All Outputs (45)

Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mival, O., Cringean, S., & Benyon, D. (2004, April). Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people. Presented at Chi 2004, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

This paper reports on the work of the UTOPIA project, a consortium of four Scottish universities concerned with technology issues for older people, focusing specifically on artificial companionship. The importance of companionship to the emotional an... Read More about Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people..

Domesticating technology: in-home requirements gathering with frail older people? (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dickinson, A., Goodman, J., Syme, A., Eisma, R., Tiwari, L., Mival, O., & Newell, A. (2003, June). Domesticating technology: in-home requirements gathering with frail older people?. Presented at 10th International Conference on Human - Computer Interaction, Crete, Greece

As technology becomes increasingly important as a means of supporting older people at home, the
dangers of distress caused by the introduction of inappropriate technology become greater. This
paper discusses the argument for ‘in-home’ research with... Read More about Domesticating technology: in-home requirements gathering with frail older people?.

Mutual inspiration in the development of new technology for older people. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Eisma, R., Dickinson, A., Goodman, J., Mival, O., Syme, A., & Tiwari, L. (2003, March). Mutual inspiration in the development of new technology for older people. Presented at Include 2003: an international conference on inclusive design for society and business, Royal College of Art, London

There are few guidelines on how to involve older people in the design process of new IT related products. In this paper we describe some of the difficulties encountered when working with older people, and introduce the concept of mutual inspiration,... Read More about Mutual inspiration in the development of new technology for older people..

In search of the cybermuse: supporting creative activity within product design. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mival, O. (2002, October). In search of the cybermuse: supporting creative activity within product design. Presented at Creativity and Cognition 4

No abstract available.

IoT for a shock warning system
Preprint / Working Paper
Brogan, J., Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., & Fricker, S. IoT for a shock warning system

This technical paper details the interdependencies between Internet of Things (IoT) and latest Future Internet (FI) technology, demonstrated by using the example of a smart connected health (SCH) use case, for the monitoring and prevention of shock i... Read More about IoT for a shock warning system.