tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18326779023528022202024-03-12T21:10:17.217-07:00Ace's Design Research Logacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-16439551098989724072021-06-08T22:31:00.005-07:002021-06-08T22:41:58.368-07:00Cumulus Roma 2021 Design Conference<p>Super happy to be accepted to present my research at Roma 2021 Cumulus Conference, representing Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore for this Design Cultures exhibition! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26XbRJiGmunVKVCr7V7Qj1v9IytNJf6tMxPIjf0mRGntHeV5NoIUELXYbptbjMQjjhWJ7rkFWOvSvP-pBumoWEXTeYuZJlfRXUHGEaRvlA42Gi9SiM8PJ7wsueoY_eHLi9WvuQ15IVHI/s2508/LIFE_Ace-Chia_Camera-ready-poster-finalfinal.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="1254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26XbRJiGmunVKVCr7V7Qj1v9IytNJf6tMxPIjf0mRGntHeV5NoIUELXYbptbjMQjjhWJ7rkFWOvSvP-pBumoWEXTeYuZJlfRXUHGEaRvlA42Gi9SiM8PJ7wsueoY_eHLi9WvuQ15IVHI/s16000/LIFE_Ace-Chia_Camera-ready-poster-finalfinal.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.25px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGMRZQhE2Hs&list=PL2GN3IhxO_oZFMPbWJjPZr3pdo6PAaNqB&index=1" target="_blank"><b>Click here to watch Time Well Spent Study Experiments Video Playlist</b></a></span></span></p><p><br /></p>acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-86511087532066544062020-04-29T23:26:00.001-07:002020-06-02T22:33:30.113-07:00Time Well Spent Project: At A Glance <blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The following writing is a summary of the 'Time Well Spent' research project.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The project Time Well Spent looks at facilitating activities by meaningfully minimising excessive recreational screen use through Humansic Design interventions. Humansic Design aims to harmonise and enhance the intrinsic human needs to enable them to function well and thrive better. Social and in-bed settings were chosen as premises for the development and testing of approaches to enhance positive screen habits and make meaningful improvements in well-being.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">I N T R O D U C T I O N</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Excessive recreational screen use (ERSU) disrupts health and well-being (Cigna). </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />- Studies showed that ERSU is displacing beneficial activities, causing an increasing risk of physical, mental and societal problems (AIA, Lin et al, Mohammed et al).</span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br />- Despite available interventions to encourage mindful screen use, there were still reports on the impact of ERSU on various health domains. 82% of Singaporeans still used their phones in bed against experts’ recommendations (CNA).</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">P R O J E C T O B J E C T I V E</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Explore less intrusive and motivating approaches to facilitate mindful recreational screen use positively. Approaches should help users to ease ERSU meaningfully or in meaningful ways that are useful for their wellness/well-being.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">D E S I G N S T R A T E G Y</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">To better motivate an user, each design intervention aims to address, harmonise and enhance the following Humansic (human+intrinsic) needs :<br /><br />- Emotional needs (Pleasure) <br />- Core needs (Health)<br />- Personal Significance Needs (Capabilities) <br /><br />These interventions are termed as Humansic Design. Human-first is the core value of Humansic Design. It considers human sensitivities and human capabilities at the forefront. </span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">H Y P O T H E S I S</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Humansic Design can facilitate the process of user minimising ERSU meaningfully.<br />- Humansic Design can encourage mindfulness and sensitivity while fulfilling user’s emotional needs. <br />- Humansic Design Interventions can serve as antidotes, encouraging users to take care of their core needs while finding meaning in the purpose of screen-time activities. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">H U M A N S I C D E S I G N D N A</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comprises of 7 themes/approaches: (a) Design for Human Sensitivities & Capabilities (Humane Tech), (b) Design for Pleasure (Jordan), (c) Design for Subsistence, (d) Design for Meaningfulness, (e) Design for Reinforcement (The Transtheoretical Model), (f) Design Sensibilities, (g) Collaborative Design.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">P R E M I S E S T O D E V E L O P , T E S T A N D E V A L U A T E <br />H U M A N S I C D E S I G N A P P R O A C H E S</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Social</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">- In-bed</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Findings from questionnaire with 1, 252 respondents carried out with support from Active SG led to the decision of choosing these premises as targeted areas. </span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">‘‘Commuting’ and ‘In bed’ were revealed as the two most common places where people use their mobile devices during recreational time. As sleep is a non-negotiable core need for human functioning whereby quality of sleep has a positive relationship with health (Nedegard et al, Kahneman and Kruger qtd, in Wheatley 3; ch. 1), it was chosen instead of 'Commuting'. Social support was identified as a top motivator. Studies from literature review concur with the findings from questionnaire. </span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">H U M A N S I C D E S I G N I N T E R V E N T I O N S <br />A R E C O N S I D E R E D S U C C E S S F U L W H E N,</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">1. User demonstrates willingness to change and take action after the design interaction/experience.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">2. Positive & meaningful results have been established from user's actions influenced by the design. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Results are:</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">- A willingness to maintain positive habits. This can be measured qualitatively.<br />- Positive/Meaningful improvements. This can be measured quantitatively (sleep/nutrition/physical wellness) and qualitatively (social connection/mental well-being).<br />- Efforts and actions to sustain healthy change. This can be measured qualitatively. </span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">I N T E R V E N T I O N S F O R D I F F E R E N T U S E R S T A G E S</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Humansic interventions are designed to help individuals at different stages to develop mindful screen habits in a more positive and meaningful way to achieve healthier digital/life balance. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTKewBY81pJRG06LnNF4g7AtSXYQItX7LVIGQS6PDxqRRcsb1zdbvcg0zJt77XaJD264R271eSlKZ2wd51lyXz1u8m4VjBwrif_PmD_be1GdL1gLDCLPPMMYHEQ089Twqr6gfyjxz14E/s1600/digilasalleshow-other-imagesblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTKewBY81pJRG06LnNF4g7AtSXYQItX7LVIGQS6PDxqRRcsb1zdbvcg0zJt77XaJD264R271eSlKZ2wd51lyXz1u8m4VjBwrif_PmD_be1GdL1gLDCLPPMMYHEQ089Twqr6gfyjxz14E/s1600/digilasalleshow-other-imagesblog.jpg" /></a><br /><u>Screen-reliant user:</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Interactive card game evokes digital mindfulness and enables social bonding through various types of play: Physital play, kinesthetic play, creative play, cooperative play and educative play.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><u><br />Adjusting user:</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Therapeutic sleep system facilitates the mood for sleeping, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">minimises ERSU during bed-time and enables user to have a good night’s sleep. </span><u><br />Mindful user:</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Open-source tutorials were created to inspire more users to utilise </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">their recreational time for more meaningful purposes. Users can transform existing items into wellness products or adopt them as craft therapy against ERSU. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">of card game participants found the game fun and liked how the various play possibilities fostered social bonding and new knowledge. 88.4% became more digitally mindful from a follow-up survey.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">From qualitative data: Participants’ ERSU were minimised by half or more during intervention testing compared to screen time collected for baseline data. Participants also felt they had better sleep quality and higher energy levels. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: 400;">From quantitative data: Participants’ sleep latency (time taken to fall asleep) and sleep quality have improved from baseline. On average, participants fell asleep 3.5 times faster during intervention testing</span><span style="font-size: small;">*</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />In-bed therapy experiment minimised participants habitual use of excessive screen time and also helped to improve their core needs (wellness through better sleep). </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">*p<0.05 | n=3; Average control data from aggregated nights: 11</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Scientific data were carried out with Dr Richard Swinbourne and Sport Singapore.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">L I M I T A T I O N S</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The sample size for most of the tests were limited as time and resources did not permit for a larger sample size. Although the nature of this study does not enable its findings to be deemed as conclusive, the pilot tests demonstrated positive findings that are worthwhile to run further studies. Future research with a greater number of subjects and a longitudinal study may value-add to these pilot studies.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">C O N C L U S I O N</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">It is possible to minimise ERSU with Humansic Design. Humansic Design interventions resulted in users developing positive screen habits along with meaningful (wellness/well-being) improvements. Thus, future research on Humansic Design with a greater number of participants could be explored.<br /><br />This research project can add to the current body of knowledge on minimising ERSU both positively and meaningfully. Insights from this project may also inform designers and researchers to consider points of suitable application for projects relating to minimising ERSU and digital/life well-being. <br /><br />With the digital community at risk of domination by screen addiction fuelled by distractive technology, this project may serve as a case study on the importance of designing with human sensitivities, vulnerabilities, capabilities and intrinsic needs in mind. Healthier minds and bodies can be cultivated when a design enhances meaningfulness and uniquely human capabilities. </span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">C A T E G O R I S E D L I N K S </span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click to view posts on prototyping, testing and findings for <br />1. <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/search/label/cardgame">Interactive Card Game</a><br />2. <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/search/label/sleep">Therapeutic Sleep System</a><br />3. <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/search/label/open%20source%20tutorial">Open-source Tutorials</a></span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><u style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborations</u><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Preliminary Study: ActiveSG</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Card Game Web App: Zen Xie Zhenjia</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Sleep System: Lim Jason, Allen Chia, Sng Ye Min (Dirty Blonde Productions)</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />- Scientific Testing: Dr Richard Swinbourne, Sport Singapore</span><br /><u style="font-weight: normal;">Guidance</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Nur Hidayah, Dr Harah Chon, Andreas Schelgel, Grant Li</span></span><u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Focus Group</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></u><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Aly Teo, Law Chunfu, Lim Jason, Chia Xinni, Jessalynne Woo, Shane Lim, Alison Poh, Dion Heng, Vincent Phua. </span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">R E F E R E N C E S</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"Bio Of Tristan Harris: Time Well Spent and Humane Tech." Tristan Harris, 2019, www.tristanharris.com.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"Cigna." Cigna, 2019, wellbeing.cigna.com.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Elsobeihi, Mohammed M, and Samy S. Abu-Naser. "Effects Of Mobile Technology On Human Relationships". International Journal of Engineering and Information Systems, vol. 1, 2017, pp. 110-125. ResearchGate, www.researchgate.net/publication/319212701_Effects_of_Mobile_Technology_on_Human_Relationships.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jordan, Patrick W. Designing Pleasurable Products. Taylor & Francis, 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">LaMorte, Wayne W. "The Transtheoretical Model (Stages Of Change)." MPH Online Learning Modules, Boston University School of Public Health, 2019, sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/SB/BehavioralChangeTheories/BehavioralChangeTheories6.html.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Lin, Fuchun, et al. “Abnormal White Matter Integrity in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder: A Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Study.” PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 1, 2012.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030253.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">"Singaporeans are now getting more sleep, but not many are satisfied: Survey." CNA Lifestyle, 13 March 2020, cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/trending/singapoReans-world-sleep-day-survey-12533954?cid=FBcna.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">"The AIA Healthy Living Index Survey 2018." AIA, 2018, www.aia.com/content/dam/group/en/docs/healthy-living-pdf/Whitepaper.pdf.<br />University of Rochester Medical Center. "Not all sleep is equal when it comes to cleaning the brain." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 27 February 2019. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190227173111.htm></span><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wheatley, Daniel. Time Well Spent: Subjective Well-Being And The Organization Of Time. Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017.</span></span></h2>
