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Prototyping ubiquitous biosensing applications through speculative design

  • Marc Bohlen
  • , Ilya Maharika
  • , Paul Lloyd Sargent
  • , Silvia Zaianty
  • , Nicole Lee
  • , Angelica Piedrahita Delgado
  • , Nevena Niagolova
  • , Fabian Vogelsteller
  • Universitas Islam Indonesia
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • University of Toronto
  • Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

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Abstract

Biosensing technologies, under development since the 1960s, are now moving into the mainstream IT domain. It is only a matter of time before biosensors become as ubiquitous as mobile phones. While biosensing is inherently a technical domain, the acceptance of biosensing technologies into everyday life will more likely be determined by social and cultural factors. In order to imagine how such acceptance (or the opposite thereof) might occur, we have designed an online resource on biosensing and related topics. We then asked students of media design and architecture to speculate on future biosensing scenarios with the help of this resource. This experiment was performed at three universities, one in the United States, one in Canada and one in Indonesia. This paper describes results from this experiment and considers implications for the design procedures of ubiquitous sensor systems in general.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE 2012
Pages198-205
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE 2012 - Guanajuato, Mexico
Duration: Jun 26 2012Jun 28 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings - 8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE 2012

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE 2012
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityGuanajuato
Period06/26/1206/28/12

Keywords

  • Architecture
  • Biosensing
  • Prototyping
  • Sociology
  • Speculative design
  • Ubiquitous sensing

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