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Careful Devices

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Anna Vallgårda,

Sarah Homewood,

Teresa AlmeidaAuthors Info & Claims

HttF '19: Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium 2019

Article No.: 30, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3363384.3363474

Published: 19 November 2019 Publication History

Abstract

This short paper offers a rationale and manifesto for a design-led research project called careful devices—domestic healthcare technologies that seek to bridge the gap between the lived experience of a person and the abstracted medical knowledge of a health practitioner. The rationale places careful devices at the intersection of contemporary trends in self-tracking and health care technology, and explains how and why this intersection is relevant for future interaction design. This is followed by a manifesto that articulates design goals for producing devices linking these trends, creating a space for interaction design research. We end with a discussion of Ovum, an example of a careful fertility tracking device.

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