As the two prime examples of sport light, running and walking have become very popular sports activities in the past decades. There are references in the literature of similarities between both sports, however these parallels have never been studied. In addition, the current digitalisation of society …

Sense-IT is een biocueing applicatie die de hartslagmetingen van een smartwatch registreert. Sense-IT is ontwikkeld voor personen met emotieregulatieproblemen en heeft als doel het emotionele bewustzijn van de gebruiker te vergroten. Via de Human Centered Design methode (IDEO,2015) is er onderzoek verricht …

Reken-wiskundig probleemoplossend vermogen heb je nodig om de gegevens van je smartwatch te interpreteren, de opbrengst van je zonnepanelen te begroten, een geschikte zorgverzekering te kiezen, etc. Het stelt je in staat om zelf oplossingsmanieren te construeren in reken-wiskundige situaties die nieuw …

People with a visual impairment (PVI) often experience difficulties with wayfinding. Current navigation applications have limited communication channels and do not provide detailed enough information to support PVI. By transmitting wayfinding information via multimodal channels and combining these with …

Full text beschikbaar met HU-account. Since the 2010s, various companies have begun to manufacture wearable smartwatch devices, but the current sales of these products are not impressive. This study investigates how the limitations of the smartwatch are related to perceptual discomforts. Theoretically, …

Visually impaired people (VIP) can experience difficulties in navigating urban environments. They mostly depend on the environment’s infrastructure or technical solutions like smartphone apps for navigation. However apps typically use visual and audio feedback, which can be ineffective, distracting and …

Purpose: To examine the test–retest reliability and validity of ten activity trackers for step counting at three different walking speeds. Methods: Thirty-one healthy participants walked twice on a treadmill for 30 min while wearing 10 activity trackers (Polar Loop, Garmin Vivosmart, Fitbit Charge HR, …