Towards Circular Endoscopy: A human-centered design approach to waste segregation in colonoscopy procedures

Healthcare is a major contributor to the negative effects on the environment, leading to adverse effects on the physical and mental health of people globally (IPCC, AR6). The Dutch healthcare sector alone is responsible for 7-8% of the national carbon footprint, 4,2% of total waste and 13% of raw material extraction (Steenmeijer et al. 2022). ...

Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Improving the Information Provision for Hemophilia Patients

Hemophilia, a bleeding disorder, is divided into types A and B, resulting from coagulation factors VIII and IX deficiencies. The levels of these clotting factors in the body determine the severity of hemophilia. The classification includes severe, moderate, and mild hemophilia. Managing hemophilia involves options like on-demand and prophylactic...

PLAI: Positive Implementation of Generative AI in Education Through Play-Based Learning

Generative AI has had a profound impact on various sectors since mid-2022. The rapid adoption by students poses challenges for student assessment and raises concerns about student development. This thesis delves into the subject and proposes a positive implementation in education through play-based learning. The project uses a human-centred...

Power to the Patient: A Co-Created Design Towards Emotionally-Safe Pediatric Hospitalization

This graduation project aims to contribute to an emotionally-safe, i.e. comfortable and trauma-free, hospitalization experience for children. Hospitalization can be emotionally threatening and traumatizing for children. Children have to undergo multiple medical examinations, in a setting that is unfamiliar to them. Resilience is needed to cope...

SIG on Data as Human-Centered Design Material

Behavioral data is ubiquitous in products, services, and systems that people interact with. It is increasingly used by design and HCI researchers and practitioners throughout their human-centered and participatory design processes. The highly dynamic nature of behavioral data makes it deeply intertwined with people, their behavior, and their...

Human-centered robotisation at KLM Engines: A co-design tool for FRAIM & KLM Engines to explore and evaluate the possibilities & limitations of robotising the workflow

The demand for robots in the industry is increasing. Organisations acknowledge the need to innovate in order to keep up with the competition. When robots were first introduced, they took over human tasks if they could execute the task faster than humans. However, this often has a negative effect on the meaningfulness of work. That’s why cobots...

SIG on Data as Human-Centered Design Material

Designers and HCI researchers from industry and academia have been exploring the opportunities that emerge from incorporating behavioral data into the design process. For this, designers employ and combine data from multiple sources, multiple scales, and types to obtain valuable insights that inform and support design decisions. This combination...

The power of a human-centered VR experience of the future of work

Futures is a topic that is inherently fuzzy, as everything beyond this moment can potentially happen. The uncertainty that is related to futures makes it not only difficult to imagine and convey, but also challenging to study. <br/>In this exploratory research study, the powers of VR as a foresight tool and a general research tool (for potential...

Workplace Focus for Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADHD has long been thought of as a children's disorder, that you grow out of during puberty. Now we know that this is not the case: 72% of children with ADHD still have it as adults, meaning that an estimated 2.1% of adults in the Netherlands have some form of ADHD. This means that these people still have symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity,...

Towards Personalised Dementia Care: Approaches, Recommendations and Tools from Design

According to Person-Centred Care, as far as possible, people with dementia should be cared for in a way that takes into account their personality, life experiences and preferences. Personalisation is hence the core of Person-Centred Care, yet the approaches, recommendations and tools are lacking for this purpose. Therefore, the author...

The CERTIFIED approach to Human-Centered AI adoption: A framework for agile policymaking to regulate technology

Policymaking regarding Artificial Intelligence is threatened to lag behind, and the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security stated its desire to catch up. The longer we wait, the wider the ‘gap’ will become between regulation and market development. In order to keep AI technology beneficial, a human-centered design approach should be key not only...

Can you really help me?: Supporting empathic dialogue to understand care service for assisting women against violence

Even though there has been an enormous effort to tackle the problem of gender-based violence against women in Mexico, within legal terms, the landscape still seems uncertain, and the need for innovative approaches that bring new meaningful ways to look at the problem becomes highly relevant.<br/><br/>In those lines, the University Center for...

Applying Human-Centered Design in the development of digital products for disaster response

The context of disaster response is incredibly complex due to its chaotic nature and the large number of variabilities per disaster. This complexity makes it difficult for developers of digital tools for disaster response to understand the context of the products they develop. However, a lack of understanding of the use context can result in the...

Driver-centered Human-machine interface design: Design for a better takeover experience in level 4 automated driving

Technological advances have led to the development of autonomous driving. The SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) defined five automation levels in order to differentiate the responsibilities between the driver and an automated driving system, ranging from “No Automation” (L0), to “Conditional Automation” (L3) and “Full Automation” (L5). The...

AI-powered smartglasses for visually impaired people to achieve greater independence and social integration: Design of a concept for visually impaired people that uses human assistance substitution when artificial intelligence is not reliable

Artificial Intelligence can extend human frontiers and complement our capabilities. This project presents AI-powered smart glasses that empower visually impaired people to achieve greater independence and social integration. Since AI is a developing discipline, we enhance reliability by providing the opportunity for reciprocal learning between...

Design Guidelines for Light and Noise Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) are environments with a high level of sensory stress. Medical advances and technology have contributed to increase the ratio of survival of premature infants but some devices and practices expose these babies to excessive noise and toxic sensory stimuli for which they are not prepared. This is related to...

Sexuality and Intimacy Healthcare for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer

Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, aged from 15 to 39 years, are making the transition from childhood to adulthood. When the burden of cancer is added, it becomes part of this extraordinary and challenging time in their growth and development. Cancer affects the psychosexuality of AYAs as well as intimate relationships, which in...

Product Stigmaticity: Understanding, Measuring and Managing Product-Related Stigma

Stigma-free Product Design. Many of the products intended to relieve us from discomforting or unsafe situations and many medical and assistive devices are experienced as unpleasant and uncomfortable. On top of their discomfort, product users may also experience social unease from the people around them. Just like people may be rejected because...