262 research outputs found
Exploring the Interaction Space to Support Running Experiences with Drones
Get PDFDrones show great potential to support sports activities such as running, cycling, and rowing. Yet, little is known about the way athletesperceive and experience the presence of a drone in their sporting context, also in relation to the placement of drones around them.Earlier works in designing human-drone-interactions (HDI) provide design tactics to develop drones tailored to runners. However, thespaces where a drone can be placed to interact with the runner is likely to be different from what is found in more commonly studiedstatic scenarios of drone proxemics. We present a study that explores the positions of a drone around a runner, and their perception ofit, in an outdoor running setting. We positioned the drone at thirty locations around them and conducted a quantitative study ofperceived safety with the drone and comfort in tracking the drone as well as facets of usability of a drone in this scenario such asaudibility of the speaker, loudness of the drone noise, and preferred angle of image capture. Our results indicate that runners preferdrones to be placed in their field of view and within a horizontal distance of 8–12m, and prefer angles of images capture that show theirposture along the frontal and sagittal planes. This study is unique in the way it investigates user experience and drone positioning in anaturalistic setting. It builds upon existing work in which some of these aspects were investigated under lab conditions. With ourapproach, we were also able to generate a segmented interaction space that researchers could utilize to make informed decisions whenpositioning drones for studies in a running contex
Envisioning social drones in education
Get PDFEducation is one of the major application fields in social Human-Robot Interaction. Several forms of social robots have been explored to engage and assist students in the classroom environment, from full-bodied humanoid robots to tabletop robot companions, but flying robots have been left unexplored in this context. In this paper, we present seven online remote workshops conducted with 20 participants to investigate the application area of Education in the Human-Drone Interaction domain; particularly focusing on what roles a social drone could fulfill in a classroom, how it would interact with students, teachers and its environment, what it could look like, and what would specifically differ from other types of social robots used in education. In the workshops we used online collaboration tools, supported by a sketch artist, to help envision a social drone in a classroom. The results revealed several design implications for the roles and capabilities of a social drone, in addition to promising research directions for the development and design in the novel area of drones in education
Understanding the Shared Experiences of Runners and Spectators in Long-Distance Running Events
Get PDFattract not just runners but an exponentially increasing number of spectators. Due to the long duration and broad geographic spread of such events, interactions between them are limited to brief moments when runners (R) pass by their supporting spectators (S). Current technology is limited in its potential for supporting interactions and mainly measures and displays basic running information to spectators who passively consume it. In this paper, we conducted qualitative studies for an in-depth understanding of the R&S’ shared experience during LDRE and how technology can enrich this experience. We propose a two-layer DyPECS framework, highlighting the rich dynamics of the R&S multi-faceted running journey and of their micro-encounters. DyPECS is enriched by the findings from our in depth qualitative studies. We finally present design implications for the multifacet co-experience of R&S during LDRE
What Matters in Professional Drone Pilots’ Practice? An Interview Study to Understand the Complexity of Their Work and Inform Human-Drone Interaction Research
Get PDFHuman-drone interaction is a growing topic of interest within HCI research. Researchers propose many innovative concepts for drone applications, but much of this research does not incorporate knowledge on existing applications already adopted by professionals. This limits the validity of said research. To address this limitation, we present our fndings from an in-depth interview study with 10 professional drone pilots. Our participants were armed with signifcant experience and qualifcations - pertinent to both drone operations and a set of applications covering diverse industries. Our fndings have resulted in design recommendations that should inform both ends and means of human-drone interaction research. These include, but are not limited to: safety-related protocols, insights from domain-specifc use cases, and relevant practices outside of hands-on fight
Pandemic Media: Preliminary Notes Toward an Inventory
Get PDFWith its unprecedented scale and consequences the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a variety of new configurations of media. Responding to demands for information, synchronization, regulation, and containment, these "pandemic media" reorder social interactions, spaces, and temporalities, thus contributing to a reconfiguration of media technologies and the cultures and polities with which they are entangled. Highlighting media’s adaptability, malleability, and scalability under the conditions of a pandemic, the contributions to this volume track and analyze how media emerge, operate, and change in response to the global crisis and provide elements toward an understanding of the post-pandemic world to come
The Responsibility of Intellectuals
Get PDFWith the publication of ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ half a century ago, Noam Chomsky burst onto the US political scene as a leading critic of the war in Vietnam. Privilege, he argues, brings with it the responsibility to tell the truth and expose lies, but our intellectual culture only pays lip-service to this ideal. The essay has been described as ‘the single most influential piece of anti-war literature’ of the Vietnam War period.
Since then, Chomsky has continued to equip a growing international audience with the facts and arguments needed to understand – and change – our world. According to The New York Times, Chomsky ‘may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today’.
This book revisits ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ half a century on. It includes six new essays written to celebrate Chomsky’s famous intervention and explore its relevance in today’s world. Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight, Milan Rai and Neil Smith have studied and written about Chomsky’s thought for many years, while Craig Murray and Jackie Walker describe the personal price they have paid for speaking out. The book finishes with Chomsky’s recollections of the background to the original publication of his essay, followed by extensive commentary from him on its 50th anniversary
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