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A multi-sensory sleep-inducing experience for mindful users to meaningfully ease excessive recreational screen use.<br />
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This experimental testing is part of a Time Well Spent project to help people to value their time spent on digital platforms, to minimise digital distractions and remind them of the things they truly value so recreational screen-use can be meaningful.<br />
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Recreational screen use is good for winding down at bedtime however if screen use exceeds the positive affordance stage and the subsequent screen use eats into sleeping time, the overall experience will result in more negative impacts on overall health than positive impacts.<br />
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While it is necessary to consider digital leisure needs in this digital age, it is also equally important to take care of our primary needs required for basic functioning.<br />
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If you would like to understand more about this project, my exegesis is available for reading and can be found<b> </b><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=11q_kIpHEm0sNSi-4v9W7yI99tSUyJdR9" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>.<br />
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<i>Light and Music System by</i><br />
<i>Ace Chia, Lim Jason, Allen Chia, Grant Li, Dirty Blonde Productions, Andreas Schelgel</i><br />
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<i>With help of Focus Group Participants,</i><br />
<i>Aly Teo, Jessalynne Woo, Chia Xinni, Shane Lim, Alison Poh, Law Chunfu, Dion Heng, Vincent Phua, Lim Jason</i><br />
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<i>Special Thanks to:</i><br />
<i>Dr Richard Swinbourne, Nur Hidayah, Dr Harah Chon for Guidance</i><br />
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<i>Opening music by</i><br />
<i>Invisible Beauty by Aakash Gandhi</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Research Structure</span></i></div>
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Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies were applied to this study, which is broken down into 3 phases. Phase 1 focuses on preliminary research processes, studies were carried out using different methods such as surveys, probe kits, interviews and ethnographic observations from varied sources of information to better understand the background of ERSU and inquire research gaps. Phases 2 and 3 take on a more experimental approach, involving experiments using a series of design intervention, a participatory focus group, structured interviews and data collection.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Design for Humansic Living Methodology</i></span></div>
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A <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/04/discussion-of-findings.html">review of the approaches</a> from the Humansic Design process yielded positive results and uncovered a methodology that facilitates meaningful screen-use and enables Humansic Living in the context of Singapore.<br />
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The ‘Design for Humansic Living’ Methodology combines (1) <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/humansic-living-theory.html">Humansic Living Theory </a>(2) <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/humansic-design-process.html">Humansic Design Process</a>, (3) <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/themes-for-application-framework.html">Themes for Application Framework</a> and (4) <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/humansic-design-process.html">User’s stages of action </a>and has addressed the earlier research questions.<br />
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<i>Research Question 1: What is the definition of meaningful recreational screen-use?<br />Research Question 2: What are the factors to be considered in designing for meaningful recreational screen-use and how might we harmonize the constituents?</i><br />
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<li>Meaningful recreational screen-use can be defined as indulging in recreational screen activities with mindfulness and self-control that can have a net positive contribution to a person’s greater good and wellbeing, that are both rewarding and enjoyable in themselves. </li>
<li><a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/humansic-living-theory.html">Human Intrinsic Needs </a>were identified as the constituents and a <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/humansic-living-theory.html">Humansic Living Theory</a> was conceptualised. </li>
<li>A '<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/themes-for-application-framework.html">Themes of Application' framework</a> encapsulating the Humansic Living Theory was incorporated in <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/search/label/make">all Humansic Design Interventions</a>.</li>
<li>A <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/humansic-design-process.html">Humansic Design Process</a> was also applied to guide proposed interventions</li>
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<i>Research Question 3: In what ways and approaches, can the design process be explored to make minimizing ERSU meaningful and facilitate mindful recreational screen-use more positively?</i><br />
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<li><a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/search/label/make">Explored various interventions</a> to meaningfully minimise ERSU and positively facilitate mindful recreational screen use. Positive changes identified from various stages of user flow are supported by <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/search/label/findings">both qualitative and quantitative findings</a>.</li>
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This methodology can provide points of design considerations for designers and researchers who are investigating ERSU or projects relating to human sensitivities and digital/life well-being. This research project can also act as a case study to inform professionals and health organisations. Dr Richard Swinbourne, a sleep scientist whom the researcher has collaborated with for this research project, had expressed interest to share the study and findings in his presentations at Sports Singapore, extending impact beyond the design research community.<br />
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"<i>The present pilot study offers a significant insight into a potential solution for better sleep in Singapore. There is strong scientific rationale to explain the results observed in this study, and there is merit for further applied research in this space with athletes and non-athletes alike. The present results are significant, they are exciting, and I congratulate Ace on a good scientific job well done!</i>"<br />
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Dr Ricco Swinbourne. PhD.<br />
Team Lead Sport Nutrition. Sleep Scientist.<br />
Singapore Sport Institute<br />
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<u><b>Limitations of Study</b></u><br />
There may be some possible limitations to this study. Qualitative data collected from test participants were analysed using content analysis techniques such as a coding scheme – the conclusion drawn depended highly on the accuracy of interpretation by the researcher. They are therefore subject to biases. However, potential bias as a result of qualitative analysis was kept to a minimum by utilising data triangulation through interviews, surveys and scientific findings. The sample size for most of the tests were limited as time and resources did not permit for a larger sample size. Longitudinal effects may also limit the findings of this study, as sleep studies require a longer testing period to achieve an in-depth reponse – the pilot test demonstrated positive findings that are worthwhile to run a further study.<br />
Although there was considerable evidence to suggest that Humansic design interventions were effective for majority of the participants and that focus group participants were sustaining efforts for meaningful screen use, a longitudinal study is required for conclusion. Therefore, the nature of this study does not enable its findings to be deemed as conclusive. The insights may, however, inform designers to consider points of suitable application.<br />
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<b><u>Recommendations</u></b><br />
Humansic Living is a newly-termed concept that establishes a nascent theory – people are able to flourish and live more meaningfully by harmonising their human intrinsic needs. The ‘Design for Humansic Living’ methodology was specifically tested only for social well-being and sleep in the context of ERSU, so findings may deviate when applied in other health domains. Specific indicators should be listed in methodological development. Positive effects on participants should be quantified in a longitudinal study to be concluded as a definitive approach in other health and well-being context. Ideally, it is hoped that the Humansic Living theory can set out a research agenda for the design research community and its methodology can be further developed and validated.<br />
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As the world moves towards higher integration of digital technologies into everyday life, more opportunities should be created for people to slow down, embrace meaningful human activities and appreciate living with mindful recreational screen-use. Change is the only constant (Yuval Noah Harari). Rapid up-skilling will be a norm in the future and we will be constantly needing to adapt to new digital transformations. It is happening now and it will happen more often and more rapidly in the future.<br />
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In an era of rapid technological advancements, a Humansic Living approach may be a way to navigate through growing digital distractions and digital fatigue with sanity. There will be a <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2019/10/public-seminar.html">growing need of emotional capacity</a> and taking care of our emotional stamina is also important. Designers can play a part by designing Humansic opportunities to heal digitally drained minds and bodies.<br />
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<b>My exegesis is available for reading and can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=11q_kIpHEm0sNSi-4v9W7yI99tSUyJdR9">here</a>. </b>acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-80328508189124481192020-04-09T16:00:00.000-07:002020-04-15T21:02:47.317-07:00Discussion of Findings<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/04/follow-up-with-participants-part-1.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the previous post for better understanding of terms, findings and results.</a><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eye-masks by: Shane, Jessalynne, Charis, Anabel, Jason, Jeway, Mandy, Aly, Xinni, Yingying, Vera</span></i><br />
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<b><br />I also followed up with the rest of the 43 participants</b> who have only played card game to see if anyone has taken initiative to make the eye-mask. 6 participants shared that they did and I was pleasantly surprised. </div>
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<b>Objectives of a follow-up with other <u>43 participants who have only played card game</u></b><br />
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I decided to <b>compare the percentage of the following to see how the conditioning of Humansic Interventions fare</b>. </div>
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<b>13.9%</b> (6 out of 43) who have played the card game took initiative to make the sleeping eye-mask</div>
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<b>50%</b> (3 out of 6) participants of experience testing took initiative to make the sleeping eye-mask</div>
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<b>66%</b> (2 out of 3) participants of sleep experiment took initiative to make the sleeping eye-mask</div>
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<b>41.9%</b> who have played the card game shared that they have taken initiative for mindful screen use even though 88.4<b>%</b> shared that they have become more aware of their daily screen usage. </div>
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<b>100%</b> of the focus group are making conscious effort to minimise their ERSU and be more mindful of their recreational screen-use, be it in social setting or in bed. </div>
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Findings show a gradual positive improvement and the participants who followed through the whole process of conditioning showed more willingness to adopt mindful screen habits. </div>
