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Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures (2023)
Book Chapter
Smyth, M. (2023). Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures. In Designing in Coexistence – Reflections on Systemic Change (77-88). Croatian Architects’ Association

So why is it so difficult to imagine futures? Not the futures set in galaxies far far away, but the ones connected to the present that lie tantalisingly just beyond the horizon. Futures still tethered to variants of today’s infrastructure. This essay... Read More about Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures.

Use and operational safety (2023)
Book Chapter
Reed, N., Charisis, V., & Cowper, S. (2023). Use and operational safety. In D. Ventriglia, & M. Kahl (Eds.), FISITA Intelligent Safety White Paper – The Safety of Electro-Mobility: Expert considerations on the Safety of an Electric Vehicle from concept through end of life (107-111). FISITA

Whether you are an individual buying your first car or replacing an existing vehicle, or if you are a fleet manager making vehicle purchase decisions on behalf of a company, the acquisition of a car is usually a highly significant purchase. Increasi... Read More about Use and operational safety.

Sign in Human-Sound Interaction (2022)
Book Chapter
Di Donato, B. (2022). Sign in Human-Sound Interaction. In J. L. Drever, & A. Hugill (Eds.), Aural Diversity (187-192). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003183624-21

This chapter explores the concept of Human–Sound Interaction (HSI) in music performance in the context of Aural Diversity. HSI focuses on human factors in experiencing sound and how this affects interaction with instruments. HSI looks at people’s div... Read More about Sign in Human-Sound Interaction.

Recorded performance as digital content: Perspectives from Fringe 2020 (2021)
Book Chapter
Elsden, C., Yu, D., Piccio, B., Helgason, I., & Terras, M. (2021). Recorded performance as digital content: Perspectives from Fringe 2020. In L. Bissell, & L. Weir (Eds.), Performance in a Pandemic. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003165644

Within days of performance venues being forced to close their doors in 2020, the National Theatre began broadcasting high-quality recordings of the best of London’s West End. Few other companies could dream of having such rich recorded archives to dr... Read More about Recorded performance as digital content: Perspectives from Fringe 2020.

Echoes of Futures Past - Speculations and Fictions from History (2021)
Book Chapter
Smyth, M., Auger, J., & Helgason, I. (2021). Echoes of Futures Past - Speculations and Fictions from History. In I. Mitrović, J. Auger, J. Hanna, & I. Helgason (Eds.), Beyond Speculative Design: Past-Present-Future (24-67). SpeculativeEDU, Arts Academy, University of Split

Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera (2020)
Book Chapter
Cheng, L., & Leung, B.-W. (2020). Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera. In W. W. Ma, K.-W. Tong, & W. Bo Anna Tso (Eds.), Learning Environment and Design: Current and Future Impacts (213-226). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8167-0_13

Recent advancements in communication and computer technology have made available and affordable the immersive technology necessary for broader applications beyond industrial use. Facing growing competition from the emergence of new media as an attrac... Read More about Motivational Effects of Immersive Media on Adolescents’ Engagement in Cantonese Opera.

An assessment of learning Cantonese opera movement in Hong Kong (2018)
Book Chapter
Leung, B.-W., Mok, M. M. C., Kuo, B.-C., Liu, Z.-Y., Lam, S. M., Ng, C. W., Cheng, L., Ma, K. H. H., & Choi, T. W. (2018). An assessment of learning Cantonese opera movement in Hong Kong. In K. J. Kennedy, & J. Chi-Kin Lee (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia (220-233). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315694382-20

This chapter discusses the transition of teaching and learning of Cantonese opera in Hong Kong from traditional master-apprentice approach to institutionalised group teaching, and how the development of the Computerised Kinetic Chain Assessment and L... Read More about An assessment of learning Cantonese opera movement in Hong Kong.

Health: RFID makes surgery safer. (2014)
Book Chapter
Mival, O., Thuemmler, C., Schneider, A., Paulin, A., Kranzfelder, M., & Hasan, A. (2014). Health: RFID makes surgery safer. In P. Cousin (Ed.), Internet of Things: Success Stories (54-60). Internet of Things Council

This document presents a novel technique to reduce the risk of forgotten surgical towels in surgery. It is an application of IoT in field of healthcare. Integrating RFID tags into towels and developing an application to read this information allow nu... Read More about Health: RFID makes surgery safer..

User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients (2014)
Book Chapter
Mival, O., & Benyon, D. (2015). User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients. In S. Fricker, C. Thuemmler, & A. Gavras (Eds.), Requirements Engineering for Digital Health and Care (117-131). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09798-5_6

UX design is concerned with all the issues that go into providing an engaging and enjoyable experience for people in both the short and longer term. This is more than mere functionality and includes aesthetics, pleasure, and emotional engagement in t... Read More about User experience (UX) design for medical personnel and patients.

IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches (2013)
Book Chapter
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Hussain, R., Roy, R., & Erkoyuncu, J. A. (2013). IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches. In Y. Shimomura, & K. Kimita (Eds.), The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability (411-416). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32847-3_69

Although the merits of Industrial product-service systems (IPS2) have been widely reported in the literature, the methodologies currently used to design IPS2 are not yet mature in either academia or industry. The objective of this paper is to determi... Read More about IPS2 Design Process: A Comparative Study between Literature and Industrial Approaches.

Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence (2009)
Book Chapter
Turner, S., McGregor, I., & Turner, P. (2009). Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence. In P. Turner, S. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (113-127). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-020-2.ch009

This chapter considers the role of sound, and more specifically, listening, in creating a sense of presence (of "being there") in "places" recreated by virtual reality technologies. We first briefly review the treatment of sound in place and presence... Read More about Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence.

Presence and consciousness. (2009)
Book Chapter
Turner, P. (2009). Presence and consciousness. In D. Benyon, M. Smyth, & I. Helgason (Eds.), Presence for everyone: a short guide to presence research (21-24). Peach Consortium

Information Architecture and Navigation Design for Web Sites (2007)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D. (2007). Information Architecture and Navigation Design for Web Sites. In P. Zaphiris, & S. Kurniawan (Eds.), Human Computer Interaction Research in Web Design and Evaluation (165-184). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-246-6.ch008

Information architecture concerns how to structure the content of an information space. Information architects design information spaces. Staying with the notion of information space leads us to the realisation that people need to be able to both con... Read More about Information Architecture and Navigation Design for Web Sites.

Information Space. (2006)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D. (2006). Information Space. In C. Ghaoui (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction (344-347). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-562-7.ch053

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in the 21st century needs to look very different from its 20th-century origins. Computers are becoming ubiquitous; they are disappearing into everyday objects. They are becoming wearable. They are able to communicate... Read More about Information Space..

Domains Models for User Interface Design (1996)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D. (1996). Domains Models for User Interface Design. In D. Benyon, & P. Palanque (Eds.), Critical Issues in User Interface Systems Engineering (3-19). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1001-9_1

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is concerned with developing computer-based systems which help people undertake their work or other activities and which demonstrate a high degree of usability. Both the process of development and the various products... Read More about Domains Models for User Interface Design.

A Functional Model of Interacting Systems: A Semiotic Approach (1994)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D. (1994). A Functional Model of Interacting Systems: A Semiotic Approach. In J. Connolly, & E. Edmonds (Eds.), CSCW and Artificial Intelligence; Computer Supported Cooperative Work (105-125). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2035-3_8

Recent developments in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) share a common problem: communication. We are moving towards a situation of multiple interacting systems... Read More about A Functional Model of Interacting Systems: A Semiotic Approach.