Affective computing is the study and development of systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affects (Wikipedia). “As Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design moved from designing and evaluating work-oriented applications towards dealing with leisure-oriented applications, such as games, social computing, art, and tools for creativity, we have had to consider e.g. what constitutes an experience, how to deal with users’ emotions, and understanding aesthetic practices and experiences. ” (via interaction-design.org). Affecting Computing Introduction to AffectiveRead more
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The Future of Integrated Health Care 2015
The Future of Health Care via Ergonomidesign. An eco-system that described the Integrated Future of Health Care in the year 2015 with the patient at the center of all activities, services, devices and products. An early sketch of the application for Microsoft Surface: Full article here (via core77)Read more
eHealth Workshops @ FoI11
The “new air” on eHealth and mobile is just at the beginning @ Frontiers of Interaction 2011: new discussions, ideas and experiences outlining new mHealth frontiers have been traced in the PHI workshop (see videos) “Transforming health with nomad devices. The initial presentation was then followed by a one hour working session where we divided the audience in to three groups, each focused on brainstorming a different opportunity/scenario for mHealth: Point of Care Patient Education/Compliance Physician Education Each group hadRead more
User Generated Health
Criss Hogg speaks about “User Generated Health” @ Stanford’s CS247 Computer Human Interaction Design Studio: “the value of user-generated data and its ability to reconnect us to our bodies and our health”. Embended below the slides.Read more
Future of Health
The analysis in PSFK‘s Future of Health Report, has yielded a number of insights: of course, Mobile technology is a catalyst for change. The report details 15 trends that will impact health and wellness around the word: SMS Consultation Distance Learning Temporary Community Handheld Hospital Tracking Matters Remote Diagnostics DIY Check up Picturing our Health Wellness Tracking Gaming for Health Offline web Mobile distributed Wealth Off the Grid Energy Hacking Healthcare BIO-Medical Picturing PSFK presents Future Of Health http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=futureofhealth-slideshareversion-100801104636-phpapp01&stripped_title=psfk-presents-future-of-health&userName=PSFK ViewRead more
Health Internet of Things: a ‘periodic table’ of all the gadgets still to be invented
An interesting “periodic tale” about what we can “hear” to quantify our health. First 20 suggestions for gadgets proposal (via Quantified Self)Read more
Health 2.0 Conference: Publicis Healthware International with paginemediche.it is present in “Patients and Online Communities”
Health 2.0 conference: paginemediche.it is present in “Patients and Online Communities“ Publicis Healthware International will be present at the Health 2.0 conference 2010, on 6th of April, in Paris. Roberto Ascione (Managing Director of Publicis Healthware International) will speak about paginemediche.it , the first italian ehealth web portal. Paginemediche.it is considered an excellent sample of patients and physicians community where services and informations are available in order to accomplish their needs. Roberto personally will transmits feelings, news and more from the event, inRead more
Health 2.0 Conference 2010 – Publicis Healthware c’è!
Health 2.0 Europe è la più importante conferenza nel panorama eHealth, una grande occasione per capire come sta cambianto il modo di comunicare/fare salute. L’edizione del 2010 fa tappa per la prima volta in Europa, e… ci saremo anche noi! Roberto Ascione, presidente di Publicis Healthware, sarà chiamato a presentare lesperienza vincente di paginemediche.it, portale italiano leader nel suo settore. Per maggiori informazioni: http://www.health2con.com/Read more
GEO Medicina: la tua salute dipende da dove vivi
“La tua salute dipende da dove vivi”. Questo l’interessante spunto che Leandro mi ha sottoposto, attraverso un suo interessante articolo, dove si parla della correlazione geografica che alcune patologie possono avere e del controllo “dal basso” che si può attuare come chiave strategica per il futuro. Ci sono idee e mezzi per farlo. Cosa ne pensate?Read more
e-health: Health 2.0 Announces Europe Conference in 2010
The Health 2.0 Conference is delighted to announce that it will be holding its first European conference in Paris on April 6-7, 2010. “Health 2.0 has featured dynamic speakers and cutting edge presentations from: WebMD, Google Health, Microsoft Health Vault, A.D.A.M., The Mayo Clinic, Aetna, BCBS, Safeway, Pfizer, Group Health, Healthwise, Health Evolution Partners, Clay Shirky, Pacific Business Group on Health, the Markle Foundation, and many more! To see these presentations and more, DVDs from 2007 and 2008 are available!”Read more
