Dr David Ellis, a technology researcher at Lancaster University, and the artist Laura Pullig of tactile-electronics got together with a bunch of ordinary people to experiment and play with making their own fitness trackers and turning their fitness data into unique and colourful designs. They were …
On July 13th 2018 David Ellis from Lancaster University and Lukasz Piwek from Bath University held an interdisciplinary meeting funded by the GetAMoveOn Network+ to facilitate networking and collaboration between groups developing health technologies and those within NHS primary care. So how did it …
On 18th and 19th of July 2018, Dr Maki Rooksby from the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow led a workshop to bring together people from different disciplines and explore the relationship between mental health problems and physical (in)activity, and the challenges around …
Rohan Gunatillake is the creator of Buddhify, a meditation app designed to fit meditation into a modern busy lifestyle. He was named by Wired magazine in their Smart List of 50 people who will change the world. As part of our Active Minds workshop, exploring the links between physical activity and …
Tuesday 20th February 2018 from 10am-4pm Facilitators: Profs Ann Blandford & Anna Cox Overview The workshop will include talks and working group activities focusing on the role of behaviour change and other theories that support reasoning about the social and community contexts within which …
On June 27th 2017 we held a workshop on using technology to help older adults to be physically active. We heard findings from some of the most recent research on the topic, focusing on different technologies, different user groups, and different types of physical activity; we learned about on-going …
Our Symposium took place on 24th & 25th May 2017. If you were there, you'll know what a fantastic event it was. If you missed it, the information below - published in advance of the event - sets out what it was all about. Download the symposium proceedings booklet with the full agenda and …
CHI2017 Inbodied Interaction Course 3 basics every HCI researcher needs to know about how bodies work to improve ANY design. Overview From Ergonomics to Embodied Interaction, the body is a fundamental locus of interaction in HCI research and design. The body and all its awesome complexity, …
GetAMoveOn: leveraging technology to enable mobiliy and transform health
Grant Reference: EP/N027299/1
An EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Grand Challenges Networks Plus
