From Concept to Market: Surgical Robot Development

Surgical robotics and supporting technologies have really become a prime example of modern applied information technology infiltrating our everyday lives. The development of these systems spans across four decades, and only the last few years brought the market value and saw the rising customer base imagined already by the early developers. This chapter guides through the historical development of the most important systems, and provide references and lessons learnt for current engineers facing similar challenges. A special emphasis is put on system validation, assessment and clearance, as the most commonly cited barrier hindering the wider deployment of a system

Technology and the Politics of Mobility: Evidence Generation in Accessible Transport Activism

Digital technologies offer the possibility of community empowerment via the reconfiguration of public services. This potential relies on actively involved citizens engaging with decision makers to pursue civic goals. In this paper we study one such group of involved citizens, examining the evidencing practices of a rare disease charity campaigning for accessible public transport. Through fieldwork and interviews, we highlight the ways in which staff and volunteers assembled and presented different forms of evidence, in doing so reframing what is conceived as 'valid knowledge'. We note the challenges this group faced in capturing experiential knowledge around the accessibility barriers of public transport, and the trade-offs that are made when presenting evidence to policy and decision makers. We offer a number of design considerations for future HCI research, focusing on how digital technology might be configured more appropriately to support campaigning around the politics of mobility

Neonatal skin injuries from mechanical forces: a multicentre, mixed methods study

Deanne August studied neonatal skin injuries through a multicentre, mixed methods research comprised of eight methods, to explore and determine epidemiologic factors of injury. Findings included methods for neonatal injury assessment, multiple forces contributed towards injury; neonates have increased risk compared to older populations; many injuries are currently unpreventable, and identification of new extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors

Specification and Needs of the Clinical Testbeds

This deliverable describes the three clinical testbed demonstrator sites of the 6WINIT Project. These sites provide a means of validating the technical 6WINIT solutions and of the potential benefits of using wireless IPv6 services. In this deliverable each site has provided a description of the healthcare setting, the clinical challenges to be addressed and the clinical applications that will be used to profile 6WINIT. The deliverable also includes an initial outline view of the technical strategy for implementing the 6WINIT solutions and considers any relevant networking and security issues

Internet research and the implications for ethical research practice

The Internet has extended the opportunity for researchers to investigate human actions and interactions. This study aims to critically examine the various ways that ethical considerations associated with Internet-Mediated Research (IMR) are constructed as a social reality by Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and the implications for research practice. This project builds on research undertaken in the United States by Buchannan and Ess (2009) which discussed US Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and the state of Internet research ethics. An explanatory sequential mixed design, consisting of two distinct phases was conducted (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2003). Quantitative data was collected and analysed in the first phase (Study 1) via an online survey of Australian Human Research Ethics Committee members from March to April 2016. Semi-structured interviews (n=3) were then conducted with Chairpersons of Australian Human Research Ethics Committees (Study 2) and analysed to further explain and clarify results found in the first data collection phase. Results of current processes and practices of Australian HRECs obtained in Study 1 were found to be similar to those reported by US IRBs and suggested that ethical review boards may be ill-equipped and ill-trained to navigate the review of IMR protocols. However, the addition of a qualitative overlay via the Australian HREC Chairperson’s interviews in Study 2 provided additional detail that suggested that reviewing IMR protocols is more complex than previously understood. Thematic analysis of the interview data identified that the ethical review of IMR protocols is thoroughly undertaken via a principle-based process as it is not viewed as being different to any other research method or tool. Additionally, ethical responsibility in this space is shared amongst the HREC, researchers, and participants themselves

Integrating Digital App Technologies within Traditional Expressive Arts Therapy for Children and Adolescents

In recent years, technology in the form of digital applications (apps) has emerged as a fundamental aspect of everyday life as well as a practical, convenient, and inexpensive tool for artistic self-expression, most notably amongst children and adolescents. Ninety-eight percent of U.S. households currently possess some form of mobile device (Rideout, 2017), with an estimated 95% of U.S. teenagers ages 13 to 17 owning a Smartphone (Anderson & Jiang, 2018). As digital natives, children and adolescents are more likely to identify with and connect to these arts-based methods. Clinician perspective concerning digital integration varies across a wide spectrum. Through a critical review of the existing literature, this research investigated the current state of digital app technology within the field of Expressive Arts Therapies, as well as potential benefits and drawbacks to the integration of this artistic media. Expressive Arts Therapy is predicated on the multimodal nature of artistic forms. Modality-specific apps within art, music, and dance therapy disciplines have garnered encouraging findings; however, no authentic multimodal digital app currently exists. This research explored the intermodal possibilities of both singular modality apps as well as those quantitatively examined in other mental-health related fields. Additionally, recommendations and considerations are made surrounding future research and app development within an Expressive Arts Therapies framework

Southwest Research Institute assistance to NASA in biomedical areas of the technology utilization program Final report, 1 Feb. 1969 - 24 Aug. 1970

Research progress in technology transfer by NASA Biomedical Application Tea

Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future : The Potential of Digital Archaeology

Mobilizing the Past is a collection of 20 articles that explore the use and impact of mobile digital technology in archaeological field practice. The detailed case studies present in this volume range from drones in the Andes to iPads at Pompeii, digital workflows in the American Southwest, and examples of how bespoke, DIY, and commercial software provide solutions and craft novel challenges for field archaeologists. The range of projects and contexts ensures that Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future is far more than a state-of-the-field manual or technical handbook. Instead, the contributors embrace the growing spirit of critique present in digital archaeology. This critical edge, backed by real projects, systems, and experiences, gives the book lasting value as both a glimpse into present practices as well as the anxieties and enthusiasm associated with the most recent generation of mobile digital tools. This book emerged from a workshop funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities held in 2015 at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. The workshop brought together over 20 leading practitioners of digital archaeology in the U.S. for a weekend of conversation. The papers in this volume reflect the discussions at this workshop with significant additional content. Starting with an expansive introduction and concluding with a series of reflective papers, this volume illustrates how tablets, connectivity, sophisticated software, and powerful computers have transformed field practices and offer potential for a radically transformed discipline.https://dc.uwm.edu/arthist_mobilizingthepast/1000/thumbnail.jp