A non-intrusive sensor-based product that optimises work experience

In the last few years the smart building market has grown exponentially and is estimated to be worth around 100 billion by the year 2025. The amount of active competitors, combined with the required time and effort to launch a new sensor-based product, makes it difficult to enter the market and slows innovation. WeAreReasonablePeople (WARP), a...

Improving the patient waiting experience in the ophthalmology clinic

This graduation project arose from Erasmus MC’s mission to continuously improve the patient experience. The results of the patient monitoring by Erasmus MC showed that an intervention at their ophthalmology outpatient clinic (OOC) could contribute to this objective. The patient satisfaction scores on wait time experience were very low at this...

Shadow of the Future: Reflective workshops that acquaint locals and newcomers

The monthly number of non-western immigrants that applied for a status in the Netherlands has been constantly rising from 955 in May 2021 to 3590 in November 2021 (CBS, 2021). During the first period in the AZC, “newcomers” are purposely distanced from Dutch society. This has as an effect that when they finally get an official refugee status,...

Mijn Eigen Hein: Creating space for children to explore, embrace and express their personal death stories

Death is and endlessly interesting and relevant topic. After all, every human will encounter it one way or another. The common denominator among the many cultural and ideological perspectives on death is the cessation of all biological processes of an organism. But beyond that come rituals, values, and beliefs, all of which are subjective and...

Retail areas in the city: From a place to buy to a place to be

The goal of the project is ‘to make retail areas go from a place to buy to a place to be’. Retail environments have the potential to become a place to be and add value for visitors, the local community and society as a whole. After performing research on various different levels, both quantitative and qualitative and both with consumers and...

Trust building within student teams for an improved team performance

Trust is a major contributor to a team's performance. Trust needs time to be built. Engaging into an open discussion can shorten the time needed to build trust. The well-being tracking tool support students and coaches in their way of communicating their emotions about the project. This leads to: 1. A lower chance of conflicts within the team 2....

A strategy towards a fair coffee chain

It is all about increasing fairness in the coffee industry. The coffee chain is not fair. This unfairness has been hidden from most of the actors in the coffee chain. The lack of communication is considered to be a vital element of the mentioned injustice. Moyee, a newly born company, has taken a different approach by shifting the value-adding...

Mixed-reality Interactive Journey Design for Technology Theme Exhibition

Accenture Liquid Studio (LS) as a technological innovation consultant company presents their technical capabilities by demo showcases for promoting business opportunities. Demo Theme Park is the collection of all their demo showcases. It locates in LS Utrecht office as a company in-house technical exhibition. A mobile app, Liquid Studio Passport...

Design of Human Computer Interface for blind children to learn programming languages

As the modern world progressing towards digital technologies, there is an increasing need for school students to learn programming skills so that they fit into the labor market now and in the future. Tangible programming toys and block-based languages are popular among younger children to learn to code. Students in middle and high school in...

QuantiFire Smart Technology for Future Firefighters

This report aims to analyse the possibilities of smart technology for firefighters and how it can be used to make the firefighter department more efficient and safe. The analysis phase focussed on exploring firefighters’ needs and the characteristics of their culture. Besides that, the technological opportunities were investigated, aiming to...

The Hidden Gems project: Putting small local museums on the map

This project has been initiated by a cooperation between Arnold Vermeeren from Delft University of Technology and Licia Calvi from Breda University of Applied Science. It is the first part of a three phase project within the recently started Museum Futures lab. The original assignment was to develop a number of conceptual designs that can...

Influencing interpersonal touch by interactive audio design

Influencing interpersonal touch can be done by responsive audio design. Multiple designers have done this by creating interactive installations. Experimenting with these installations requires more time spend on programming and technology then on experimenting with users to investigate the possibilities of directed influence. A toolbox has been...

Crescent Alpha: A Future Vision for Personal Mobile Communication

The rapid rise of our smart devices has enabled modern society to reach amazing levels of productivity in our lives. While the Graphical User Interface (GUI) utilised by these devices has played a substantial role, it has nevertheless caused the economy to be dependant on our attention, given rise to the multitasking paradox and has shown...