Interaction Using Situated Spatial Gestures
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could improve interfaces for context, comprehension and human-machine performance, in order to develop machines that could sense and respond to people’s movements and behaviors? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to improve human-machine interaction by enabling machines to detect and respond […]
Supporting Self Regulation for Online Course Students
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could improve productivity and learning by using software tools as a coach to help users be effective in self-directed online settings? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO As an initial proof-of-concept research project, we set out to conduct the first ever large-scale experimental study […]
Finding Behavioral and Neural Signatures for Collective Creativity in Groups
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could identify and measure the brain basis of creativity, and use those insights to foster creativity and productivity in teams, groups and organizations? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to assess the behavioral and neural signatures of creativity. We aimed to […]
EteRNA: Accelerating Knowledge Creation for RNA Bioengineering through Internet-Scale Gaming
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if technical contributions from citizen scientists could be crowd sourced to accelerate scientific research? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO With the EteRNA project, we aimed to rapidly advance RNA (ribonucleic acid) bioengineering, and overcome the limits of the traditional “trial and error” design cycle within […]
Creativity and Culture: Understanding Team Creativity and What Fosters It
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could examine the effect of national culture on creativity? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO Our study was designed to deepen our understanding of the factors that stimulate creativity in different cultures, as well as in cross-cultural teams. Our project explored the relationship between […]
Interaction Archetypes in Global Teamwork (Arche)
From The Theme CONTEXTUAL FUTURES FOR SMART PERSONAL DEVICES WHAT IF? What if ubiquitous wearable sensors and smart devices could be leveraged to augment global team interaction, improve team dynamics, and unlock new team potential? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We proposed Arche, a concept-proving project aimed at uncovering interaction archetypes in global teamwork […]
Enabling Impromptu Interaction Through a Robotic Water Cooler
From The Theme CONTEXTUAL FUTURES FOR SMART PERSONAL DEVICES WHAT IF? What if we could leverage smart personal devices, and their communicative abilities, to encourage coworkers to interact with each other? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to develop a personal, robot interaction platform that, through its movement and behavior, triggers individuals […]
The Utility of Calming Technologies in Integrative Productivity
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could use technologies for sensing, feedback and interpretation of cognition, affect and physiology to avoid stress, maintain focus and increase calm? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to identify the parameters of systems that could improve mental patterns by influencing cognitive […]
A Journey from Islands of Knowledge to Mutual Understanding in Global Business Meetings
From The Theme KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could use technology to make meetings in a global business environment more effective? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to develop a model and tool to promote mutual understanding among global teams, and improve knowledge worker productivity during distributed team meetings. […]