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Wearable Health: Exploring Human-Centered Solutions of On-Body Technologies to Improve Healthcare


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George Mason University professor Vivian Motti suggests improved user interfaces can assist in the use of noninvasive, wearable technologies to improve healthcare and education.

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George Mason University professor Vivian Motti proposes the concept of noninvasive, wearable technologies to improve healthcare as well as education, by designing improved interfaces at the university's Human Centric Design Lab.

"A more comprehensive understanding about the users' perspectives on wearable technologies facilitates the identification, classification, and analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of current solutions, helping in the definition of new design guidelines and patterns to improve the development of next-generation technologies," Motti says. "We expect to improve the interfaces and interactive solutions of wearables by iteratively involving human users in the design process and by understanding how different contexts of use impact the overall user experience with emerging technologies."

Among the applications Motti's team is investigating is the use of a smartwatch app to support learning-disabled students so they can be more autonomous.

"We also investigate privacy aspects in the context of mobile and wearable applications, seeking to understand better the threats, risks, and implications involved in these interaction scenarios, to devise solutions that are easier for users to understand and use," Motti notes.

"Our research on usable privacy focuses on small devices, such as smartphones and watches, and graphic user interfaces."

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