Institute For The Future

Persuasive Objects Help Users Develop Healthy Habits

The UBICOMP lab at the National Taiwan University is investigating, designing and creating working systems that demonstrate how future computing technologies can seamlessly blend into our everyday activities: digital technology that can engage and excite people into active participation of desirable physical and mental activities at home that are considered healthy, creative, productive, educational, and playful.

 

So far, the UBICOMP lab has already created a number of prototype pervasive and persuasive computing technologies to influence and motivate behavioral changes in people using sensor system & networking platforms, supporting new pervasive applications in the environment. Researchers are developing indoor and outdoor localization system that can track whereabouts of things and people to discover new lifestyles, social interaction, and human-computer interaction.

 

Videos of some of the UBICOMP lab projects including a nutrition aware kitchen, a playful toothbrush, and smart sandals are available here: mll.csie.ntu.edu.tw/projects.php