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From these findings, it can be inferred that the whole conditioning (design) process is successful and can be considered as a 'Design for Humansic Living' methodology. The individual interventions allow for the harmonisation of participants' intrinsic needs and facilitate for meaningful screen-use behaviour to happen. Especially for the sleep participants as their overall sleep quality has improved and they are taking on healthy screen-use habits and expressed interest to continue adopting the Humansic Lifestyle. </div>
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Full transcription of video interviews of Follow-up with focus group (6) can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TAYPG2Dl8ma4UPGW8p093OOwm6azjuzm" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Full transcription of video interviews of Follow-up with sleep experiment group (3) can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1w8LPxd_y9IXNAmY9rv8JfDJ5-7LXCSX3" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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2nd follow-up with card game participants data can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zrieN76JG-ZQQ3DAJJarcl7dKVQxe6y0" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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<i>Participants have kindly allowed me to publish the interviews, feedback will solely be used for MA research findings and analysis only.</i></div>
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In my next post, I'll share about the limitations, measure of impact and conclusion for this research study. </div>
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Following this post, we have installed the audio module to Arduino. First we tried the small speaker that came with the audio module, however the quality of music is bad so we decided to use a better speaker.<br />
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The system can trigger the lights, spinning motion and music once the motion sensor detects bodily motion.<br />
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Now we're all ready for the video shoot!acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-1043537092500790602020-04-05T01:00:00.000-07:002020-04-16T04:58:20.276-07:00Follow up with Focus group and Sleep Study groupA few terms to familiarise before I share the follow-up findings.<br />
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<b>1. ERSU: </b>Excessive Recreational Screen Use<br />
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<b>2. Intrinsic needs: </b>Emotional needs, Core needs and Personal significance needs essential for human flourishing.<br />
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<b>3. Humansic Living: </b>Human + Intrinsic + Living. This concept combines the actions of, <b>a.</b> The harmony of human <b>intrinsic needs</b> and values: Happiness, pleasure, health, life and self-actualisation, with <b>b.</b> The idea of being <b>more human</b> in an increasingly digitised world - taking control, re-connecting in deeper ways with himself, family and friends, and the world around them with <b>meaningfulness</b> from the purpose of their activities.<br />
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When an individual's daily actions addresses and harmonises his intrinsic needs with mindfulness and meaningful human purposes, it is considered Humansic Living. An example of Humansic Living is meaningful screen-use.<br />
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<b>Humansic Living can be measured by,</b><br />
1. A willingness to change and take action<br />
2. Positive results from individual's actions - I have only defined 3 main indicators to measure positive results at this juncture. Humansic Living is a new concept and more indicators/measurements may be developed from further testings. The 3 are:<br />
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<li>a. A willingness to maintain positive habits. This can be measured qualitatively. </li>
<li>b. A positive change seen in improvements. Improvement can be measured quantitatively (sleep / nutrition / physical wellness) and qualitatively (deeper conversations / social connection / mental wellness)</li>
<li>c. Efforts and carrying out actions to sustain healthy change. This can be measured qualitatively. </li>
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<b>4. Humansic Design:</b> Interventions / Experiences / Interactions that afford the Intrinsic needs to be addressed or harmonised in an individual's life or helps to facilitate his Humansic Living.<br />
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My aim for this project is to create a series of Humansic interventions as part of a conditioning process for meaningful screen use. The series of interventions are designed with the intent of addressing and harmonising human intrinsic needs to facilitate an individual's journey of minimising ERSU and adopting meaningful screen-use habits.<br />
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<b>All testings have been trying to evaluate,</b><br />
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<li>If the intervention / experience / interaction (card game, sleep experience, conditioning) is considered 'Humansic' aka, effective in facilitating and supporting an individual who is trying to adopt Humansic Living. </li>
<li>Social Bonding and Sleep are two domains I targetted to position interventions, main objective was to see if the interventions are Humansic; Facilitate & enable participants to meaningfully minimise ERSU and adopt mindful screen habits.</li>
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<b>Considerations for Humansic design in the context of meaningful screen-use:<br /></b><br />
1. Allow individual to indulge in a pleasurable and non-intrusive experience (physio-pleasure) <b>Emotional needs</b><br />
2. Individual feels that the usability is easy and straightforward (psycho-pleasure) <b>Emotional needs</b><br />
3. After using the design / experience, individual chooses to use screens mindfully while taking care of his core / essential needs (sleep, health, well-being, social well-being) <b>Core needs</b><br />
4. The act of mindfulness is understood as a meaningful action <b>Meaningfulness</b><br />
5. With the harmony of the above, an individual's mindful and meaningful actions can then enhance his capabilities for self-actualisation needs, <b>supporting</b> his journey of flourishing. <b>Personal Significance needs</b><br />
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<b>A design is considered Humansic when,</b><br />
1. Individual demonstrates willingness to change and take action after the design interaction / experience<br />
2. There are positive results from individual's actions influenced by the design - Positive results are:<br />
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<li>a. A willingness to maintain positive habits. This can be measured qualitatively. </li>
<li>b. A positive change seen in improvements. Improvement can be measured quantitatively (sleep / nutrition / physical wellness) and qualitatively (deeper conversations / social connection / mental wellness)</li>
<li>c. Efforts and carrying out actions to sustain healthy change. This can be measured qualitatively. </li>
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<b>Let's recap the interventions I have introduced,</b><br />
1. Card game to evoke mindfulness - 52 participants<br />
2. Multi-sensory sleep experience to support positive change - Focus group of 9 participants, identified from card game participants<br />
3. Open-source tutorials to support positive change - Shared with all 52 participants<br />
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<b>Objectives of a follow-up with the <u>9 participants from focus group</u></b><br />
1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To see if they have made any conscious effort in mindful / meaningful recreational screen use<br />
2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>If their behavior has change for a more positive outlook<br />
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<b><u>Key findings from focus group - 9 participants, including the 3 sleep experiment participants</u></b><br />
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<li>All 9 participants shared that they have made conscious effort to minimise their ERSU and be more mindful of their recreational screen-use. </li>
<li>A participant realised after becoming more mindful about her habits, she reaches out for her phone quite often. She did a full digital detox for a whole Sunday as she felt that she wanted to focus on getting back to sleep and doing her errands without getting distracted. She thought she will be tempted to use her phone but in the end she found out she could could do it (to not use her phone) and she felt good and agree it is liberating.</li>
<li>All 9 participants made conscious effort to put aside their mobile devices during social interaction so they could engage in deeper conversations</li>
<li>8 participants are making effort to minimise recreational screen-use in bed - such as, <br />- Gathering reading materials to incorporate reading in sleep routine<br />- Making sure to only watch dramas on TV and not before sleep<br />- 5 participants took initiative to DIY their own sleeping eye-mask in hope to improve their sleep and ease their urge for using their phones when in bed</li>
<li>Most participants felt better emotionally after minimising their screen-use,<br />- I feel more focused at work because I reached out for my phone lesser so it actually helped me perform better in that sense<br />- Before sleeping, I will limit the time browsing social media. <br />- In the past, I always fall into the rabbit hole of using social media, I am using my phone less and it helps me to sleep more and have a better quality of sleep<br />- I feel more energetic and awake, it makes me feel that I can perform much better<br />- Having quality sleeping time help me in my day to day life and work life balance, to get back on track.<br />- I am using less of the phone before bedtime and I can feel the difference. When I wake up, I feel more energetic and not as tired as before. I find that I can focus more when I'm at work these few days.<br />- 1 participant shared: 'While traveling (commuting), I will take out my kindle to read instead of using phone to play game or surf social media.' This is a meaningful use of screens and technology.<br />- 1 participant shared: I also feel like I have more control of myself and have a lesser urge to use my phone. I don't immediately address notifications and messages now, I guess it feels more empowering in a way</li>
<li><b>Since their actions show they are adopting positive screen-time habits, I shared the Humansic Living concept and informed them that,</b><br />- Meaningful recreational screen-use can be defined as indulging in recreational screen activities with rationale, mindfulness and self-control that can have a net positive contribution to a person’s greater good and wellbeing, that are both rewarding and enjoyable in themselves.<br />- When an individual takes the three needs (harmonizing / balancing) into consideration for his daily actions (an example would be meaningful screen-use), it can be understand as he is living a Humansic Life.</li>
<li>All participants showed interest to continue adopting this Humansic lifestyle and they shared:<br />- It is important to maintain our social interaction with people and reducing our screen-time usage<br />- In a way, sometimes we also forget that simple thing that we do like using your phone, we don’t realise have much of a impact it have on our daily life and wellbeing until you are really aware of it then I think making a conscious effort to improve your lifestyle in a way. To get back to basic needs like sleep and balanced diet or stuff like that, I think it really helps in fulfilling the whole idea of balance.<br />- In order to adapt to this, it needs to be repeated to form my habit do this regularly and fatefully everyday so that you also get used to it. it will become a routine to help you to sleep or improve sleep quality.<br />- I used to study psychology in some of my modules so I do understand the Maslow Heirachy of needs. This involvement of technology have created new needs to be addressed. Now that I know, after learning from you, I felt that this is something new that we can incorporate into our needs for a more balanced lifestyle.<br />- I would because having to keep staring at screen is not good for health, because it make you less alert and you are like drowning in the screen. It is not healthy in a way. It might also reduce my thinking capability. It makes me dull.<br />- It is a good practice to adopt because it give me a better quality of sleep as people lose sleep due to phone usage.<br />- It is an important/vital aspect in order for someone to feel better physically emotionally and health. The foundation of the pyramid (Maslow) needs to be fulfilled for the structure to be stable so one can feel/perform better.</li>
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For the sleep experiment, quantitative data is collected to support the <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/qualitative-findings-for-sleep.html" target="_blank">qualitative data</a>. I met up with Ricco on 25th March, he generated all the data from the watches into excel sheets and explained to me on how to analyse them. He also shared that the results are positive and I was really quite relieved to hear. Some quantitative data are not recorded as participants forgot to synchronise on some days and 1 participant partied till late and he/she didn't use the interventions because she fell asleep in an instant, these data could be biased thus these data were excluded from the sample t-test for data analysis.<br />
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Using IBM SPSS Statistics, the data was analysed with one-sample t-test and the mean is derived.<br />
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Baseline data collection: n=3. Average control data from aggregated nights: 7<br />
