{"513541":{"#nid":"513541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018Civic Computing\u2019 workshop leads an unlikely group of youth to help advance metro city\u2019s vision","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDefining community in the digital age is often a nuanced exercise that involves looking at social connections far beyond where one works and lives. But even in an age of tweets, texts, and video chats, young people are willing to use their voice to support and shape the communities in which they live.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne such group of College Park students\u2014who are completing their high school credits at The Bridge Academy\u2014recently participated in the Georgia Tech design[ED] Lab workshop where they reviewed College Park\u2019s 20-year Comprehensive Plan (2011 \u2013 2031) to identify community issues and create computing technology solutions that could enhance community engagement and increase career opportunities for young people. The students chose to address three key issues from the city\u2019s policy guide: perception of crime, decreasing standardized test scores, and impact of crime on youth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor six weeks, the students were exposed to a design-thinking process and tools for creating user-focused technology that gave them an understanding of how to frame and tackle challenges within their community,\u201d says Monet Spells, graduate student in the Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction program and workshop organizer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the program brainstormed solutions, iterated on the prototypes, and critiqued their peers\u2019 work to come up with three viable technology concepts. These concepts were displayed in February at a special event open to the public at the Museum of Design Atlanta.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiving students an authentic opportunity to present their work\u2014such as at the MODA public exhibit\u2014acts as a motivation for students to engage with learning, take ownership of their projects, and to see their efforts pay off,\u201d says Betsy DiSalvo, assistant professor in Interactive Computing and Spells\u2019 advisor.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EResults included:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA physical prototype and supporting mobile application wireframe to change the perception of crime for the benefit of College Park citizens and businesses by highlighting positive things happening in the community.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA customized test preparation system, using hip-hop music to motivate and prepare students to increase standardized test scores, which could otherwise limit post-secondary and future opportunities.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA social network to address the impact of crime on College Park youth, by providing tips for resisting peer pressure, sharing community events, and facilitating a healthy relationship with law enforcement.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was very important that the students\u0027 solutions addressed practical and verified problems in the community,\u201d says Spells. \u201cThe College Park Comprehensive Plan allowed us to pursue validated, researched, high-level problem spaces that the community\u2019s elected officials are seeking to address over the next 20 years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpells says the lab also aimed to expose underrepresented minorities to design-thinking as a method to solve important problems and empower young people with the tools to make a difference and inspire change. For example, some students\u0026nbsp;on their own accord are learning the technical skills required to pursue their ideas beyond the workshop by refining their designs and apps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe public exhibit brought the work of these young people and their insights about the city to the attention of city council members, who have invited the students to present their ideas in other public forums,\u201d says DiSalvo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpells, who will graduate in May, is part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/catlab.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECulture and Technology Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech, directed by DiSalvo, which aims to understand how culture impacts people\u2019s practices with technology and designing new learning interventions with these understandings. Spells was also named the GVU Center\u2019s inaugural\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/foley-scholar-finalistsgvu-dist-masters-student-2015-16-feature-story\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDistinguished Master\u2019s Student\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this academic year for her work with underrepresented minorities and women in technology-enhanced dance performance.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege Park students\u2014who are completing their high school credits at The Bridge Academy\u2014recently participated in the Georgia Tech design[ED] Lab workshop where they reviewed College Park\u2019s 20-year Comprehensive Plan (2011 \u2013 2031) to identify community issues and create computing technology solutions that could enhance community engagement and increase career opportunities for young people.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Even in an age of tweets, texts, and video chats, young people are willing to use their voice to support and shape the communities in which they live."}],"uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2016-03-15 11:35:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:05","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"513551":{"id":"513551","type":"image","title":"College Park students at MODA with MS HCI student Monet Spells","body":null,"created":"1458923790","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:36:30","changed":"1475895277","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:37","alt":"College Park students at MODA with MS HCI student Monet Spells","file":{"fid":"205054","name":"designedlab_workshop_for_college_park_students_cr.