Organization
Theme proposer
Hiroshi Nakajima (OMRON Corporation)
Masaki Arao(OMRON Corporation)
Hajime Takebayashi (OMRON Corporation)
Outline
In the class, designing the systematic support for
individualized vital lifestyle using healthcare devices and services is
mainly concerned. Regarding our vital life, there are main three factors
which are lifestyle habits, vital signals such as blood pressure, and
cognitive and psychological ones such as motivation. Lifestyle consists
of nutrition, exercise, and sleep. These factors should be quantified by
some devices to be used in solution services such as weight loss program
based on lifestyle modification. In the class, designing the indices,
the devices and the services is required. Because of the power of
cognitive and psychological factor, especially keeping and improving
motivation would be centered as essential for lifestyle modification.
The class would employ use the methods of use case design and paper
prototyping.
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