sxsw: designing smart objects for emotional people
DESCRIPTION
Wearable technology, smart meters, and networked devices have generated an environment of abundant digital chatter. It’s now socially acceptable to compete with your FuelBand, send a text to your thermostat, and argue with Siri. Our eagerness to communicate with objects as we would a friend points to a new criterion for designing intelligent products. We want our technology to be smart, but also deeply personal. This presentation outlines the opportunities and risks associated with designing smart objects for emotional people. Through stories of emerging products and experimental research endeavors, it highlights the fine line designers must walk between enhancing the emotional intelligence of individuals, and replacing it.TRANSCRIPT
DESIGNING SMART OBJECTSFOR EMOTIONAL PEOPLEJENNIFER DUNNAM | #AIEMOTIONS
A NEW GENERATION OF SMART OBJECTS
PASSIVELY SENSE YOUR EMOTIONAL STATE OF BEING
PERSONALIZE THE OUTPUT TO ALIGN WITH NATURAL BEHAVIOR
AND COMMUNICATION
INDIVIDUAL OBJECT
TECHNOLOGYIS ADVANCING
BUT... OUR VULNERABILITIES PERSIST
“Should you meet the needs of people with something that basically suckers them?”
— CLIFFORD NASS
A RELATIONSHIP MODEL FOR HUMAN EXPERIENCE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
ENVIRONMENT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OURSELVES
A RELATIONSHIP MODEL FOR HUMAN EXPERIENCE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
ENVIRONMENT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OURSELVES
A RELATIONSHIP MODEL FOR HUMAN EXPERIENCE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OURSELVES
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
ENVIRONMENT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
A RELATIONSHIP MODEL FOR HUMAN EXPERIENCE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OURSELVES
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
ENVIRONMENT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
A RELATIONSHIP MODEL FOR HUMAN EXPERIENCE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR
ENVIRONMENT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OURSELVES
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THESE RELATIONSHIPS
SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
1 SELF-AWARENESS
2 SELF-CONTROL
3 MOTIVATION
4 SELF-EXPRESSION
5 SOCIABILITY
6 EMPATHY
SELF-AWARENESSRATIONALIZER | PHILIPS | 20091
SELF-CONTROLNEVERMIND | REYNOLDS | 20132
MOTIVATIONCLOCKY | NANDA | 20053
SELF-EXPRESSIONAFFECTIVA | AFFDEX | 20134
SOCIABILITYCHAIN-MAIL VEST | CZERWINSKI | 20135
EMPATHYPREGNANCY BELT | HUGGIES | 20136
SELF-EXPRESSION SOCIABILITY EMPATHY
SMART OBJECTS FOR EMOTIONAL PEOPLE
SELF-AWARENESS SELF-CONTROL MOTIVATION
“It’s easy to be so immersed in technology, we forget what we know about life.”
— SHERRY TURKLE
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