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Title Assistive augmentation / Jochen Huber, Roy Shilkrot, Pattie Maes, Suranga Nanayakkara, editors
Published Singapore : Springer, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 178 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Cognitive science and technology, 2195-3988
Cognitive science and technology, 2195-3988
Contents Introduction -- Assistive Augmentation -- Design of Assistive Devices for the Visually Impaired using Tactile Feedback -- Heat Map Thermal Display for Visually Impaired -- AR Navigation for Improving Social Networking -- Sensory Substitution and Augmentation -- what's happening "under the hood" in our brain? -- A Design Space for Electrical Muscle Stimulation Feedback for Freehand Interaction -- Birdie: Towards a true flying experience -- Designing Chairables: Assistive Augmentations to Support Power Wheelchair Users -- Assistive Augmentation at the Manual Workplace using In-Ư-Situ Projection -- Ageing Within An Augmented Home -- Augmented Living: Augmented Human- Computer- Interfaces for Age- Based Design of the Living Environments of Elderly People -- Conclusions
Summary This book addresses Assistive Augmentation, highlighting the design and development of assistive technologies, user interfaces, and interactions that seamlessly integrate with a user's mind, body, and behavior, providing an enhanced perception. Our senses are the dominant channel we use to perceive the world around us. Whether they have impairments or not, people often find themselves at the limits of their sensorial capabilities. Some seek assistive or enhancing devices that enable them to carry out specific tasks or even transform them into a "superhuman" with capabilities well beyond the ordinary. The overarching topic of this book revolves around the design and development of technologies and interfaces that provide enhanced physical, sensorial and cognitive capabilities: "Assistive Augmentation". The Assistive Augmentation community convened at an interdisciplinary workshop at the 2014 International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in Toronto, Canada. The community is comprised of researchers and practitioners who work at the junction of human-computer interaction, assistive technology and human augmentation. This edited volume, which represents the first tangible outcome of the workshop, presents stimulating discussions on the challenges of Assistive Augmentation as examined through case studies. These studies focus on two main areas: (1) Augmented Sensors and Feedback Modalities, and (2) Design for Assistive Augmentation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 17, 2017)
Subject Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
Assistive computer technology.
Biomedical Enhancement
Sensory Aids
Self-Help Devices
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Assistive computer technology
Self-help devices for people with disabilities
Form Electronic book
Author Huber, Jochen, editor
Shilkrot, Roy, editor
Maes, Pattie, 1961- editor.
Nanayakkara, Suranga, editor
ISBN 9789811064043
9811064040