Intervention testing: n=3 Average control data from aggregated nights: 11<br />
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Findings show that participants’ sleep latency has improved, the duration of time it takes for a person to fall asleep and transition into the sleep stages (Tomorrow Sleep). This implies that the interventions have set a positive mood to help participants fall asleep faster and more easily. On average, there were improvements from each category however one participant only showed improvement for sleep latency and a further investigation is needed to determine why. Although the findings concur with qualitative findings, this study has limitations and a broader sleep study with a bigger sample size has to be conducted over a longer period to validate the effectiveness of the multi-sensory experience. This pilot study demonstrates positive findings that is worthwhile to run a further study.<br />
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A 2-week follow-up (from their last qualitative interview with me) will be initiated through video interviews with the 3 sleep participants and the focus group.<br />
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Participants quantitative data generated by Fatigue Science ReadiApp can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ejq_svvJJL7u0JoxmMVXBqFD0NbJ93t_" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Data generated by IBM SPSS Sample t-Test can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mEr6gfXVvp1V3YjiahMLFPclVt7ab1HS" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<i>Participants have kindly allowed me to publish their data, data will solely be used for MA research findings and analysis only.</i>acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-3177909693799960402020-04-01T04:11:00.001-07:002020-04-10T03:51:16.843-07:00Final Light Prototype for Video and Exhibition - Part 7: Connecting to Arduino<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/final-light-prototype-for-video-and_31.html" target="_blank">After the installation</a>, the light is ready for testing. I didn't pass my dad the Arduino set-up so he was unable to test if his contraption could actually work and spin at this point.<br />
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So he asked my mum to help to spin the resin case manually haha. I quite liked the shadow play on the acrylic sheets.<br />
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I finally brought it home to connect with the Arduino set-up and so glad to say that it works!<br />
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However, if you look at it closely, the light is actually flickering. After troubleshooting, we realise that the contraption for resin case stand needs to be adjusted with the right tools. I will be using this for the video-shoot as it's not super obvious and I didn't want to trouble my dad too much - he will have to rework on the contraption and wiring for the light. The good thing is it is not as flickery in real-time and the motor is not noisy. The light effects produced by this resin case is slightly inconsistent, most of the time it is ripple light effects but sometimes there are twinkling stars that accompany the ripple effects. There could be 3 possible reasons for this. 1. Some inner parts in the case are not covered by the epoxy resin (I probably missed some inner surfaces) 2. The <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/final-light-prototype-for-video-and.html" target="_blank">3D print</a> needs to have even softer curves. 3. Placement of LED light strips. I would look into these 3 potential reasons if I had more time.<br />
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This is how the 'twinkling stars' look like. The good thing is, the light effect is still pretty hypnotising.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrEdnvd3y_oHYLJFIX7IrXKFXnRNaVnTAodRxXP5gC0kEMEr2qfx8xk7TYpzjY-wdRQKS0P2qFfPihwFuj8Kto4Sbcu_1LovmFy9W-QtE1Jo22Sslb_s7k8j8OQRSxSXwT74VmOg7Jzw/s1600/acrylic35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrEdnvd3y_oHYLJFIX7IrXKFXnRNaVnTAodRxXP5gC0kEMEr2qfx8xk7TYpzjY-wdRQKS0P2qFfPihwFuj8Kto4Sbcu_1LovmFy9W-QtE1Jo22Sslb_s7k8j8OQRSxSXwT74VmOg7Jzw/s1600/acrylic35.jpg" /></a></div>
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Jason has programmed the light and spinning effect to start once sensor detects movement so the last bit to add would be the audio shield before the video shoot this weekend.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-74745580191822533242020-03-31T04:09:00.000-07:002020-04-10T03:51:28.750-07:00Final Light Prototype for Video and Exhibition - Part 6: Installation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/final-light-prototype-for-video-and_3.html" target="_blank">cutting the acrylic sheets</a>, the next step will be using dri-bit to create an opening for the sensor and an opening at the back for the cables.<br />
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Testing the light with acrylic sheets. I got the opal white sheets instead of the full white acrylic sheets, so there could be minimal light and shadow play. We realised that the light is too bright so my dad cut 1 more full acrylic circle and placed it as the 5th piece. </div>
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He measured the position for the sensory and cut an opening for it<br />
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Another opening at the back of holder for cables<br />
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After that, he used screws to fasten the acrylic sheets to the lid<br />
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Putting everything together<br />
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Ready for testing.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-16629677524663991002020-03-31T01:30:00.000-07:002020-04-26T21:20:26.092-07:00Final Light Prototype for Video and Exhibition - Part 5: Cutting of Acrylic Sheets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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He made sure to take photos of his process and share with me at every step of the way so I could understand his working process<br />
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He used the Jig saw to cut the curvatures, he hasn't done this in a long time and even though he mentioned that the edges are not perfect, I felt that they were already great enough.<br />
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Arranging the acrylic placements<br />
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He told me beforehand that the wooden lid is very fragile and if he were to create <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/final-light-prototype-for-video-and_38.html" target="_blank">indented slots</a>, the lid might break into pieces. He cut smaller base pieces to insert between each acrylic piece for better support.<br />
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Like what he predicted, the wooden lid slot couldn't hold the acrylic pieces<br />
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So he cut two more acrylic sheets, his acrylic sheet is 5mm so 2 is 10mm, the wooden lid is 8mm in thickness so currently the combined acrylic sheet is protruding out.<br />
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Assembling the acrylic sheets together<br />
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He told me that he will be using screws to install the acrylic sheets instead of the indent slots.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-67371763356941683232020-03-30T03:15:00.000-07:002020-04-10T03:51:48.235-07:00Final Light Prototype for Video and Exhibition - Part 4: Manual Cutting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHmeo0-pV9MsEHvS9UoFuNqetF8p7ZlL6RRtzGwMKJ6obfEf63v4QAM1ZtVUxw73kSbVtZMEsj8s4odbv-67ERW2xfz_5-Wxv-feTm7rCyGqXP7IwxP_B5vnPiHf0maFeHLKyUM53qos/s1600/resincasedesign17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHmeo0-pV9MsEHvS9UoFuNqetF8p7ZlL6RRtzGwMKJ6obfEf63v4QAM1ZtVUxw73kSbVtZMEsj8s4odbv-67ERW2xfz_5-Wxv-feTm7rCyGqXP7IwxP_B5vnPiHf0maFeHLKyUM53qos/s1600/resincasedesign17.jpg" /></a><br />
I had to resort to manual work when I received news that I can't access the workshop and studios for a week, which means I won't be able to do my acrylic laser-cut in time and my video will be delayed. I couldn't afford to take the chance so I decided to cut the acrylic parts on my own.<br />
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The good thing is I have my dad's help to install the resin case and lights. We are also working remotely for the purpose of safe distancing after I passed him the materials.<br />
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First, he cut a piece of wood support to elevate the height of the resin case.<br />
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<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/light-experimentation-part-15-spinning.html" target="_blank">Like we did for the previous resin droplet</a>, he applied the same method for spinning installation.<br />
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He extended the hole for cover as we need to push back the resin stand in order to accommodate the shield (4 acrylic boards)<br />
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Testing the light effects<br />
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The saddest part was I tried cutting the acrylic sheets but the edges turned out quite ugly because I didn't have the proper tools. I had to ask my dad for help. I sent him my digital files and he kinda eye ball-ed the curvatures and did the templates as he did not have a printer at home.<br />
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A rough placement on how the acrylic shields will be like.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-62974506453924765512020-03-25T02:53:00.000-07:002020-04-10T03:51:55.271-07:00Final Light Prototype for Video and Exhibition - Part 3: Holder for LightFor the light effects to be more prominent and significant, I inserted 3 folds of LED lights into the resin case. Thus, a shield to block the glaring light from direct eye contact is necessary. <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/multi-sensory-experience-testing-with.html" target="_blank">From the testings</a>, participants are able to see the light effects on the wall even when the spinning resin case is shielded. When they close their eyes, they can still feel the pulsing effect even with the shield and are able to synchronise their breathing to the pulse<br />
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I thought of having an uneven shape of acrylic piece as the shield but I was worried that I am unable to fold the acrylic in the desired shape as it will be hot when soft and not easy to manage.<br />
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I decided to go for a more minimal design for the holder since I know I may not have the resources and time to produce a polished design.<br />
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I came across these beautiful paper cut designs and thought it is pretty in line with the ripple light effects I was trying to create. I will be incorporating this 'layered' idea into the design<br />
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I proposed my ideas to Grant and in our initial discussion, we wanted to 3D print the holder, however he told me that printing the holder will take a minimum of 72 hours and it is during assessment period, there are many students lining up to print their 3D works. I could either wait for my turn or look for an existing container to modify.<br />
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I went to Daiso, Ikea and several homeware shops. Came across this tissue holder at Kitchen+Ware. Although the size is rather big, it was the best option out of the rest and I decided to get it.<br />
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Grant said that he could help me with the acrylic laser-cut so I prepped my design files and bought acrylics from Dama.<br />
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The cover with indented slots for the acrylic boards. This cover is meant to replace the wooden cover of tissue holder. The holder is 8mm in thickness, whereas my acrylic is only 2mm, so I had to cut 4 pieces of them.<br />
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I also met up with Andreas to ask how to tidy up all my wires, cables and Arduinos. He suggested that I look into Teensy and shared that I could install an audio shield to the Teensy so the music will play at the same time when the light starts. Teensy is considered when the application needs more accuracy and processing power. It is also much faster than Arduino. Arduino also has an audio shield but we're not sure of its sound quality, and if it will be good enough for the Lasalle show. I told Andreas that I may not have enough time to re-program the whole set-up for Teensy and I will also need to purchase all the separate parts for Teensy which can be quite expensive so I will get an Arduino's audio shield first and evaluate the audio quality before moving forward.<br />
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Also, I will be using back the sensor we did for <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2019/11/design-brief-2-pulsing-glow-experiments_14.html" target="_blank">the very 1st pulsing light</a>. I tried testing for a smaller sensor with Jason but it doesn't work. The 1st sensor can detect up to 80cm. Sensor will be installed into the case, when the user walks past the set-up, it will automatically trigger light and music to play at the same time. Jason has ordered the audio shield from Taobao and if it doesn't reach us in time, we will purchase from Continental, Simlimacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-64378186515279534522020-03-24T02:02:00.000-07:002020-04-10T03:52:03.140-07:00Final Light Prototype for Video and Exhibition - Part 2: Assembling the Resin Case<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPodIudI36GA9UoXenwZxoWBNMgFSKpKgHVaJKXQsiQZv3Z9oP0OV1EzvGURvBXs0N7nfi2Dz99jjqBbqZZud0Kb9-D_-TErSS5vcb7qW-cnf3ItMAyB_w7LjzNLpEvFAwPbUmYv5BnPo/s1600/finalresin31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPodIudI36GA9UoXenwZxoWBNMgFSKpKgHVaJKXQsiQZv3Z9oP0OV1EzvGURvBXs0N7nfi2Dz99jjqBbqZZud0Kb9-D_-TErSS5vcb7qW-cnf3ItMAyB_w7LjzNLpEvFAwPbUmYv5BnPo/s1600/finalresin31.jpg" /></a><br />
