7. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
INTRODUCTION
Design conditions that shift our mental models from
information consumption to living/existing with
information as an organic extension of our lives.
8. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]?
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9. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
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How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]?
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10. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
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How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]?
A method of representing
knowledge and the manipulation of
models as a form of reasoning.
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12. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
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How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]?
mental models serve as an interface
between the external world and our
internal knowledge
?
13. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]? ?
ON MY MIND
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14. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
inquiry
?
Process in which we perceive and
test possibilities in the world
(Theory of Inquiry, Dewey)
15. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
through interaction
inquiry
?
Process in which we perceive and
test possibilities in the world
(Theory of Inquiry, Dewey)
16. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]? ?
17. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]? ?
CHANCE
INSIGHT
DISCOVERY
18. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
RESEARCH QUESTION
How can mental models influence the design of interaction
to support serendipitous discovery and inquiry in the
experience of searching [finding]? ?
the “experience of observing unexpected datum
which becomes the occasion for developing a new
theory or for extending an existing theory”
(Merton & Barber, 2006)
21. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
DESIGN FOR A MEMORY PROSTHESIS
A framework that rethinks our relationship with
information, utilizing it as a natural extension of
our lives, rather than to find answers, or a means
to an end.
22. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
DESIGN FOR A MEMORY PROSTHESIS
Why is this relevant now?
Mediated interactions
Access to internet functioning as
external memory source
23. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
DESIGN FOR A MEMORY PROSTHESIS
Why is this relevant now?
Mediated interactions
Access to internet functioning as
external memory source
24. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
WHY?
From answer-seeking to inquiry
In the future, how much of our experiences will be mediated through technology?
How will it affect our perception of the world?
33. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
MOBILE INTERACTION
Convivial Search tools
sensecam
These studies utilize data from life-logging tools
34. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
DATA NETWORK
input automatic filtering feedback
05 date 2012
passive sensing device digital tracking
GPS Applications
Time Stamp Queries
Dissasemble
Environment Browsing History
Biometrics Analysis Identify Networked Information
Groupings Infer Visual Interpretation
Filters Fluid Output of processing
active Voice-Prompts Tags
Objects Relations Tags Meta-data Access point into finding
Digital Pens
Repurpose
in my world, everything is networked
36. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
STUDY 1
How might the interface design of a mobile search
system extend personal information to encourage
serendipitous rediscovery ?
37. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
STUDY 1
How might the interface design of a mobile search
system extend personal information to encourage
serendipitous rediscovery ?
45. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
STUDY 2
How might the interface design of a mobile search system
incorporate the user-context to generate relational
information that encourages serendipitous discovery?
46. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
STUDY 2
How might the interface design of a mobile search system
incorporate the user-context to generate relational
information that encourages serendipitous discovery?
48. REFRAME CONTEXT AS RELATIONAL INFORMATION
BRIDGE PROJECT
COMPLEXITY STRUCTURE STRENGTH PROCESS
external database event captures
Concepts Similar Events Personal Data
56. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
STUDY 3
How might the interface design of a mobile search
system organize and predict information that is
relevant to the user?
57. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
STUDY 3
How might the interface design of a mobile search
system organize and predict information that is
relevant to the user?
58. ORGANIZE AND PREDICT RELEVANT INFORMATION
+7
A book in the library
Friend listening to the same music
Exhibit at the history museum
Make a wish in the fountain
Friend searched for same term
59. ORGANIZE AND PREDICT RELEVANT INFORMATION
+7
Exhibit at the history museum
Take me there
Maybe Later
+7
connection
60. ORGANIZE AND PREDICT RELEVANT INFORMATION
+7
+7 Exhibit at the history museum
Exhibit at the history museum
Take me there
Maybe Later
+7
Walk down Pullen Rd. for 500 ft.
connection Watch for cars, and make sure to
look at the sky once and a while..
62. ORGANIZE AND PREDICT RELEVANT INFORMATION
+7
Your father coached
Tommy Burleson’s
son when he was in
high school .
63. MEMORY PROSTHESIS DESIGN
CONCLUSION
In a future world- Design can help realize
the potential of technology to support
creativity, an open mind, and serendipitous
encounters with information.