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Building a hologram prototype - part 2

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Building a hologram prototype - part 1

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Make sure people don't get demotivated when the work hard and you keep seeing that there is a bio risk

Can the Chrystal ball be an app, wallpaper? What is an added value of a physical product?

How will you get instant rewards? Gamification

Do you want to see yourself as a hologram? (insecurity)

Maybe think about something else then a ball of glass

What if people don't wear the bracelet?

Do you set goals for people?

DIY is big trend, but will this be THE solution?

Your concept is about visualisation of predictions (Envisioning)

Is FitBit in your interpeters network?

Dont mention too much FitBit, because your innovation will be “considered” less. Explain your missing link better

Het laten zien van iets anders dan graphs is je statement. Laat dus goed zien hoe dat werkt/hoe dat er uit ziet.

Goed gestart “haal adem”

Laat interactiever zien dus hoe werkt het (product, emotie)

Bedenk wat belangrijkste is wat je over wilt brengen.

Can you take glass globe with you? Maybe as a keychain? As a fashion item?

Hoe ga je mensen overtuigen dat dit echt gaat werken? > Experience bouwen Tops

Nice name

Good that you don’t focus on graphs

You rock the stage, hou vertrouwen in jezelf

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For many of us, 2016 begins with a promise—a promise that this year we will accomplish that which has eluded us. Often it’s the everyday things that prove most difficult—managing your schedule, treating people the way you ought to, and keeping things in perspective when chaos is at hand.

There are two reasons why we’re so bad at reaching our goals:

The first is that we bite off more than we can chew. It may seem reasonable to pick up three or four new skills to add to your repertoire, but that’s an expectation the mind can’t execute. When we try to develop too many new skills at once, they become competing priorities that leave us distracted, discouraged and overwhelmed.

The second reason most self-improvement efforts are doomed to fail is that our emotions have a nasty habit of hijacking our behavior. Without a strong ability to recognize and manage our emotions as they occur, old habits are sure to die hard.

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Tomorrow's wearables might not turn on your microwave or help you get out of a bad date. But they could save lives.

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Getting back on track, insights cards

During the holiday break I really needed my peace and quiet and that resulted in neglecting my project en little bit. I kept on researching a little bit by reading a book and talking to a few people and testing the Garmin Vivofit bracelet. To get my mind back on track I made 8 insight-cards. A few old one about predicting health and showing the positive outcome of your health change instead of the bad ones. But also a few new ones. A new design principle “Go beyond stating the obvious” meaning gather data but add more value to what you have gathered go beyond tracking only. And an insight about how making a conscious choice to change your lifestyle can have a positive effect on your daily routine. Meal choices become less impulsive and you feel more in control.

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Illness cannot be avoided altogether, but instead of having to rely completely on social support systems or institutions, it would be preferable to remain as independent and socially active as possible.

Connect Design For An Empathic Society

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Currently Reading: Connect, Design For An Empathic Society

This good read came on my path in Barcelona while visiting the CCCB Museum +Human EXPO. It was lying on the reading table and immediately caught my eye. I glanced trough it an discovered some useful chapters about wellbeing. Unfortunately it took a while before I found it in the online store and could buy it after all (museum did not sell it). After the reading a few chapters I already found a few takeaways. This book mostly focusses on the transitions we face during our lifetime especially the ones at the end, getting older. What you need to do to maintain wellbeing and that staying connected to others individuals is the most important thing of staying healthy.

#1 “Ageless Individuals” Having observed that roles are less closely linked to actual age, and that life stages are increasingly overlapping, it would be interesting to design structures that do not take age into account. The “ageless” individuals are not stigmatised by age. Age should not be discrimination or stigmatising but rather something to be proud of and irrelevant as a category,

#2 “Moving smoothly trough life transitions” Getting older and going into a retirement is unpreventable but a positive outcome would be for a pensioner to remain socially active and independent after retirement, inside prof. institutions and outside them. As designers we have to think about novel ways to fulfil needs and preferences for new products and servies to help people move smoothly trough the transitions they face. The last sentence is in my opinion applicable to every person in every stage of life. It feels like an universal kind of design criteria #3 “Wellbeing of people” From economic and health related perspective increasing the overall wellbeing of people - working proactively to slow their decline and eventual demise - may be more cost -efficient than trending illnesses. Viewed from this health-related perspective, social connectedness is seen as a precondition for social wellbeing. Five most important drivers that support and facilitate mental capital and wellbeing:

Connect Spend time enriching and maintaining your connections with people around you.

Be active Discover a physical activity that you like to do and that suits your level of mobility and enjoy doing it

Take Notice Be curious, be aware of the world around you. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters to you.

Keep Learning Learning new things will makej you more confident as well as being fun

Give Volunteer your time. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding an creates connections with the people around you.

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Guinea pig I am and the personal test of “Quantified Health” gadget Garmin VivoFit bracelet

No I did not get this for Christmas. This smart little bracelet landed on my doorstep together with another smart device, the robot vacuum cleaner. At home we ordered a robot cleaner and it came together with this Garmin bracelet. Call it what you want I call it.... a present from the universe ;) It’s been a week since I first put this device on my arm. And here are my conclusions and observations so far.

