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Christine Farion
Christine Farion
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Christine Farion

Christine Farion is a Post Graduate Lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art for MDes Inn and Interaction Design. A PhD in Smart objects in the domain of Forgetfulness, Christine has been involved in teaching computing, programming, electronics, and prototyping for over 15 years. Previously she created interactive installations internationally, and did research and support for a visual impairment charity. Her interests are memory, accessibility, and physical computing. Currently researching and creating wearable technologies, her focus is on the way we experience our environment and interact with others. This involves interaction to improve quality of life, interpersonal communication, and community well-being.
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Breadboard to body – how to make wearables usable

You need a goal and a reason for making a wearable. It shouldn’t be a wearable just to be a wearable. It needs to be useful and serve a purpose.”

–From the creators of Bolu, a monitoring system for kids and parents for tracking type 1 diabetes

You will have created an electronic circuit on a breadboard to test how it functions. From this, you may have decided that it should be used in a wearable. So, why are we turning this into an electronic item we can wear? Is this an item that we need to carry with or near us, and if so, why? Is the item giving us information that we need to be current and up to date? Are there visual or auditory signals or cues that we need to pay attention to? Will this item improve something we are currently doing, or hope to do?

If you have decided that we need this to be a wearable for one of those reasons, or countless others, then you might be working through...

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Christine Farion

Christine Farion is a Post Graduate Lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art for MDes Inn and Interaction Design. A PhD in Smart objects in the domain of Forgetfulness, Christine has been involved in teaching computing, programming, electronics, and prototyping for over 15 years. Previously she created interactive installations internationally, and did research and support for a visual impairment charity. Her interests are memory, accessibility, and physical computing. Currently researching and creating wearable technologies, her focus is on the way we experience our environment and interact with others. This involves interaction to improve quality of life, interpersonal communication, and community well-being.
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