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Erotic Aspects of Everyday Life as a Challenge for Ubiquitous Computing
In this paper we discuss how interactive technology disables or enables erotic aspects of everyday life, and we discuss a number of design concepts in order to relate erotic aspects to the issue of visibility versus invisibility in ambient computing. This discussion has general relevance for the study of residual categories in ubiquitous computing
Palpable time for heterogeneous care communities
This paper describes an ongoing design experience
conducted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for
Premature Newborns. The specificity and the delicateness
of such a setting provided the opportunity for reflecting on
how the different stakeholders perceive, interpret and use
time in their different activities connected to their specific
relation with the neonatal ward and the activities taking
place there.
The design concept of Palpable time sets this difference in
focus to initiate a communication model aiming at
supporting these needs. The value of this concept is that all
members of the care community are entitled to act as equal
partner in taking care of the baby. Therefore, this implies
the idea of a horizontal organization in which all members
are equally valued, where the stakeholders interacts
according to their preferences from a time-space
perspective. The system must handle roaming between
spaces, devices and physical nets. Furthermore, it enables
the users to configure emerging properties of their choice to
propagate these to themselves and others. Managing and
matching the heterogeneity of these different needs and
profiles. Palpable Time supports the creation and the
consolidation of a Care Community around the Neonatal
Ward. Today the concept is explored through an early
prototype used as a springboard for further development