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/designedlab_workshop_for_college_park_students_cr_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/designedlab_workshop_for_college_park_students_cr_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1167827,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/designedlab_workshop_for_college_park_students_cr_0.jpg?itok=DBhhlKDu"}},"513561":{"id":"513561","type":"image","title":"Monet Spells (MS HCI sudent)","body":null,"created":"1458923790","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:36:30","changed":"1475895277","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:37","alt":"Monet Spells (MS HCI sudent)","file":{"fid":"205055","name":"pub_monet_spells.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pub_monet_spells_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pub_monet_spells_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":156266,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pub_monet_spells_0.jpg?itok=QD2BSIz3"}},"355701":{"id":"355701","type":"image","title":"Betsy DiSalvo - Compressed","body":null,"created":"1449245756","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:56","changed":"1475895087","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:27","alt":"Betsy DiSalvo - Compressed","file":{"fid":"202045","name":"betsy-disalvo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/betsy-disalvo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/betsy-disalvo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":13256,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/betsy-disalvo.jpg?itok=V10eFFqa"}}},"media_ids":["513551","513561","355701"],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoshua Preston\u003Cbr \/\u003EGVU Center and College of Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E678.231.0787\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jpreston@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"238711":{"#nid":"238711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The School of Industrial Design Wins Two Awards at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Industrial Design was well represented at the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iswc.net\/\u0022\u003E International Symposium on Wearable Computers\u003C\/a\u003E (ISWC) which was recently convened in Zurich, Switzerland, September 9-12.\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.clintzeagler.com\/\u0022\u003EClint Zeagler\u003C\/a\u003E, a research scientist in the School of Industrial Design, was a part of a team that was awarded \u201cBest Paper\u201d on a research project called \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.clintzeagler.com\/2013\/07\/15\/fido-facilitating-interactions-for-dogs-with-occupations\/\u0022\u003EFIDO\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d and James Hallam, a graduate student in the School, won \u201cBest Functional Design\u201d at the design exhibition for his \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/portfolio.jameshallam.com\/Haptic-Mirror-Therapy-Glove\u0022\u003EHaptic Mirror Therapy Glove\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u0026nbsp; ISWC is a conference dedicated to cutting-edge research in wearable technologies, and is the premier forum for wearable computing and issues related to on-body and worn mobile technologies. Every year, ISWC brings together researchers, product vendors, fashion designers, textile manufacturers, users, and related professionals to share information and advances in wearable computing; this year, there were over 700 participants who registered for the conference.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClint Zeagler and his team presented a paper on their collaborative \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.clintzeagler.com\/2013\/07\/15\/fido-facilitating-interactions-for-dogs-with-occupations\/\u0022\u003EFIDO project\u003C\/a\u003E (Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations) which addressed issues of wearable sensors for working dogs to aid their communication with their handlers.\u0026nbsp; Four different sensors were developed that could be integrated into dog vests that the dogs could activate.\u0026nbsp; Three assistance-trained dogs were used to test the on-body interfaces which used canine gestures, such as biting, tugging and nose gestures, to alert their handlers to visual or auditory signals of which the handler might not be aware. \u0026nbsp;The FIDO research team includes Zeagler, Thad Starner, Melody Jackson and Giancarlo Valentin.\u0026nbsp; In addition to his work as a research scientist, Clint also teaches a course on wearable product design in the School of Industrial Design.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJames Hallam\u2019s \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/portfolio.jameshallam.com\/Haptic-Mirror-Therapy-Glove\u0022\u003EHaptic Mirror Therapy Glove\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d is an interactive mirror therapy glove for the treatment of a paretic limb following a stroke.\u0026nbsp; It allows the user to stimulate the fingertips of their effected hand by tapping the fingers of their unaffected hand using force sensing resistors to trigger linear resonance actuators on the corresponding fingers.\u0026nbsp; The glove may potentially be useful to stroke survivors and their therapists by encouraging the development of new multi-sensory rehabilitation exercises, which might better help recover lost sensation and strength in their fingers. This project was selected as the \u201cBest Functional Design\u201d during the four day conference. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Industrial Design was well represented at the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iswc.net\/\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;International Symposium on Wearable Computers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ISWC) which was recently convened in Zurich, Switzerland, September 9-12.