Week 1: Introduction

This blog post, goes through the initial lecture and specifics of the report we are undertaking. Specifically the initial interview we had with Professor Allan Hahn and Paul Perkins.

GUI - Physical

• User product interactions

• Tangible movement interactions

• Methods for designing Dynamic interactions

• UX and people engagement with tech for health goals

• Object behaviours: action-reaction and input-output

• Blog post will be assessed through our three assessments

• Asking questions will be through ID 6 pad-let

• Double Diamond method will be used to consider different aspects of the first report

Interactive gear for Mod Box

• Interactive gloves

• Minimal contact

• Fitness and fun

Normal boxing Concerns

Boxing is popular and its great fitness but removing the intent to harm creates a safer more community centred sport.

Medical: 10 Deaths a year Legal, criminal assault Social, glorification and rewarding violence Ethical, intent to harm

To make boxing safer, removing the head and neck danger but still keeping it interesting!

New area of focus

• Safety

• Games

• Automate scoring would record it automatically

• Vest systems with sensors embedded in it

• Strong focus on safety Like to feel like belonging to a community treated or identified as athletes

• Having fun while improving fitness and skill

• Use of games for skill development

• Performance rather then competitiveness

Provide opportunities for experience and exercise

Provide more welcoming environments

Meeting the needs from all the people

• Must be purposeful

• Technology, more mounted like a Swiss ball on the wall

• Sounds from impact, constant feedback

• Sounds like batman or music toothbrushes

• App for coaching children, contacts, training diaries, videos embedded , track record Gloves can be further enhanced by furthering the realism towards normal boxing gloves

• The vests needs to be safer

• Webbing that suspends backpack but instead for the vest

• Singular pair of gloves cause of community funding