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Assistive Technology

Making good out of UbiComp

Today’s Class

• 1. Technology in Assistance
• 2. Google Glass for PD
• a. PD overview
• b. Step through article with questions
• 3. Pervasive Computing and Assistive Tech
• a. Autism overview
• b. Step through article with questions
• 4. Other Work

Technology in Assistance

Two main roles

• 1. Enabling individuals to use existing

technology

• 2. Measuring something to manage the

condition

Exploring the Acceptability

• f Google Glass for People

with Parkinson’s

Roisin McNancey and John Vines

Parkinson’s Disease (PD)

• Tremor
• Slowed movement
• Rigid muscles
• Impaired posture and balance
• Loss of automatic movements
• Speech changes
• Writing changes

Evaluation:

• 5 PD patients for workshop discussions
• 2 Carers
• 4 PD patients for 5 day field trial
• Phone interviews for day trials everyday

Google Glass and PD:

Workshop!? Open discussion!?

Issues and frustrations with other existing technologies!!!!!!!

• Confidence: Independence for PD patients
• Safety: If you fall, you can call
• Security: Street swipers
• Privacy: Big brother is watching

Workshop Concerns

Field Trials!? Open discussion!?

Solve the mystery of the missing PF4 and never write a summary again!

Attention in public places:

• Fleeting attention? Visual impairment?

[PF5]

• “No notice” [PM1]
• People staring?[PM3]

Does the design matter?

Pros

• Voice recognition
• Navigation gestures

(Tapping)

• SatNav
• Search engines
• Speed

Cons

Possible Improvements:

• Contextual reminders and prompts
• In-sight task support
• Cueing for self-management

Other improvements?

Pervasive Computing and Autism

Julie Kientz, Gillian Hayes, Tracy Westeyn, Thad Starner, and Gregory Abowd

Autism

Impairment:

• Communication
• Social interactions
• Creativity

“‘If you’ve seen one child with autism, you’ve seen one child with autism.’”

Three Technologies

• 1. Abaris: Indexing videos
• 2. CareLog: DVR for Autism care
• 3. Wearable Sensors: Stimming detection

Design Considerations

Preparation:

• Interviews
• Trained and practiced therapy

Discovery:

• Adjustments are catastrophic
• Dynamic system for variant behaviors

Design Challenges

• Uncooperative subjects
• Wearable hardware
• Ethics/Privacy

Other Work

Using Augmented Reality to Help Children with Autism Stay Focused

• Current teaching practices: repetition
• MOBIS, a new way of teaching

Other Work

Future Work

• 1. Early Detection: Developmental tracking
• 2. Collaboration: Focus on child, not

behavior tracking

• 3. Misc Autism Research: Sleep pattern

tracking & stress detection

• 4. Sound Analysis: Vocal stimming detection

Questions?