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.clintzeagler.com\/\u0022\u003EClint Zeagler\u003C\/a\u003E, a research scientist in the School of Industrial Design, was a part of a team that was awarded \u201cBest Paper\u201d on a research project called \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.clintzeagler.com\/2013\/07\/15\/fido-facilitating-interactions-for-dogs-with-occupations\/\u0022\u003EFIDO\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d and James Hallam, a graduate student in the School, won \u201cBest Functional Design\u201d at the Design Exhibition for his\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/portfolio.jameshallam.com\/Haptic-Mirror-Therapy-Glove\u0022\u003EHaptic Mirror Therapy Glove\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Industrial Design Wins Two Awards at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers."}],"uid":"27900","created_gmt":"2013-09-18 15:36:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:56","author":"Joelle Alcaidinho","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"238671":{"id":"238671","type":"image","title":"FIDO Project","body":null,"created":"1449243670","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:10","changed":"1475894914","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:34","alt":"FIDO Project","file":{"fid":"197732","name":"fido.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fido_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fido_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":219698,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fido_0.jpg?itok=xbtr578w"}},"238681":{"id":"238681","type":"image","title":"Haptic Mirror Glove","body":null,"created":"1449243670","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:10","changed":"1475894914","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:34","alt":"Haptic Mirror Glove","file":{"fid":"197733","name":"iswc2013_haptic_mirror_glove-gloves.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iswc2013_haptic_mirror_glove-gloves_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iswc2013_haptic_mirror_glove-gloves_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7462046,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/iswc2013_haptic_mirror_glove-gloves_0.jpg?itok=XHUqgr0G"}}},"media_ids":["238671","238681"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"38451","name":"georgia tech school of industrial design"},{"id":"74381","name":"iswc"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Herrmann\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-0693\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"249771":{"#nid":"249771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech researchers study aging with disabilities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EImagine the obstacles a blind person who relies on sound will face if he loses his hearing as he ages. Or the difficulty a long-term wheelchair user will confront as she develops arthritis in her shoulders with age.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeople with long-term disabilities and chronic conditions will encounter a unique set of challenges as they get older. But that doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t age successfully and safely.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has received a five-year $4.6 million grant to increase understanding of the aging process for people with disabilities and use data gleaned from the study to develop technologies that will benefit them and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research in the Department of Education will support the interdisciplinary Center on Technologies to Support Successful Aging with Disability (RERC TechSAge).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will serve as a major catalyst for understanding the issues at work as well as developing technologies to be used in homes and our communities,\u201d said Professor Jon Sanford, the lead principal investigator who is also director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). \u201cWe are focusing on certain groups but this will be useful for all of society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project classifies disabilities as low vision or blind; deaf or hard of hearing; and mobility limitation, such as using a wheelchair or walker. It focuses primarily on adults 50 and older.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is an emerging population and we aim to get a full understanding of their different needs,\u201d said Professor Wendy Rogers, a co-principal investigator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers will assess needs as they relate to work, home, transportation and health care, said Rogers, who leads Georgia Tech\u2019s Human Factors and Aging Laboratory. They will conduct surveys, hold structured interviews and observe participants in different settings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETechnology projects will build on these data. Researchers expect robots will remotely monitor and perform tasks for individuals with disabilities as they age.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETracy Mitzner, the other co-principal investigator and associate director of the Human Factors and Aging Laboratory, will investigate how telerobotics can support older adults with disabilities by allowing them to remain active and improve their physical strength. It would also help aging adults remain social, Mitzner said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother project is expected to result in open source software and hardware that enables robots to better assist people with disabilities as they age, said Charlie Kemp, director of the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKemp\u2019s project will continue his collaboration with Henry and Jane Evans. Henry Evans lives with quadriplegia. Their original collaboration as part of the Robots for Humanity project resulted in Evans briefly using a mobile robot to shave and scratch his face, pull a blanket over himself and perform other tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn all, the vast project will rely on expertise from multiple research centers at Georgia Tech. In addition to CATEA, the School of Psychology and the Healthcare Robotics Lab, those involved include: the Institute for People and Technology, Aware Home Research Initiative, School of Industrial Design, Center for Geographic Information Systems, Alternative Media Access Center, Interactive Media Technology Center, Human-Centered Computing, the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the Emory Center for Health in Aging and the University of South Carolina will also participate.