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I did wet sanding for the base so that it will be stable when I join the seams.<br />
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I applied epoxy resin on the seams and match it to the other piece<br />
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To make sure the pieces don't fall apart, I taped them together. After 6 hours, I went back to the workshop and the seams are cured.<br />
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As I have done wet sanding on the inside case, it is now matte and I have to pour epoxy resin inside and make sure the surface is briefly coated otherwise it won't be clear when the light shines through. The reason why I did wet sanding on the inner case is because the surface was sticky and I had to sand off the sticky hardener. I swirled the case in different directions with the epoxy resin inside and made sure the surface is covered, or most of it hopefully.<br />
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Chopping off the base as we don't require it, the base was added to support the silicon rubber pouring and joining of seams</div>
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Next I did wet sanding for the joint surfaces (stand and main resin case) to make sure the surfaces are flat, smooth and suitable for joining.<br />
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Applying epoxy resin to the resin case side and attached the stand to it.<br />
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The joint took about 6 hours to cure and I went back in the late afternoon to do surface coating<br />
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Finally last step to finish off the resin case, epoxy resin for the surface coat.<br />
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On a side note, I took photos of the silicone rubber mold to share how they look like on the inside.<br />
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This is for the final resin case<br />
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This was for the <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/light-experimentation-part-9-production.html" target="_blank">initial uneven surface resin droplet</a>. We made 2 of this. This is the uglier version, I didn't cut open the better version as I might still need it for further experimentation.<br />
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This was for <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/light-experimentation-part-3-3d.html" target="_blank">one of the experimental testings</a><br />
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<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/pilot-sleep-study-with-dr-richard.html" target="_blank">While testings are being carried out</a>, I decided to refine the light prototype to display for Viva exhibition and Lasalle Show. Currently, <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/multi-sensory-experience-testing-with.html" target="_blank">the light set-up is not aesthetically pleasing</a> and it can't be displayed in an exhibition. Initially I wanted to focus on writing my exegesis before I work on the final prototypes for showcase, but it's really a race against time with the outbreak going on. I was afraid that if I leave my making till the end and in the event if there are stricter measures, I won't be able to meet Grant or Andreas for help, which means I won't be able to shoot the video to showcase how each product works and they dovetail to create the multi-sensory experience.<br />
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In the end, I decided to focus on my making first, Grant told me that the whole resin process will take approximately 1.5 week. The 3D print started on 13th March. I went to get more materials, foamboards, silicone rubber mold and polyster resin and begin on the whole process again. The reason why I'm making another resin case instead of using the <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/light-experimentation-part-16-minimised.html" target="_blank">previous resin droplet </a>is because I have received comments that it's not aesthetically pleasing, plus the effect produced by the previous resin droplet only illuminates a small area. I was wondering if the light effects will be better if the resin case is slightly larger. I've done my own share of risk calculations before going ahead and I understand that the new resin case may not produce similar light effects due to the different surface areas and in the worst scenario, I might need to forsake it. But again, never try never know so I decided to take on the experimentation.<br />
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I sent Grant my rough sketch and measurements and asked if he could help me with the 3D print. I also told him that the current resin droplet is quite heavy and if this new resin case is much heavier, it might cause the motor to have loud squeaky noises again. He suggested that we print the 3D design in a different way, the 3D prints will be much thicker this time so when we do the resin cast, the case will be hollow inside.<br />
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Due to the outbreak, there was a limit of people allowed in the workshop, Grant and I had to work remotely for the 3D print discussion. This is the 1st design he did and I commented that the lines can be more subtle so that the light effects will be softer.<br />
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Second design and we agreed it is better and he proceeded with the 3D print over the weekend (14th -15th March)</div>
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Thankfully, the 3D prints came out well and I could proceed to do wet sanding the next Monday<br />
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After wet sanding, I used epoxy resin to do surface coating. At this point, I am already quite independent so Grant didn't have to supervise me all the time.<br />
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I created two cases for the silicone rubber pour, 1 for the main resin case and 1 for the stand.<br />
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Surface coating took 1 day to dry. The next day, after I sand off the excess resin coating for the seam lines, I used Araldite epoxy adhesive and secured the 3D prints to the base of foam containers.<br />
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We were afraid that the silicon rubber was insufficient so I build 2 foam towers and slot them against the corners. I bought 3 kg of silicone rubber but in the event if its insufficient, we have to wait for the first pour to dry (a day) before we could pour in the 2nd mixture, this is because each mixture may contain different amount of catalyst.<br />
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Next, we filled up the containers with silicone rubber. The silicone rubber filled up the containers nicely for the first round, or so we thought. The next day when we opened it, we realise there were some holes that weren't filled up, so I had to cut and make a new container and pour the silicone rubber from the other side to fill up the empty holes. I had to wait for another day for it to dry<br />
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Thankfully, the silicone rubber cured the following day and I could pour the polyester resin<br />
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Using wooden blocks to hold the rubber mold and keep it in shape.<br />
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One side of the resin case and the stand are out!<br />
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I prepped for another round of resin to pour<br />
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After removing the 1st resin half from the mold, I did wet sanding to smoothen the surface and remove the sticky hardener.<br />
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Wet sanding the resin case stand and the seam lines, to make sure it is flat and smooth<br />
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Time passed very fast and soon it was Friday, I took the silicone rubber molds (with resin curing inside) home so I could do wet sanding on Saturday.<br />
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Before and after wet sanding. The surface is matte after wet sanding and will require another epoxy resin surface coat.<br />
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All done with the wet sanding.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-49040704314238177742020-03-23T21:57:00.000-07:002020-04-15T20:30:16.227-07:00Qualitative Findings for Sleep Intervention Testing with Dr Richard<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/pilot-sleep-study-with-dr-richard.html" target="_blank">The sleep experiments were carried out from 28th Feb to 21st March</a>. We alternate between 2 watches to save time. When the 1st participant is doing the intervention testing, the 2nd participant is collecting the baseline data at the same time. When the 1st participant is done with his intervention testing, I will pass the watch back to Ricco so he would extract the data and re-program the watch for the 3rd participant. Unfortunately, the 1st participant didn't synchronise the data to the watch everyday so most of the data was not retrieved and 1st participant had to go through a second round after the 3rd participant was done with intervention testing.<br />
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These were the set-ups at their own homes.<br />
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The experiment utilises both qualitative and quantitative data collection. A total of 7 nights of baseline data and 11 nights of intervention testing data were collected. Here are their sleep diaries which they are required to fill in every day. Bed-time was listed as the time they entered the bed, whether or not he/she has the intention to sleep or engage in other activities.<br />
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Video interviews were initiated after the testings and here are the key qualitative findings from participants and their sleep diaries.<br />
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<li>All participants showed improvements in their recreational screen-use in bed</li>
<li>All 3 participants’ screen time were minimised by half or more during the intervention testing compared to their screen time collected for baseline data. When asked why, participants mentioned words such as relaxing, calming, soothing, sleepy, comfortable, conducive to sleep, beneficial, helpful, and hypnotizing.</li>
<li>The participants attributed their sleepiness to the ambient experience as it has help set the mood for them to fall asleep easily and more quickly. They shared that they felt more fresh and energetic the next day and had better sleep quality after using the interventions.</li>
<li><b>When asked if the individual products helped them to put down their phones earlier and revealed to them about the 'secret' design intentions to minimise their ERSU, they shared,</b><br />- The mesh made my screen blurry and I have to make effort to squint at the screen so it makes me want to put down my phone and stop using it, I didn't find it annoying though<br />- I thought like it will be annoying because of the mesh and I can't see the screen clearly. It is actually quite pleasant and it helps to remind me to put down the phone.<br />- Another thing about the blanket is that being short sighted, I remove my glasses before going to bed and I usually use my phone without my glasses on the bed. When I am using this blanket, I cannot really see because the blanket mesh has a blurry effect on the screen so I cannot really use the phone on bed. The whole setup with the blanket, light and music actually gave a very calm and soothing effect. It sets a nice ambience where it feels like a relaxing massage place where people can let their guard down and relax<br /><br />This could be understand that even though the mesh may be inconvenient to them, other elements from the multi-sensory experience compensated for the lack of pleasure.</li>
<li><b>All participants found the experience enjoyable and did not reach out to use their phones after putting them down, they shared the following:</b><br />- I didn’t feel bored. It was comfortable under the blanket especially with the lavender scent. I felt that I was calm enough to fall asleep.<br />- I felt that the weight of the blanket presses on the body and it gave a calming effect. It also made me feel reluctant to move once i get into my sleeping position.<br />- The weighted blanket made me lazy to move my hands out to take the phone and after using the phone I need to put my phone down and put my hand back in. It sort of makes me feels lazy and make me just want to sleep immediately.<br />- I don’t think there was any time I felt that I need to reach out to my mobile device again because it was really comfortable and my body was in the state where it is ready to sleep so there was not really a point to restart the setting up again and reach out for the phone.<br />- This new version of pulsing light has a better timing and it sort of decrease my heartbeat and made me ready to fall asleep. It really gave a nice feeling pre-sleep.<br />- The experience actually helps to prove a conducive environment for sleep</li>
<li>All 3 participants are interested to continue with the multi-sensory experience as they feel that it is comfortable, relaxing and conducive for sleeping.</li>
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Some quantitative data are missing as participants forgot to synchronise for some days while other days they were out partying till late and these data could be biased and are excluded from the data analysis. I'll share more in the next post.<br />
