My research was released to the news, and a press release was done about my work! Read below to find out more. Academics and zookeepers in Scotland have teamed up to tackle a tall order: designing the world’s first interactive enrichment system for giraffes. Researchers from the University of Glasgow collaborated with animal keepers at … Continue reading World’s first interactive enrichment system for giraffes prototyped in Scottish zoo
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ZooDesign: A Game for Children learning about Animals
Zoos have been popular with young visitors helping to educate children in animal conservation. Yet, zoos’ typical strategies use interactive signs and videos, which children typically ignore. In pursuit of new learning methods, Stuart Gray and myself developed a game for children design technology for zoos. We call this game ZooDesign, suitable for children of … Continue reading ZooDesign: A Game for Children learning about Animals
Short Story on the Parrot Internet For Dating
With the recent media hype around our paper, 'Birds of a Feather Video Flock Together' published at ACM CHI, my collaborators Jennifer Cunha and Rébecca Kleinberger have received several emails from parrot owners from around the world showing photos and telling stories about their birds. One particular email stood out — a short story from Vera … Continue reading Short Story on the Parrot Internet For Dating
Tips For Running an Online Workshop
Written by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas & Anna Kantosalo Recently, we took part in organising a two-day workshop at CSCW (Future of Social AR). With the foreseeable future being virtual workshops, we thought we would share some valuable insights to help others in trekking in this new territory. Before: Before the workshop you should spend significant time … Continue reading Tips For Running an Online Workshop
Hello… Yes This is Dog.
I often video call my family and their dogs. But does my dog also want to video call me or other people/dogs? Whenever my dog heard my family over the laptop or phone, or their dogs, he would wag furiously picking up a toy and run to either myself talking/purring happily away, or to the … Continue reading Hello… Yes This is Dog.
Finnish Seminar for Human Animal Studies
In April I will be presenting and running a panel at the Finnish seminar for Human Animal Studies in Helsinki (Finland) with Heli Väätäjä from Tampere University. We would like to invite you to attend, join in and ask lots questions as we explore the ides of participation, consent and empowerment in Animal-Computer Interaction! You … Continue reading Finnish Seminar for Human Animal Studies
ACI 2018: Connectedness & Well-being
In the fifth year of the annual Animal Computer Interaction Conference, this years program from the outset had a distinctive animal behaviour feel. The conference started with two workshops - one ran by myself, Charlotte Robinson & Patricia Pons on Participation in ACI and one by Fiona French and Valerie Hare et al. who held a … Continue reading ACI 2018: Connectedness & Well-being
To Game Or Not To Game? Gamification in Learning.
Written by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas edited from the original written with Fabricio Oliveira & Camilla Groth. In January I started a teaching course at Aalto which included how to activate students learning within a classroom. This blog posts navigates an introduction into active learning and basic gaming methods, then giving examples of storylines used within … Continue reading To Game Or Not To Game? Gamification in Learning.
How to Build Dog Detection Systems with Arduino
If you love technology and dogs like me, then you've probably at some point wondered how to combine the two. With Arduino modules becoming ever more affordable and accessible, this blog post gives an account of using Passive Infrared (PIR), ultrasound and Infrared (IR) range sensors with these microcontrolers to enable technology to detect their … Continue reading How to Build Dog Detection Systems with Arduino
University of Colorado Boulder Workshop: Designing Technology for Dogs
The field of animal-computer interaction (ACI) studies how to create interfaces and methods that allow animals to use technology. This one-day workshop held in ATLAS at The University of Boulder Colorado explored the field of ACI, focusing specifically on dog-computer interaction (DCI) and how to design dog-computer products that address the needs, wants and limitations … Continue reading University of Colorado Boulder Workshop: Designing Technology for Dogs
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