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Institute will use five-year grant to develop new technologies to promote successful aging"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has received a five-year $4.6 million grant to increase understanding of the aging process for people with disabilities and use data gleaned from the study to develop technologies that will benefit them and others.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech has received a five-year $4.6 million grant to increase understanding of the aging process for people with disabilities and use data gleaned from the study to develop technologies that will benefit them and others."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2013-10-29 20:09:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:14","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"249741":{"id":"249741","type":"image","title":"Henry Evans, who lives with quadriplegia, is shaving with a robot.","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"Henry Evans, who lives with quadriplegia, is shaving with a robot.","file":{"fid":"198067","name":"hevans_shaving_7.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hevans_shaving_7_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hevans_shaving_7_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":414517,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hevans_shaving_7_0.jpg?itok=hBRRZbyy"}},"249761":{"id":"249761","type":"image","title":"Heath Evans shaving with robot","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"Heath Evans shaving with robot","file":{"fid":"198068","name":"hevans_shaving.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hevans_shaving_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hevans_shaving_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":389893,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hevans_shaving_0.jpg?itok=_fJLfyN3"}}},"media_ids":["249741","249761"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1531","name":"center for assistive technology and environmental access"},{"id":"2157","name":"Charlie Kemp"},{"id":"78561","name":"Department of Education"},{"id":"78601","name":"Human Factors and Aging Laboratory"},{"id":"555","name":"Jon Sanford"},{"id":"78591","name":"National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research"},{"id":"13001","name":"Wendy Rogers"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Laura.Diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaura.Diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Laura.Diamond@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"249681":{"#nid":"249681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Adds Industrial Design to Human Computer Interaction Master\u2019s Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the casual observer, a game in which a Tyrannosaurus Rex chomps only on a correct pattern of colored tokens might appear to be only that \u2013 a color-sorting game. But to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/people\/jim-budd\u0022\u003EJim Budd\u003C\/a\u003E, Chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial Design\u003C\/a\u003E, the game represents an essential interdisciplinary collaboration that brings such products to life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the school\u2019s new Interactive Product Design Lab, Budd\u2019s students work together with students from the College of Computing\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/a\u003E to put digital tools to practical use in everyday products. In the lab, the students design games, kitchen utensils and appliances, museum tour equipment and other products.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt would have taken the GVU students several days to build these models,\u201d Budd said, noting the detailed cuts of the dinosaur figure for the color-sorting game. \u201cWith our students and tools on hand, they can laser cut the perfect pieces or rapid prototype 3D assemblies in just a few minutes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELikewise, it would have taken his industrial design students considerable time and effort to design and program the sensors needed to operate the more complex games and product systems; thus, the necessity of teamwork.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecognizing this convergence of expertise, Georgia Tech this semester added Industrial Design as the fourth partner in the interdisciplinary \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mshci.gatech.edu\/about\u0022\u003EMasters of Human-Computer Interaction (MS-HCI)\u003C\/a\u003E degree, which focuses on bringing together the broad mix of practical skills and theoretical understandings required to design and implement modern human-computer interfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has offered the MS-HCI degree since 1997. Until this semester, the degree was offered jointly by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E (IC); the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E School of Literature, Media and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E (LMC); and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E. The addition of a fourth partner \u2013 the School of Industrial Design, which recently celebrated its 60\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary \u2013 made perfect sense to the degree coordinators.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom my perspective, it\u2019s a logical thing to happen, and we need a focus on bridging the gap between the physical and the digital,\u201d Budd said. \u201cOver the last 15 years, the merging of technology between physical and digital has grown dramatically.