During the Spring 2007 term, ITP hosted a class called the Design Expo, in which one student team was selected to represent ITP at a conference at Microsoft's headquarters. Six universities from five countries (Brazil, India, Netherlands, Israel and the US) sent teams of students to present their design challenge solutions to the research and design groups at Microsoft in Redmond, WA in August, 2007. The Design Expo was initiated by Lili Cheng, an ITP Alumna ('93), now Director of Creative Systems at Microsoft Research.Over fourteen weeks, student teams developed prototypes exploring design challenges revolving around the topic of Health and Wellness.
The ITP project that was selected to present at Microsoft was:
Animotion
Aislinn Dewey, Ben Chao, Vibha Bamba
A wearable device and collaborative game to motivate children to engage in more physical activity to address the epidemic in childhood obesity.
Other projects from the class:
Vivi
Piama Habibullah, Sinan Ascioglu, Yun-Tzu Lee
A re-envisioning of the waiting room for chemotherapy patients - an environment to reduce fear and stress while providing entertainment and education.
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Mama Loop
Rucyl Mills, Jeesun Lee, Riddhima Shelat, Cho Rong Hwang
A mobile telephone and social networking platform for first time moms to connect them to other first time mothers and their health care professionals.
Allou
Allistar Peters, Kveli Vezani, Jung-Eun Shin, Peng Zhao
An immersive environment that allows a person to take a 10 minute vacation while at work to address workplace stress.
Click
Ben Leduc-Mills, Ilan Schifter, Sonia Nelson, Blanka Lenart
An IPTV system that allows homebound seniors to participate in acitivities at their local centers to address isolation and depression.