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Full transcription of video interviews can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=13mN_mSao52Jh_nTGCEQ1wiM85HSWnY5k" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<i>Participants have kindly allowed me to publish the interviews, feedback will solely be used for MA research findings and analysis only.</i></div>
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For Viva set-up, I requested to use another room as I didn't want to take up too much space in our studio. Cassandra offered me 3 rooms, I wanted to choose B108 as it is on ground level so I don't have to carry all my things up but a technical officer from fashion faculty shared that fashion design students may use the laser cutting machine at times so in the end, I decided on the level 3 room, it is also more spacious, Abi has expressed interest in sharing the room as she needs more space and I am good with it.<br />
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For viva set-up, I had to look for a bed frame to re-create the experience in the classroom. I have the mattresses and pillows, just missing a bed frame, at first I was wondering if I should build the frame or purchase from Fortytwo / Ikea.<br />
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Bed frames by FortyTwo<br />
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I decided on a rustic, scandinavian look in the end so I asked around for the wooden pallets, I am looking at getting 8 pallets after measuring. 1 average sized pallet is 1m x 1.2m. I checked with some carousellers looking to give away pallets for free but the colours were not consistent so I decided to enquire from bigger companies. <a href="http://www.leewung.com.sg/" target="_blank">LeeWun</a>g quoted $64 for 8 pieces, 2-Way Recycled Wooden Pallets (w/notch) Size: 1000 MM x 1200 MM and they were able to find 8 similar light brown toned pallets for me. </div>
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For Lasalle show, I came up with a rough layout on how I would like to display for exhibition at Earl Lu Gallery. I wanted to create the multi-sensory experience and was hoping to get partition walls but we were concerned of the cost, so after discussion with Andreas and Javier, we decided on an open-space frame that could support the bed and my displays. We would also set up two corner partitions to showcase the light effects. </div>
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I am also considering other options to enhance the experience. Nur suggested me to look into having fabric draped across the top of set-up, which is a possible option after I checked with Andreas and Javier although they mentioned we will have to try it out and they can't say for sure if it will work. I checked with one of my events company friend on the cost of building the wood frame with the fabric drapes in the event if I really require it for the Lasalle show. The wood frame concept is necessary as it needs to be consistent with the overall MA exhibition style. She shared that it is almost $1000. I am still putting this thought on hold and will share with Andreas the next time we meet. </div>
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A design process developed from the early exploration when the <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/themes-for-application-framework.html">‘Themes for Application’ framework</a> is applied during phases 1 & 2. The design process is ongoing, it is tested and iterated for individual interventions. As this project aims to create a series of interventions as part of a conditioning process for meaningful screen use, this design process is also applied to the overarching system.<br />
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A projected user flow adapted from <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/themes-for-application-framework.html">‘Themes for Application’ Framework</a> was created after phase 1 to guide the research structure and testing for phases 2 & 3. The diagram projects the flow of how the user might interact and react to prompts. Humansic experiences were introduced at different stages as part of the conditioning process for meaningful screen-use.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-45884168883716373122020-03-13T01:43:00.000-07:002020-04-10T04:34:20.751-07:00Themes for Application Framework: Humansic DesignTo motivate users to minimise ERSU and facilitate opportunities for meaningful recreational screen-use, there were several themes of study to apply and test. I've consolidated all my <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2019/10/critical-discourse-and-design-frameworks.html">previous</a> and existing themes of study into this new 'Themes of Applications Framework' for better understanding.<br />
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The ‘Themes for Application’ framework considers <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/multi-sensory-experience-testing-with.html">harmonizing the human intrinsic needs</a> in the design process. Interventions designed with the concept of ‘<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/multi-sensory-experience-testing-with.html">Humansic Living</a>’ in mind are termed as ‘<b>Humansic Design</b>’ by the researcher and these experiences will be evaluated from testings to see if the needs are addressed and harmonised.<br />
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Humansic Design is inspired by Positive Design Theory and considers some of its approaches but it is slightly different from Positive Design. The main objective of both concepts is to enable and/or stimulate human flourishing, however the components to be considered are slightly different.<br />
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Positive Design looks at 3 main components:<br />
Design for Virtue: Subjective well-being that is achieved by living a virtuous life. Here the emphasis shifts to morality: 'Am I behaving honourably?'<br />
Design for Pleasure: Subjective well-being that is achieved by the sum of a person's momentary pleasures: ' Am I enjoying myself?'<br />
Design for Personal Significance. Subjective well-being that is being achieved by addressing personally held values and goals. It relates to pursuing goals and acknowledging achievements: 'Am I achieving something?'.<br />
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Humansic Living zooms into needs and is built on the belief that by harmonising the human intrinsic needs, a person will have better sensibilities, which will ultimately lead to him behaving honourably with kindness and the society in mind. Humansic Living may consider some values of Virtues but the Humansic Design does not embrace the full concept of Design for Virtue. The closest terms in the framework will be Design for Human Sensitivities and Design for Meaningfulness (explained below).<br />
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In other words, Humansic Living can be considered first before an individual moves to Positive Living.<br />
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Humansic Living is less altruistic in a way, meaning that an individual needs to focus on harmonising his intrinsic needs first before he can behaving sensibly that can benefit the society. Humansic Living may consider how an individual interacts with people and within community but his main focus is on his personal needs, wellness and well-being. However it also doesn't mean he is entirely self-serving, Humansic Living is concerned chiefly with one's personal pleasure and taking care of his intrinsic needs that can serve his living in a rational way that might affect others positively but it should not affect others in a negative way. Humansic Living does not require an individual to behave in the most perfect attitude or sense of excellence to others but there is a minimum rational logic and goodness in him.<br />
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Humansic Living is meant to be more accessible and/or attainable, While an individual learns to take care of core needs, he can also be more human at some time to indulge in rational pleasure, he may make some mistakes that affect his own flourishing at times but these mistakes should not harm others' flourishing.<br />
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An example would be:<br />
Sam normally visits his parents every Saturday for the whole day but this week, he was incredibly swamped and exhausted by work so he decided to only make a 1-hour short visit and chose to focus on taking care of his own needs instead, by indulging in some recreational screen activities and catching up on quality sleep. This can be considered Humansic Living as Sam did not skip visiting his parents entirely and he made sure to take care of his intrinsic needs at the same time. He might not considered virtuous as his parents might be a little saddened by his decision of a short visit. It is a positive experience for him but it may not be a 100% positive experience for his parents. They might be slightly affected but they were not harmed by his decision.<br />
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1. Design for Pleasure takes inspiration from Lionel Tiger’s concept of 4 Pleasures of Design (Jordan) to identify the three pleasures that need to be addressed in the meaningful recreational screen-use context,</div>
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a. <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Physio-pleasure – Findings reveal that people are desperately short on bodily pleasure experiences that come from engaging with things in the tangible world. teamLab and Sensiks are two companies that design immersive and embodied experiences to allow user to experience multi-sensory stimuli instead of only activating sight and hearing for digital screens.</div>
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b. <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Psycho-pleasure – Unlike children, there are no regulations or policy control on screen-time usage for adults. A study by AIA shows that more than half the adult population in Singapore admitted to internet addiction despite being advised to practise self regulation. Findings show that prescriptive approaches are considered non-appealing to respondents living in a culture of choice and freedom of expression. It is important to make sure the intervention process of ‘minimizing ERUS’ is less intrusive, more emotionally satisfying and less prescriptive. This way, interventions may relate better to users and they will be more receptive to adopting meaningful recreational screen-time habits. </div>
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2. Design for Human Sensitivities takes inspiration from Humane Design concept by Humane Tech (Harris), which was developed to caution against distractive technology designed for addicting consumers. Traits of human sensitivities include sense-making, attention and decision-making. Design for human sensitivities refer to products that support or elevate human sensitivities and remain unobstructive. These products should not be designed to be overly distractive, addictive or disruptive to human sensitivities. They should be enabled to bring more focus, mindfulness for users and allow for comprehensible rationale and room for self-control.</div>
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3. Design for Subsistence is important to consider in this screen-lit bustle of modern life where core needs have become expendable and quality of physiological needs is compromised. Maslow considered physiological needs the most important as all the other needs become secondary until these needs are met (McLeod).</div>
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4. Design for Meaningfulness is crucial for human flourishing. Meaning is what people pursue in their lives for personal significance and self-actualization. Kunieda defines designing for meaningfulness in life as a combination of a human centred approach emphasizing on deep understanding of human needs (outside-in) and a vision-driven approach creatively envisioning an ideal meaningful experience in future (inside-out). The radical change of society and technology make it easy for us to lose the meaning of lives and people themselves don’t know what is meaningful for their lives (Schwartz). The situation suggests meaningfulness has become more important nowadays, hence, meaning should be the central focus of designing products and services for meaningfulness in end-users’ lives (Kunieda). Designing for users to be more mindful in their screen usage can enhance meaningfulness in their lives as they spend more time to engage in other life domains such as social bonding and fulfilling core needs such as sufficient sleep to support their capabilities and potential.</div>
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5. Design for Reinforcement takes inspiration from The Transtheoretical model, also known as Stages of Behavioral Change. Singapore is a digitally-acclimatised society and cutting back on the amount of recreational time spent staring at screens is not an easy feat. Minimising ERSU to adopting mindful screen-use habits is a change in behavior. The Transtheoretical Model operates on the assumption that people do not change behaviors quickly and decisively and that habitual behaviour, occurs continuously through a cyclical process (LaMorte). This model indicates that users move through 5 stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance. To progress through the stages of change, various strategies are applied to help users make and maintain change. Designer can step in with a reinforcement layer where support interventions are introduced to encourage and maintain positive change.</div>
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To design for products and experiences to make sense and be meaningful to users, the framework must be applied together with Design Sensibilities. Design Sensibilities consist of the ability to tap into intuitive qualities such as delight, beauty, personal meaning and cultural resonance (Hendrix and Surl). Designers must be aware and create natural paths toward competent use, and meaningful human engagement-product semantics (Krippendorff). By having a cultivated sensibility mindset, designers may optimise the role of positive affordances, enrich meaning-making and avoid designing wrong prompts which lead users to different action or result.</div>
