warmware : mnemonic art and design research a presentation by Professor Judith Doyle, 2006 Part 1 20

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warmware mnemonic art and design researcha
presentation by Professor Judith Doyle,
2006Part 1 (2005 - 2006) Orientation Devices
for Amnesics

• Research Designers Judith Doyle (OCAD)
• Mike Wu (University of Toronto - Department of
  Computer Science, Knowledge Media Design
  Institute)
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• Dr. Guy Proulx (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric
  Care)
• Dr. Brian Richards (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric
  Care)
• User Participant Robin Len Humphries, AOCA
• Course Context Virtual Communities, OCAD
• Interdisciplinary Studies / 3rd Year / 2005
• Professors Judith Doyle (Art) Martha Ladly
  (Design)

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At Torontos Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care,
Dr. Brian Richards heads Memory Link. His clients
with acquired brain injury experience problems
storing and retrieving new memories and can be
marooned in the moment, as Carolyn Abraham
writes.
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Mike Wu at the University of Toronto and his
colleagues are developing computer tools to
offset the memory problems amnesics experience.
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Prototype 1 Memory Book with buzzer-type
detachable alarm.

• OrientingTool screen.

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Amnesics also experience problems remembering
emotion. Artists have expertise in emotional
representation and embodied memory, and so can
help create richer memory scaffolding. The
Virtual Communities class at OCAD worked on
several assignments with Mike Wu, Dr. Brian
Richards and user-participant Robin Len
Humphries, posting these assignments to the class
blog http//ocad-virtualcommunities.blogspot.com
/

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• Assignment 1 Choose memory impairment problems
  to address, and tools to solve the problems with.

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• Assignment 2 Create a set of multimedia
  emoticons (reminders for feelings).

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• Assignment 3 Create a memory map using
  multimedia signposts from OCAD to a nearby
  destination.

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• Assignment 4 Convert these ideas into simple
  instructions in recipe format.

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warmware art and design of emotional content
for memory augmentation tools

• RESEARCH PROPOSAL (In Progress - Summer 2006)
• 1) Development of collaboration methodologies
  with art and design researchers, medical
  researchers, clinical practitioners,
  user-participants and engineers, focused at the
  Ontario College of Art and Design, the University
  of Toronto and the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric
  Care, Toronto.

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Judith Doyle, stills from Foxscape, in
progress, 2006.

• We will explore smart albums, handhelds,
  wearables and novel uses of gaming environments
  to enhance memory. For example, Judith Doyles
  interactive navigatable foxscape project,
  created during her CanWest Global Fellowship at
  the Banff New Media Institute, uses videogame
  programming and 3D modeling as a context for
  archival and family photographs.

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• Students and team participants will prototype
  warmware interface designs including screen
  shells (inspired by jewel boxes, framing and
  bookbinding), sensitive interfaces and wearable
  technology for smart mnemonic albums and memory
  aid technologies on the handheld scale.
• For further information, see www.readingpictures
  .com or contact The Ontario College of Art and
  Design.Judith Doyle can be contacted directly at
  judithdoyle_at_rogers.com