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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Lenia MargaritiORCiD, Professor Dave KirkORCiD
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of a conference proceedings (inc. abstract) that has been published in its final definitive form by ACM, 2022.
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Research highlights the importance maintaining good air quality (AQ) (CO2:400-600 ppm) to support wellbeing at the workplace. Although AQ is generally monitored in office spaces, it is not always easy to manage e.g. during meetings. Remote work and the domestic workplace have additional complexities; AQ is often not monitored, and people are often unaware of the air quality levels. This project proposes an exploratory design solution to the above, through physicalizing changes in AQ levels through shape-changing silicon and fabric components. These components can be put together and be re-arranged by their users to form soft barriers in the domestic and office workplace. Each operates with a wireless Arduino connected to a local server fetching AQ data (CO2, temperature, humidity); enabling them to act as stand-alone or in coordination with other components. The result is a soft actuating barrier - a biomimetic envelope- which expands and contracts using air pumps and muscle wire based on AQ levels, providing a physicalization of data in place, raising awareness on air quality and supporting wellbeing at the workplace.
Author(s): Margariti E, Kirk D
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Actuated Materials and Soft Robotics Strategies for Human-Computer Interaction Design: Workshop on Soft Robotics for HCI (ACM CHI'22 Conference)
Year of Conference: 2022
Online publication date: 01/05/2022
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
Date deposited: 27/02/2023
Publisher: ACM
URL: https://www.softrobotics.io/chi22
