This paper introduces the Impatient Toaster, a kitchen appliance designed to motivate its owners to eat more often and in regular intervals: After not using it for a while, it sig...
Touch is fundamental to our emotional well-being. Medical science is starting to understand and develop touch-based therapies for autism spectrum, mood, anxiety and borderline dis...
Measuring user acceptance to avoid system rejection by the users in pre-prototype stage of product development is of high interest for both researchers and practitioners. This is ...
Alexander Meschtscherjakov, David Wilfinger, Thoma...
Research frameworks are being developed that involve very young children in the process of development of future technologies. Children, their teachers and parents from schools in ...
Marilyn Panayi, Walter Van de Velde, David M. Roy,...
: Emotional bonds don’t arise from a simple exchange of facial displays, but often emerge through the dynamic give and take of face-to-face interactions. This article explores th...
Jonathan Gratch, Ning Wang, Anna Okhmatovskaia, Fr...