with or without disabilities maintain a longer independent life, in their own home. • Consortium Partners: University of Zaragoza, BSH (Bosch/Siemens), G2V Grupo de Empresas, Motivate Technology, Glyndŵr University.

  15. Example Easyline+ Interaction The message is conveyed to the user: The hob has been left on with no pan on it.

  16. More Scenarios • Fridge / Freezer: • Comments on what goes in and out. • Warns about expired products. • Warns if door is left open. • Hobs: • Warns if pan is left on a switched-on hob • Warns if detection of excessive heat in inappropriate areas • Oven: • Automatically chooses appropriate cooking settings, temperature and duration. • Informs the user when the food is ready. • Automatically switches off when food is ready. • Washing machine: • Warns if wrong mix of colours or wrong mix of fabrics. • Automatically chooses appropriate washing programme • Validates levels of detergent and softener. • Informs user when washing cycle has finished.

  17. User Interface • User interfaces situated in modified familiar home devices: • Television Sets – Central point of control. • Results from initial user surveys and narrative workshops helped form this decision. • Interactive Digital Photo Frames. • Can be positioned in any room of the home for immediate notification. • Mobile Devices. • Can be used for emergencies and in the garden, for example. • Although not popular with current generation of elderly people, this is changing quickly.

  18. SCUFF Design Principles • Simplicity • Consistency • Universality • Familiarity • Flexibility These principles informed the design decision for device interaction to be based on the red, green, yellow and blue buttons on a remote control.

  19. Usability lab at Glyndwr University

  20. Usability evaluation

  21. Future applications? • Robotics • Kitchen Robot Introduced in Japan • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12347219 • Brain computing • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-HD4uIKdc&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fls1nE_yzE&feature=related • Ambient/ubiquitous technologies (e.g. Internet Of Things) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyhhf7Ps5XA

  22. Centre for Applied Internet Research www.cair-uk.org

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