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HCI Research-based speculative design experiment

 June 21, 2024 

GenFrame

GenFrame prototyp at ITU.

GenFrame is an interactive picture frame that mimics traditional paintings while being equipped with generative AI capabilities. Painting “portraits of a girl” has been a trope in art history for centuries. However, in the era of generative AI models, the perma- nence of traditional art is challenged. When an AI model is able to mimic…

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 June 12, 2024 

Abstract Representation of Air Quality in the Home

Abstract Representation of Air Quality in the Home prototype

The living room: Tangible Explorations of the Symbiosis in the home Air pollution, in the form of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), affects both climate change and general public health negatively. It is estimated that air pollution causes around 7 million premature deaths per year, and is the biggest factor that negatively impacts public health globally.…

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 June 3, 2024 

Materializing the future of fertility

Materializing the future of fertility prototype.

This project provides an exploration of fertility challenges within a Danish context, addressing the trend of the rising average age of first-time parents and the increasing demand for fertility treatments. In relation to the increased focus on reproductive technologies, the speculative concept of ectogestation creates the foundation for this project. Ectogestation deals with the possibility…

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 March 1, 2024 

Exploring Futures of Sexuality: Cloud Breathe Lust

Exploring Futures of Sexuality: Cloud Breathe Lust prototype.

Cloud Breathe Lust is a speculative design artefact that explores the relationship between erotic aspects of sexuality and inclusive technologies. Inspired by sex toys and soma design, it engages the body and creates somatic sensations through breathing and temperature changes while also being a communication tool for the feeling of lust in a teasing way.…

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 February 22, 2024 

Book Project Support

Book project support meetings  AIR lab supports student, and research projects. These projects can develop prototypes, set up tests, borrow equipment, and get support for prototyping and working with our equipment and technical infrastructures. We offer support to all ITU students and researchers. Feel free to contact us prior to booking, or drop by the lab…

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 February 21, 2024 

Affective Intimacies

Affective Intimacies prototype closeup.

BACKGROUND: Sometimes the world is in a state of shock and sometime s that shock shakes us not only as a collective but as individuals. February 24th 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine, an event that surprised us all and started an active war on European ground. My boyfriend was in the army and in the midst…

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 October 6, 2023 

CPH light festival 2024 @ ITU

Light festival installations.

Post-exhibition update: We're very proud of our three fantastic groups, who each managed to present a finished, well-recieved exhibition in February, during CPH Light Festival. People gathered from near and far to experience the exhibitions, and interact with them. Our effort didn't go unnoticed by the festival, that rewarded us with the "Light of the…

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 October 2, 2023 

Alternative interactions with IVIS interfaces

Alternative interactions with IVIS interfaces prototype closeup.

A Research Through Design approach to automotive HCI design       In recent years, changes in the car industry have brought about increased driver- distraction, which is the leading cause of fatal automotive accidents. A major cause of this can be attributed to the introduction of touchscreen in-vehicle information systems (IVIS), which allows drivers…

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 June 16, 2023 

Udredning

Udredning prototype.

UDREDNING ("Diagnosing") is an MR (mixed reality) audiovisual installation based on diaries, social media entries, and interviews with parents who have kids who are either in a diagnosing process or who recently have been through one. In the project, we try to express what it means to be a parent to a child going through…

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 June 16, 2023 

Lydspor

Lydspor prototype ved havnen.

LYDSPOR (SONIC TRACES), is a site-specific sonic experience that allows people to feel and sense narrative fragments of the past, interwoven with the present-day experience of human and nonhuman bodies co-existing in the city of Elsinore. The LYDSPOR experience uses sonic technologies and soundscapes to augment the existing space of the city with forgotten sounds…

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 May 24, 2023 

New Snow

New snow prototype.

Exploring a Digital Art Collection through Drawing Interactions with a Deep Generative Model. New Snow is an interactive drawing table that investigates human interaction with a deep generative model based on Edvard Munch’s sketching practice. Through drawings with pen and paper, you can interact with the model which will return synthetic sketches based on the…

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 May 15, 2023 

Mood Ring

Mood ring prototype product image green.

A speculative exploration of emotions in technology In this speculative design project, we explore how people interact with and reflect upon emotion-sensing technology throug a prototype inspired by the color-changing mood rings that many are familiar with from their childhood. The prototype analyzes one's emotional state by utilizing EEG and a machine learning algorithm. Our…

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