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IBEACON EXPERIENCE DAYS: INNOVATING APPLICATIONS

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During the first Dutch iBeacon hackathon, organized by Glimworm Beacons (Joint Venture of Glimworm and HvA HOIO Sven Haitjema), Sanoma and Appsterdam, 10 developers presented their ideas after two days brainstorming, hacking, programming and probably occasionally swearing . Ideas and even functioning demos were presented to an expert jury. The teams presented ideas to make musea more attractive, to be spraying at parties, to share virtual graffiti all with a common denominator using iBeacon technology.

The first prize went to Billboard Stories. With iBeacon technology Billboard Stories will be possible to make billboards personally. Through an app and a iBeacon next to a billboard  anybody who is walking by a billboard can be ‘seen’.  On the basis of the preferences of the person an advertisement is displayed focused at that person’s needs.

The team of Sven also presented an application: Digital Grafity. This allows the user to leave digital messages at random places (where iBeacon is near …).

More information:

http://glimwormbeacons.com/

http://ibeacon-retail.nl/billboard-stories-wint-ibeacon-experience-days-hackathon/

Dutch newsradio BNR interviews students working on an interactive wall for elderly with dementia

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Laurean Serne is interviewed by BNR Newsradio

A group of students who, during the minor ‘healthcare technology’, developed an ‘interactive wall’ for elderly with dementia has started a bachelors project where they set up their own company. Because there was so much demand for the interactive wall, particularly from nursing homes, the students investigate whether they can start a successful business with this product. Today BNR news radio was visiting the HvA to interview the students. More information about the company: www.illi-engineering.nl. The interview will be broadcast on BNR eye openers.

Later this week the wall will be shipped to nursing home Naarderheem where it will be tested. Then the wall will be used as a Golden Demo for national ICT program COMMIT/.

Theo Jansen shows his new Strandbeest

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Last week, the Digital Life group visited the exhibition of Theo Jansen. http://electriciteitsfabriek.nl/generatorstrandbeest/

My group involved in the exhibition of Theo Jansen
My group involved in the exhibition of Theo Jansen

Virtually all beach animals are now exhibited in the Electriciteitsfabriek in The Hague. Ancient skeletons and other historical materials are also displayed. Theo gave an inspiring lecture about the origin of the animals and evolution. The picture shows some members of the digital life group involved in moving from one of the beasts.

Meeting between Fashion students and ICT students

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Anouk Wipprecht on technology and fashion
Anouk Wipprecht on technology and fashion

February 14 was the joint kick off the minors Fashion Theories and Intelligent Environments at HvA. Intelligent Environments offers a program in the field of design, engineering and research. Fashion Theories offers a program in the field of Fashion & the Body, Theories of Fashion Culture and Identity and Marketing Theories. During the program, students investigated whether a connection exists between fashion and movement and whether the relationship between fashion and technology can be found.

SENSEI CITY RUNNER APP

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Monday Feb 3, 2000 students of the Amsterdam University of Applied Science participated in the ‘Students in motion‘ week. Students carry out assignments for the city of Amsterdam. One of the assignments is exercising with the SIM SENSEI City Runner app.

The SIM SENSEI City Runner app encourages running in the city and also contributes to the scientific research of the HvA. People who turn on the City Runner app, generate motion data which is used to determine how people are running and how they feel about it.

The City Runner app is developed especially for SIM by the COMMIT project SENSEI, Amsterdam Creative Industries Centre of Expertise project Sense in the City and the CitySDK project which are three projects of the research group Digital Life.

Final presentation program ‘Intelligent Environments’

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Today the 34 students from the minor program ‘Intelligent Environments’ displayed their work at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. The half-year educational program focuses on technology for ambient intelligence, interaction design and research methods. Furthermore students carry out an applied research project for a company. This year we had 11 companies, among which VANturelabs (face recognition software for interactive displays), Info.nl (digital experiences connected to objects), AMSTA (an interactive video wall for people with dementia in a nursing home), and many more. See for a full list digitallifecentre.nl

Mock up of Dam square for a user study of a design by UNStudio
Mock up of Dam square for a user study of a design by UNStudio
Wouter Meys as coordinator presenting the events
Wouter Meys as coordinator presenting the events

Kick off Care 4 Balance project

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Monday March 11 we met for the kick-off of the Care 4 Balance project. In this AAL project, coordinated by iMinds Belgium we cooperate within a European consortium on a system that supports informal carers to give assistance to elderly, and to cooperate with formal carers in this. We will design an innovative and reciprocal service design based on dashboard systems representing the status & context of the actors involved.

kick-off Care 4 Balance at HvA in Amsterdam
kick-off Care 4 Balance at HvA in Amsterdam