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/people\/james-foley\u0022\u003EJim Foley\u003C\/a\u003E, who helped start the degree and is now director, calls it \u201ca natural marriage.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe marriage of ID and HCI is driven by computers being embedded in all types of physical products and forms like toys, exercise equipment, ATMs, wearable devices such as glasses and watches and body function sensors, and on and on and on,\u201d Foley said. \u201cSo it is only natural that designing things containing computers draw on the skills of both disciplines.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen computers were first placed into general household and personal objects, little consideration was given about exactly how to incorporate digital elements into the products. But as computing became more ubiquitous, it became evident that more thought, research and care had to be put into creating the whole product as a team and not designing each element independently.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the computing side brings in the digital elements, the industrial design side has to consider the elements of user experience including form, aesthetics, ergonomics, human factors, materials and even the actual assembly of the product.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd with the MC-HCI program, students \u2013 no matter their initial school affiliations \u2013 gain full exposure and expertise with all of it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll 65 of the students enrolled in the program take a common core curriculum , specialization electives from their individual schools, and general electives from the nearly 100 HCI-related courses offered by the four participating schools plus courses in Management, Music Technology, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and even International Affairs . The students do an internship between their first and second years, and work with one of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mshci.gatech.edu\/faculty\u0022\u003Enearly 50 HCI-related faculty\u003C\/a\u003E on a master\u2019s project in their second year. They also interact with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mshci.gatech.edu\/atlanta\u0022\u003EAtlanta\u2019s lively community of HCI and UX practitioners\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents interested in applying to the program can visit the online application available \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mshci.gatech.edu\/futurestudents\/admissions\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech this semester added Industrial Design as the fourth partner in the interdisciplinary \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mshci.gatech.edu\/about\u0022\u003EMasters of Human-Computer Interaction (MS-HCI)\u003C\/a\u003E degree, which focuses on bringing together the broad mix of practical skills and theoretical understandings required to design and implement modern human-computer interfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27897","created_gmt":"2013-10-29 14:34:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:18","author":"Phillip Taylor","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"249691":{"id":"249691","type":"image","title":"Interactive Product Design Lab","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"Interactive Product Design Lab","file":{"fid":"198064","name":"lab_lego_4.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lab_lego_4_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lab_lego_4_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":468689,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lab_lego_4_0.jpg?itok=bXoM2NVA"}},"249701":{"id":"249701","type":"image","title":"Interactive Product Design Lab","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"Interactive Product Design Lab","file":{"fid":"198065","name":"class_in_session.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/class_in_session_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/class_in_session_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3276800,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/class_in_session_0.jpg?itok=KjLHFEDU"}},"249711":{"id":"249711","type":"image","title":"Jim Foley in GVU Center","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"Jim Foley in GVU Center","file":{"fid":"198066","name":"08c1214-p4-032.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1214-p4-032_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1214-p4-032_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2952210,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/08c1214-p4-032_0.jpg?itok=SVdDDOIe"}}},"media_ids":["249691","249701","249711"],"groups":[{"id":"66442","name":"MS HCI"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"38451","name":"georgia tech school of industrial design"},{"id":"14646","name":"human-computer interaction"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"252191":{"#nid":"252191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Exploring Public Perceptions of Future Wearable Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs scientists develop the next wave of smartwatches and other wearable computing, they might want to continue focusing their attention on the arms and the wrists. According to a recent Georgia Tech study, portable electronic devices placed on the collar, torso, waist or pants may cause awkwardness, embarrassment or strange looks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a paper titled \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=2494331\u0022\u003EDon\u2019t Mind Me Touching My Wrist\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d Georgia Tech researchers reported the results of a case study of interaction with on-body technology in public. Specifically, they surveyed people in both the United States and South Korea to gain cultural insights into perceptions of the use of e-textiles, or electronic devices, stitched into everyday clothing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the study, researchers directed participants to watch videos of people silencing incoming phone calls using e-textile