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Lastly, to address a complex problem that involves other disciplines, a collaborative approach is deemed necessary. A collaborative design process with industry experts and users is initiated to identify the interrelationships between the many factors causing ERSU, understand their perspectives and expand possibilities for relatable interventions. Active user involvement in the design process is critical, as designers also need to know what constitutes as values for the expected users from the interventions. In order to design for mindful and meaningful screen-use to happen, a second order understanding is necessary - designers will need to understand users’ understanding and involve themselves in dialogue with their stakeholders; and invite them to participate in the design process (Krippendorff).</div>
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acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-45323910713447528172020-03-12T01:47:00.000-07:002020-04-10T01:48:18.259-07:00Humansic Living TheoryHypothesis: Meaningful recreational screen usage can take place if the following human needs are considered and motivated:<br /><br />(1) Fulfilling emotional needs<br />(2) Taking care of core needs<br />(3) Achieving personal significance needs<br /><br />Emotional needs refer to receiving pleasure from love, belonging, social and other needs or in the recreational screen-use context: Pleasure from unwinding, playing games, scrolling social media and watching shows.<br /><br />Core needs subsume physiological needs required for basic functioning such as sleep and psychological needs that are fundamental for human well-being such as social connection.<br /><br />Personal significance needs encompass the idea of meaningfulness – when the person is mindful of what he is doing, there is rationale and self-control in his motives, thus greater meaningfulness from his actions.<br /><br />The harmony of these 3 needs can then enhance his capabilities for self-actualization needs, supporting his journey of flourishing.<br /><br />The idea of being more human is also considered - taking control, re-connecting in deeper ways with himself, family and friends, and the world around them with meaningfulness from the purpose of their activities. By combining the individual's actions of a. Addressing and harmonising his intrinsic needs, with b. Meaningful human purposes, this approach is termed as an act of Humansic Living. Humansic living also describes the motion of users adopting mindful and meaningful screen-time habits in their daily lives.<br /><ul><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iZVUG-g6ol41sGNPsGRkqvI9l7VLSIrfHswJ3-7MakQdV095Zz_SV6sK9cSZ4kv0pTlaJvPaoseZqYV3_iJSFPIA-l2nUZxyPbYT1BmSxPQcC6gVF0731D4qKmGQg6tS_ImDFfrRgeQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-04-01+at+11.44.56+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iZVUG-g6ol41sGNPsGRkqvI9l7VLSIrfHswJ3-7MakQdV095Zz_SV6sK9cSZ4kv0pTlaJvPaoseZqYV3_iJSFPIA-l2nUZxyPbYT1BmSxPQcC6gVF0731D4qKmGQg6tS_ImDFfrRgeQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-04-01+at+11.44.56+AM.png" /></a><br /><br />Humansic living also describes the motion of users adopting mindful and meaningful screen-time habits in their daily lives.</ul>
acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-24124401449053934802020-03-10T22:03:00.000-07:002020-04-10T03:52:42.198-07:00Pilot Sleep Study with Dr Richard<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/multi-sensory-experience-testing-with.html" target="_blank">After testing with 6 participants of the focus group</a> and learning that the set-up is suitable and ready to be incorporated into the bedtime routine, I arranged for the sleep experiments.<br />
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The <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/multi-sensory-experience-testing-with.html" target="_blank">participants from experience testing</a> shared that they became sleepy, almost dozed off and feel that the multi-sensory experience helps to set the mood for sleeping faster. I wanted to test if it is truly the case. When I designed the products, I designed them with the intention to induce sleep and included design elements that may facilitate 'meaningful screen-use' or minimise excessive recreational screen-use. For blanket, I made sure the weights are evenly distributed for arm / shoulder area to 'tire' the users' hands when they use screens for a prolonged period of time. The sheer top mesh layer should also create a 'blurriness' effect to discourage users for using their screens for too long. For both pulsing light effects and music, they are meant to be hypnotising, to relax their senses and hopefully the participants will feel sleepy faster and they will automatically put their phones down.<br />
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I will do a pilot sleep study and carry out the intervention testing (multi-sensory experience) with 3 participants, 2 participants are from the <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/active-user-participation-for-sleep.html" target="_blank">original focus group</a> and 1 participant has not done <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/active-user-participation-for-sleep.html" target="_blank">the design testing</a>, <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/multi-sensory-experience-testing-with.html" target="_blank">has never interacted with the prototypes</a> and <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/01/are-you-indistractable-card-game.html" target="_blank">has only played the card game before</a>).<br />
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As I shared in <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/collaboration-with-sound-designer-ye-min.html" target="_blank">an earlier post</a>, Ricco (Dr. Richard Swinbourne) is really helpful and is kindly supporting me as I carry out the sleep testings scientifically to quantify the data with the 3 participants. He has programmed 2 research grade sleep watches and lent them to me for the testing. He also provided the participants with a sleep diary template to record the data.<br />
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Screen shots from the Readiband App by Fatigue Science<br />
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The 3 participants are conscious of their recreational screen-use during bedtime and are looking to improve their screen-usage mindfully thus when they took on this sleep experiment, they are aware that this sleep experiment is meant to induce sleep and supposedly help them put down the phones earlier. What they don't really know is the full extent of the 'secret' design intentions - 'hypnotizing effects, the weights on their shoulders' as I didn't share most of it with them.<br />
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They are tasked to switch on the music and lights once they enter their bed, whether or not he/she has the intention to sleep or engage in other activities. And when they are in bed and using their phones, they <b>must</b> slide their hands through the blanket panels and use the screens under the mesh. I wanted to see if the 'mesh' and weighted parts had a negative or positive effect on them and also if the pulsing light effects and music can help them put down their phones in any way.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Objectives of the Pilot sleep study:</span></u></b><br />
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<b>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Collect <u>qualitative data</u> on how participants feel with the intervention testing, </b><br />
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<li>Did they minimise excessive recreational screen-use? Did the interventions help in any way?</li>
<li>How is the pre bedtime experience? How do they feel about the multi-sensory experience? Do they find it sleep inducing? Do they find it intrusive or troublesome? Is it a positive or negative experience?</li>
<li>How do they feel about their quality of sleep after the intervention testing? How would they compare with their regular pre-bedtime routine or sleeping environment?</li>
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<b>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Collect <u>quantitative data</u> on participants’ sleep latency (time taken to fall asleep) and their sleep quality, to see if the interventions have helped them in any way.</b><br />
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<li>Did the interventions help with their sleep latency? Making it easier for them to fall asleep?</li>
<li>Did their sleep quality improve?</li>
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<u><b><br />How the sleep experiment was carried out for each participant:</b></u><br />
1. Baseline data collection 2-3 days<br />
2. Intervention testing 3-4 days<br />
3. Participant will be given an ethics form for consent before going through the testing<br />
4. Participant will wear a research grade watch, Fatigue Science Actigraph provided by Dr. Richard Swinbourne and support from Singapore Sports Institute.<br />
5. Participant is required to wear the watch when he/she enters the bed, whether or not he/she has the intention to sleep or engage in other activities.<br />
6. Participant is required to sync the watch to the ReadiApp and fill up his/her Sleep Diary every morning.<br />
7. Intervention testing will be conducted at participant’s own home with multi-sensory interventions set up by researcher.<br />
8. Intervention testing includes a multi-purpose blanket, pulsing light and background music. All three components will dovetail to provide a holistic multi-sensory experience for the participant<br />
9. Participant will be requested to take part in a video interview after the intervention testing and a follow-up video interview in 2 weeks.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-18395756499049188642020-03-09T20:52:00.000-07:002020-04-15T20:19:20.323-07:00Multi-sensory Experience Testing with Focus GroupAfter refining the prototypes, I proceed to do a multi-sensory experience testing with the focus group.<br />
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The participants are from the same focus group for <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/active-user-participation-for-sleep.html" target="_blank">1st design testing</a>. This multi-sensory experience testing includes:<br />
1. <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/multi-purpose-blanket-prototype-2.html" target="_blank">A refined version of multi-purpose blanket with weighted packets and a lavender sachet</a><br />
2. <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/light-experimentation-part-16-minimised.html" target="_blank">A new version of pulsing light</a><br />
3. <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/set-up-ready-for-testing.html" target="_blank">A refined version of sleepy app background music</a><br />
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<i>Click <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2019/11/design-brief-2-sleep-system-testing.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to see the earlier prototypes.</i><br />
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This is the set-up for the multi-sensory experience testing.<br />
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I haven't build an exterior for the pulsing and spinning light, I will work on it after all testings are completed.<br />
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These participants have gone through with the card game (awareness stage), 1st design testing and this is the enaction stage (alternate opportunities for participants to engage and be mindful of recreational screen-use).<br />
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<b>Objectives of this multi-sensory experience:</b><br />
1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Understand how participants feel through this multi-sensory experience, if it is seamless or suitable enough at this stage to be considered as an alternative to adopt for pre-bedtime routine.<br />
2. If this experience is considered non-intrusive and pleasurable by most participants, the set-up will be tested with 3 more participants at their homes as a sleep experiment to see if this holistic intervention can help to induce sleep and minimise excessive recreational screen-use.<br />
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Lastly, I will also follow up with these participants in 2 weeks to see if they have made any conscious effort in minimising excessive recreational screen-use since the first card game.<br />
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<li>Duration of multi-sensory experience testing: 15 minutes</li>
<li>Participants are tasked to test the prototypes (tossing with the blanket, synchronising with pulse and music, etc) before taking in the experience as a whole. </li>
<li>Prototype testing takes approximately 5 minutes. </li>
<li>Participants have the option to do what they want in the room for the remaining time. </li>
<li>Participants are allowed to bring their devices in and use at any point of time</li>
<li>Testing is conducted at participants' non bed-time hours</li>
<li>Participants will take part in a video interview after the test</li>
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<li>How do you feel?</li>
<li>Can you share your thoughts on the experience?</li>
<li>Do you feel that this experience is seamless? (all products come together together as 1 multi-sensory experience)</li>
<li>What were you thinking about during your time here, during the experience?</li>
<li>During your experience, did you use your phone? Or at any point of time, want to use your phone and reached out for it?</li>
<li>What do you think of having this experience for a prolonged period of time, like incorporating in your bed-time routine?</li>