Data visualisation

Yes my data is being collected all day long. From amount of steps to sleepcycle. And the data is being visualised in graphs and stats and shown in a by Garmin designed dashboard. It looks ok, but it’s purely “stating the obvious” in my opinion. It does not give me any advice, or at least tips that other users have to improve your sleep for example. So this device is measurement only. Motivating? NO.

More conscious about my health?

In a way yes, I am being confronted with the amount of steps I take and not achieving the goal of 10.000 a day makes me feel disappointed. But when I see that other users performed less steps today then I did that gives me a comforting feeling that I am not a total looser. The bracelet shows you when you have been inactive for too long, that is not really motivating but nice to know. I need something more to get me out of the chair, more personal kind of approach.

Conclusion

So far I feel I have experienced the assumptions I have made earlier about quantified health. It not being personal enough to really make a change, to much numbers an graphs are hard to read and it takes time to understand them and what you have to do to improve the situation. A new design criteria, “Go beyond stating the obvious.”

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Testing prototypes @ Schiphol avec Kris & Leonie

Together with Kris and Leonie I went to Schiphol to test my ideas with people from different cultures. I Barcelona it did not happend as was originally planed. So Schiphol was a good alternative. In the end I conquered my fear a little bit by talking to English guys, one English girl and a Taiwanese guy.

What did I found out?

Healthy lifestyle means a right balance between food and exercise but also feeling yourself happy and content with yourself.

It’s hard to maintain this lifestyle because gym costs a lot of money and time seems also to be a problems because when you have less time you tent to reach out for convenient fast food.

Also a very interesting insights is about social pressure. There is a pressure to look a certain way and also when you are in a group you tent to make different choices than you normally would do (example: if you have diabetes or you are vegetarian it’s hard to eat out with a group. You tent to say yes to food that that you normally would not eat.)

The English girl told me she is a personal trainer and hates when her clients rely to much on their FitBits and neglect her advice. She thinks FitBits are only ment as a guide line and you still have to use your common sense and listen to your body otherwise you get to obsessed. A FitBit does not know you as an individual like a personal trainer does.

English personal trainer would like to have a scale designed for personal use that shows you not your current wait but what you need to loose to be “healthy” no numbers but more with colour and form language.

In the morning the meals are being plannend ahead for the next couple of days. In the evening when making dinner people reflect on their day and are conscious about their health. Or in the late afternoon they like to plan ahead for the next day (meals, appointments etc.)

After becoming a vegitarian (6 years ago), the English guy told be that he felt more in control and less impulsive than before when making food choices. He started this process slowly step by step until this lifestyle became a part of him.

How is it useful for my own project?

Healthy lifestyle consists of following driving forces: food, time, money, social and technology. I was surprised that no one talked about discipline or motivation. There seems to be a need for structure and clarity in organising the day and getting the right kind of feedback from technological help tools. The important word from this short research is: balance. For me it would be interesting to play with different kinds of scenario’s and persona’s using these driving forces. What it you have lot’s of time but no money? and visa versa.

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I believe that our bodies have their limitations but human willpower has none.

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Notes - Food for Thought

What job is need to be done?

In welke situatie in welke context lost het wat op?

Primair maar misschien ook secundair?

Latentere behoefte gerelateerd aan waarde van mensen (cultureel, opvoeding bepaald) Meta niveau

Painstatement (?)

Gainstatement (?) Concrete niveau

Job Statement (?)

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Barcelona - Inspiration

CCCB Museum EXPO +Human

Design Museum

Sagrada Familia

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The Concept (Before Barcelona)

A personal healthcare device that helps you to achieve the desired lifestyle. It shows you how your body will improve internally and externally after a few month if you start today with making a change, after that it starts to help you build up good habits.

Reframing the shock moment, not showing the bad consequences but long term improvements

Adjusting to the users goals and needs.

Converting raw data into visuals to make the feedback more personal

Using and owning this device should be as easy as brushing your teeth.

The user should always be the owner of his data and decided if he would like to share it to help the research.

In 2050 will have implants that gather data about us. This device works together with such an implant. The implant shows you the current state of your body and a prediction for the upcoming day. Your highs and lows.

Touch your arm slide up and down to make the implant status visible.

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Sometimes information that unconsciously enters the memory affects thoughts and behavior, even though the event and the memory of the event remain unknown. Such unconscious retention of information is called implicit memory.

http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/psych101/memory/section2.rhtml

Implicit memory, also known as nondeclarative memory, involves recollection of skills, things you know how to do, preferences, etc., that you don't need to recall consciously. For example, if you know how to ride a bike and you can do so without having to think about it, you are demonstrating implicit memory.

Read more: http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Implicit%20Memory#ixzz3td3C66ju

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Ultimately, intelligent sensors will enable pervasive computing and predictive analytics that make us more knowledgeable about who we are and how we engage with the world around us.

http://www.nokiagrowthpartners.com/news/reflections/beyond-the-quantified-self-extending-human-potential-through-sensor-technologies/

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