Certainty as a Provocation: The Design and Analysis of 2 Quant-Qual Tool Dyads for a Qualified Self Technology Project
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Royal College of Art(The)
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- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- McGinley1
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- E - Conference contribution
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- Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial Research Through Design Conference
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- 1
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- Year of publication
- 2015
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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/RTD2015_22_Certainty_as_a_Provocation_The_Design_and_Analysis_of_2_Quant-Qual_Tool_Dyads_for_a_Qualified_Self_Technology_Project/1328004
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Additional information
- As Principal Investigator McGinley directed HHCD researchers Grover and Atkins in a project for Stannah, the 150 year old UK based stairlift manufacturer that has helped over 700,000 people in the last 40 years move more safely around their home. The core mobility offer at initiation of the project was through the installation of engineered domestic mobility equipment (principally stairlifts); however, the company had ambition to expand into new areas of development. The intention of the project therefore was to explore new ways to improve health upstream in order to delay the need for product intervention.
According to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA), more than 282,000 people over the age of 65 were admitted to hospital because of a fall in 2014-2015, with home based exercise being identified as reducing the risk of falls by 22%.
Exploring balance measurements, capture and communication to individuals – the novel concept of balance health was explored and theorised. This project aimed to make balance an actionable component of individual health, allowing intervention before life-changing falls.
The result of the research was the development of an app which measured static posture control, provided diagnosis and suggested actions. An engineering prototype of the application was extensively tested with an initial cohort of 27 individuals in 2015, for proof of principle, before going on to be fully coded and developed as ‘Stannah Balance’, leading to a launch in 2017.
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