interfaces on various parts of their body, including wrists, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IUdyOwzknQk\u0022\u003Eforearms\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSWxyymKhPw\u0022\u003Ecollarbones\u003C\/a\u003E, torsos, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HSbXhOE7QzM\u0022\u003Ewaists\u003C\/a\u003E and the front pant pocket. They were asked to describe their thoughts about the interaction (such as whether it appeared normal, silly or awkward) and its placement on the body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn general, the study found that in both countries the wrist and the forearm were the most preferred locations for e-textiles, as well as the most normal placement when watching someone use the devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis may be due to the fact that these locations are already being used for wearable technology,\u201d said Halley Profita, a former Georgia Tech industrial design graduate student who led the study. \u201cPeople strap smartphones or MP3 players to their arms while exercising. Runners wear GPS watches.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the study:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGender of the technology user affected opinions about the interaction. For example, Americans were uncomfortable when men used a device located at the front pant pocket region or when women reached for their torsos or collarbones.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESouth Koreans reported exceptionally low acceptance of women using the devices anywhere except for their arms.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERespondents expressed differing views on the most important factors on deciding how to use e-textiles. Americans focused on ease of operation and accessibility; South Koreans raised personal perception issues.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSouth Koreans also said they wanted an easy-to-use system, but the technology should not make them look awkward or weird,\u201d Profita said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t surprising because their culture emphasizes modesty, politeness and avoidance of embarrassing situations.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings were presented in September at the International Symposium in Wearable Computing in Switzerland. While at Georgia Tech, Profita was advised by Professors Ellen Yi-Luen Do and Thad Starner, a wearable computing pioneer. 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He has also worked as an independent consultant and at Georgia Tech in research, administration, and management of an interdisciplinary MS degree program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGT\u0027s MS-HCI degree, established in 1997 with support from the Sloan Foundation, is widely considered to be one of the best HCI programs in the world. The program graduated it first class in 1998 with three students. This year, the program will graduate 34 students with 40 slated for next year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECoursework includes HCI principles and practice plus next-generation computationally-mediated application areas such as ubiquitous and mobile computing, learning science and technology, information visualization, civic media, augmented and virtual reality, interactive TV, interactive narrative, and embedded computing product design. All students complete a capstone project with a Tech faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn accepting the opportunity, Henneman said: \u0022I am so enthused about returning to Georgia Tech to lead this outstanding program.\u0026nbsp; I am especially excited about the chance to work with the students, faculty, industry partners, and alumni.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGraduates are in high demand, as companies seek to enhance their web presence and develop innovative new computer-enabled devices, games, toys, appliances, and services,\u201d said Jim Foley, the current director who will continue to work with the program in his role as IC faculty coordinator. \u201cOur program is widely considered to be one of the best in the world; Dick is the right person to maintain and enhance that reputation.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing Chair Annie Anton, speaking on behalf of the four schools offering the degree, said: \u0022It is wonderful to have Dick back at Georgia Tech to take this prestigious program to even greater prominence!\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech recently announced the appointment of Richard Henneman as the new director of its interdisciplinary MS program in Human-Computer Interaction (MS-HCI) and as professor of the practice in the School of Interactive Computing."}],"uid":"27998","created_gmt":"2014-12-09 13:08:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:41","author":"Brittany Aiello","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"353221":{"id":"353221","type":"image","title":"Richard Henneman Headshot","body":null,"created":"1449245728","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:28","changed":"1475895080","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:20","alt":"Richard Henneman Headshot","file":{"fid":"202002","name":"richard_henneman.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/richard_henneman_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/richard_henneman_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":460785,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/richard_henneman_0.jpg?itok=8CrfhBEs"}}},"media_ids":["353221"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14646","name":"human-computer interaction"},{"id":"111841","name":"MS HCI"},{"id":"114601","name":"Press Release"},{"id":"111831","name":"Richard Henneman"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhillip Taylor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENews and Media Relations Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ptaylor@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eptaylor@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ptaylor@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}