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<b><br />Words mentioned by participants for more than once: </b><br />
Relaxing / Relaxed (12)<br />
Calming / Calm / Calmness (7)<br />
Soothing (2)<br />
At ease (2)<br />
Sense of comfort / Comfortable (3)<br />
Security / Secure (2)<br />
Spa (2)<br />
Sleepy / Drift off to sleep / Getting into mood of sleep / Falling asleep (8)<br />
Easy / Straightforward to use (4)<br />
Serene (2)<br />
Not as intrusive (2)<br />
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<b>Other words related to 'pleasure' or 'helpful for well-being' mentioned by participants:</b><br />
Peaceful, warm, cosy, good to sleep, better mood to sleep, guided meditation, therapeutic.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Key findings:</span></u></b><br />
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<li>Majority of participants (85%) mentioned that they became sleepy or almost dozed off towards the end, the remaining 1 mentioned that the multi-sensory experience helps to set the mood of sleeping but did not share if he became sleepy or fell asleep. <i>It is important to take note that even if participants fell asleep or became sleepy during their non bed-time hours, it does not mean that the holistic experience may be effective as they might have been tired in the day or might have gotten extra or lesser sleeping hours the night before.</i></li>
<li>All participants felt that each of the individual products has improved, they have no problem with the blanket even when they toss and turn, it is easy to use, the speed of pulsing light is suitable and the music is fitting</li>
<li>All participants feel that the holistic experience is relaxing, non-intrusive and it helps them to get into the mood to sleep</li>
<li>All participants do not mind having this experience as part of their pre bed-time routine if it is easy to set-up, affordably priced or can be controlled with a single device. </li>
<li>None of the participants used/checked their mobile devices during the test or had the urge to do so. This could also be because the testing duration is only 15 minutes. If testing is 30 minutes or more, participants might turn to their mobile devices out of boredom if they do not feel sleepy at non bed-time hours.<br /><br /><b>Conclusion: </b>The multi-sensory experience is considered relaxing, seamless and may help a person get into the mood to sleep faster. <br /><br />The experience can be considered <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/03/humansic-living-theory.html"><b>Humansic</b></a> as it allows them to indulge in a pleasurable experience (physio-pleasure), participants feel that the usability is easy and straightforward (psycho-pleasure), and by choosing not to use their mobile devices and immersing themselves fully in the multi-sensory experience, they are taking care of core needs (letting their mind and body rest). This act of mindfulness (of not using phone when they can) can be understood as a meaningful action. </li>
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As part of my methodology which is inspired by The Transtheoretical Model 'maintenance stage', my design process includes 'observe and support', <b>a follow up interview will be conducted with them in 2 weeks to see</b> if they have continued any mindful and meaningful recreational screen-use - finding balance between their intrinsic needs - pleasure (from the screens), meaningfulness (meaning in the purpose of their screen activities) and health goals - personal wellness / social well-being (more mindful of screen-use and know when to use and when to stop).<br />
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<b>Further action after Multi-sensory experience testing: </b>Test the set-up with 3 participants (2 participants from original focus group and 1 participant who has not done the design testing, has not interacted with 1st prototypes and has only played the card game before) at their homes and collect their sleep data.<br />
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Full transcription of video interviews can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GZKTNadluAT0W6LinuYhm_Vfrs39yDkE" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<i>Participants have kindly allowed me to publish the interviews, feedback will solely be used for MA research findings and analysis only.</i>acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-45254362722694972122020-03-02T06:45:00.000-08:002020-04-10T03:53:06.771-07:00Ready for Testing<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/collaboration-with-sound-designer-ye-min.html" target="_blank">After discussion</a>, we have finally decided on the final music track for the multi-sensory experience testing. Here are the 2 tracks:<br />
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1. <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rnnDOy7JUv42ki_VK8CJ5gTcMnHoGGww" target="_blank">Music composition with the sound of morning raindrops beneath</a><br />
2. <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=16Mqg0bnM_JXEjC6_VVuc4CSULHK7rlyG" target="_blank">Music composition with the sound of water streams beneath</a> <b>(Chosen)</b><br />
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The composition is designed in a way to go hand in hand with the pulsing light and the speed, so as to enhance the ambience and experience. It is meant to calm a person and put him/her in a relaxed state.<br />
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Here is Ye Min's short write-up on his composition process:<br />
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<i>The main approach to composing this music is to create something musical that can go with the speed of the pulsing light and then underlaying it with soothing sound. </i><br />
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<i>The software I used is Logic Pro X and I used Omnisphere, a virtual synthesiser to create 4 layers of musical drones from low frequency to high frequency. This is because i don't want my music to lack in any frequency range, resulting it being too bassy, or too trebly etc. </i><br />
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<i>Next, I need to make sure my music follows the speed of the pulsing light. I figured out that 33 beats per minute in 5/4 time signature is the closest I can get to the speed and so that becomes the setting of this project. </i><br />
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<i>Then I started to compose and link up a couple of chord progressions in 5/4 time signature. The main idea for my sequence is to go gradually louder as the light gets brighter, and then gradually softer when the light starts to dim. </i><br />
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<i>So the last step is to underlay soothing sounds beneath the music. After a thorough search through my sound library, I came across two sounds that are suitable. One is the sound of morning raindrops and the other is the sound of a water stream in a forest. Both sounds are recorded in Indonesia. I clean up on these sound recordings and edited out unwanted noises. Lastly I balance the different volumes accordingly. </i><br />
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<i>- Ye Min, Dirty Blonde Productions</i>acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-77692584560725391922020-02-27T04:00:00.000-08:002020-04-10T03:53:12.599-07:00Collaborations As part of my experience testing which includes multi-sensory, music is an important element. Based on the findings from <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/active-user-participation-for-sleep.html" target="_blank">Design testing</a>, I have decided to proceed with the music (<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/direction-and-actions-to-take-after.html" target="_blank">but without the sleepy app</a>). This music should compliment the light effects and synchronise with the pulsing.<br />
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I got in contact with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sng-ye-min-18118b18a/?originalSubdomain=sg" target="_blank">Ye Min</a> a month ago, a local sound designer introduced by my friend who is working in the film industry. I shared my concept and ideas with him and provided some music examples that have been <a href="https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/neuroscience-says-listening-to-this-one-song-reduces-anxiety-by-up-to-65-percent.html" target="_blank">scientifically proven to help anxiety</a>, such as Weightless by Marconi Union. The reason why I'm not using this song is because it does not synchronise with the pulsing. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UfcAVejslrU" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Recently, he got back with me with 2 options, the 1st one focuses on water stream while the other one is more on raindrops. I have also shared the 2 music tracks with Nur. I told Ye Min that the current 2 tracks are pretty good and I feel that for sleep, the music don't have to be too fancy or experimental so we won't be working on more tracks, we are now focusing to adjust the music to the pulsing effect. I will share more once the music track is ready.<br />
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I also had my formative feedback with Nur, Harah and Andreas on 25th Feb and they advised me to slow down. I have to look back at my research objectives to re-focus again as I have been concentrating on the makings.<br />
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After taking some time to look back at my research objectives, I proceeded to arrange the 1st experience testing with the 8 participants. Once we fine-tune the music to match the pulsing effect, we can proceed with the testing, which is scheduled on 3rd March. </div>
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I am also in touch with Ricco (Dr. Richard Swinbourne). He will be supporting me as I carry out my sleep testings scientifically to quantify the data with 2-3 participants. He will be programming 2 research grade sleep watches Fatigue Science, Actigraphy and lend them to me for the testing. He also provided me with a sleep diary template to record the data. He recommended a testing methodology that includes collecting baseline data (2-3 days) and suggested that I run the intervention testing for a minimum of 4 nights with a few people. I will work out the timeline for the participants (2-3) and their sleep testings after the 1st experience testing with the main focus group. </div>
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I have told Harah and Nur honestly that the results will be considered inconclusive as sleep experiments usually take longer and participants should be a lot more. But I will still go ahead with the sleep experiment and take on the proper sleep testing methodology advised by Ricco as a pilot study as I am curious to see the results from the testings. </div>
acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1832677902352802220.post-63486420326939400022020-02-23T03:16:00.000-08:002020-04-10T03:53:20.227-07:00Multi-Purpose Blanket Prototype #2 - Making of Add-onsAfter the <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/multi-purpose-blanket-prototype-2.html" target="_blank">completion of base blanket</a>, I moved on to the add-ons. This time, I will be focusing on, 1. Weighted packets & 2. Lavender sachet as they are the most popular options from <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/active-user-participation-for-sleep.html" target="_blank">the Design testing session</a>.<br />
Previously for the weighted packets, I <a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2019/11/design-brief-2-blanket-add-ons-part-1.html" target="_blank">experimented with peridot gem stones, rice and glass microbeads</a>. I won't be choosing rice as it is not suitable for washing. I still can't find glass microbeads in Singapore and I'm unable to buy more peridot gem stones since its imported from China and they are in a lockdown, so I will be recycling the peridot gem stones and glass microbeads from the 1st prototype weighted packets.<br />
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First, I cut open all the 1st prototype weighted packets.<br />
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I took out all the peridot gemstones, glass microbeads and re-weigh all of them. Some participants shared that the weight distribution in the 1st prototype is not evenly distributed so I made sure this time they are well measured out. I also prepared the ribbons, burned the edges and sewed up the bags.<br />
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This time, each packet has 6 compartments to distribute the peridot gem stones evenly. 1st prototype weighted packet only had 2 compartments.<br />
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Each packet is 120g, I would pour in 40g of peridot gem stones and sew the first row, and continue the same for 2nd and 3rd row before sewing a middle line down. The sewing is a bit longer as I have to be extra careful to avoid the stones when sewing the middle line. I still ended up breaking 3 sewing needles to complete the 14 weighted packets.<br />
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The last one was the lavender sachet which I used 2 layers of mesh for the lavender bits.<br />
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After I put the weighted packets together with the base blanket, the total weight is about 5kg.<br />
<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2020/02/multi-purpose-blanket-prototype-2.html" target="_blank">Base blanket</a>: 1.5kg<br />
14 Weighted packets: 1.7kg<br />
Stuffing: 1.5kg<br />
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<a href="https://acesresearchlog.blogspot.com/2019/11/design-brief-2-blanket-material-sourcing.html" target="_blank">Linda from Ryseltoys</a> shared with me before that the ideal weight for a gravity/weighted blanket should be 10% of a person's body weight + 1 pound, for now the weight of blanket is 5kg and the participants can add or remove more weighted packets if they prefer.acehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272367285076952627noreply@blogger.com0