»Historically, use and development of tools is strongly linked to human evolution and intelligence. Over 10.000 years, physical tools transformed what people can do and how they live. The design of tools and environments impacts what we (can) do. We are now at the beginning of a fundamental transformation: digital tools to amplify the mind. Digital technologies provide entirely new opportunities to enhance human perceptual and cognitive abilities. The design choices made for these tools will strongly impact our mind. Ideas from mobile access, search engines, to wearable devices for lifelogging and augmented reality applications illustrate this transition.

In our research, we create novel digital technologies that systematically explore how to enhance human cognition and perception. Our experimental approach is to: first, understand users in their context and potential for enhancement. Second, we create innovative interventions that provide functionality that amplifies human capabilities. Third, we empirically evaluate and quantify the enhancement gained. It is exciting to see how these new ubiquitous computing technologies have the potential to overcome fundamental limitations in human perception and cognition and lead the way for creating cognitive and perceptual super powers.«

Albrecht Schmidt
Designing Digital Tools to Amplify the Mind

Der Vortrag findet im Rahmen des Bauhausinteraction Colloquium statt.

Zeit: Montag, 11. Dezember 2017, 19 Uhr
Ort: Raum 116 / van de Velde Werkstatt
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 7
99423 Weimar

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