Vertical farming is a promising new technology for increasing crop yields per square meter. However, little research has been done so far in people's perception of this technology. The aim of this project was to gain a better understanding of consumers' attitude on small scale vertical farming at home. …

In de textielverzorging is een groot deel van het proces geautomatiseerd. Echter het bepalen van de juiste kledingmaat is nog handwerk. Met pastesten wordt de juiste maat bepaald. Stichting TKT wil samen met de achterban in een pilot nagaan of nieuwe technieken om lichaamsmaten te bemeten een operationeel …

This article demonstrates ‘the stemfie’ to be an interesting current example of the enactment of liveness within media practices. The photo taken of oneself while (or just after) voting and consequently shared with others via online social networks, connects us to an event that is important to us as …

According to Johnson & Grandison (2007), failure to safeguard privacy of users of services provided by private and governmental organisations, leaves individuals with the risk of exposure to a number of undesirable effects of information processing. Loss of control over information about a person may …

Vandaag de dag is er geen enkele leverancier van informatietechnologie die cloud computing niet heeft omarmd. Die term werd (voor zover ik kan nagaan) in 2006 voor de eerste keer publiekelijk gebruikt door Google’s Eric Schmidt, die daaraan toevoegde dat hij het idee had dat niemand begreep waar het …

Binnen het SIA-RAAK onderzoeksproject 'Touchpoints: persuasief ontwerpen voor duurzaam en gezond gedrag' werkten de lectoraten Crossmediale Communicatie in het Publieke Domein (PubLab) en Codesign (Hogeschool Utrecht; FNT) twee jaar lang samen met bureaus uit de creatieve industrie, kennisinstellingen …

This paper describes the Care4Balance (C4B) system for better facilitating communication and task coordination between formal and informal caregivers, and older adults as care receivers. Field-tests with older adults (n=3) and user studies (n=9) were conducted to evaluate the system and the perceived …

We propose an approach to enhancing knowledge sharing and connectedness in distributed teams. Termed ‘Narrating Your Work’ (NYW), the approach involves members of distributed team using a microblogging tool to post regular updates about their current work, accomplishments, and issues. The NYW approach …

This paper introduces a design case that was built around the challenge to design a prototype for women that would positively influence their perception of personal safety in public spaces. The proposed design combines an individual focus with a public impact, influencing emotions through embodiment …