healthcare

Replicating a WREX Assistive Device

The Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton (WREX) is an assistive device made of hinged metal bars and resistance bands. It enables kids with underdeveloped arms to play, feed themselves and hug. For our biomechanics class, we attempted to replicate one from open […]

Audio + Video Health Score Visualization

We really wanted to redefine the way patients interact with their doctors and their healthcare in general. We did a good amount of iterating on novel concept designs for the patient interface. Coming from a more abstract perspective, we tried

Mood Tracking Concept

This project imagines using a variety of data sources to track patients with mood disorders. Past trends in those sources correlated with identified mood patterns are used to identify upcoming episodes and deploy interventions to mitigate (notify therapist/friends/family, trigger automated

Mood Miner

Mood Tracking

This speculative design project was about the idea the we have many digital indicators that reflect our emotional state. Depressed people tend to use certain “junk” words (see Pennebaker’s work), so these known algorithms could detect emotional state from email

Cybertecture Mirror

Cyber Mirror On the Wall

This seems like the perfect tool for a HealthVault enabled world. The bathroom is already a place where you’re thinking about your health and personal care, so providing a… This seems like the perfect tool for a HealthVault enabled world. The bathroom is already

apple fall 2010

Apple Announcements

I’ll be brief; well, maybe… Not many surprises (or any) in the announcements today, but there are a few thoughts/questions/takeaways that I have. Apple TV Naturally, as an AV geek I’m always interested in this type of thing. Cool that