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Publication date13/05/2021
Host publicationExtended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2021
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Number of pages9
ISBN (electronic)9781450380959
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event2021 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI '21 Extended Abstracts - (originally) Yokhama, Japan, Yokhama, Japan
Duration: 8/05/202113/05/2021
https://chi2021.acm.org/

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Conference2021 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokhama
Period8/05/2113/05/21
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NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2021 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokhama
Period8/05/2113/05/21
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Abstract

We present Connected Companion (CoCo), a health tracking wearable that provides users with timely, context-relevant notifications aimed at improving wellness. Traditionally, self-tracking wearables report basic health data such as resting heart rate; these data are visualised and positive behaviours (e.g. exercising often) are encouraged with rudimentary gamification (e.g. award badges) and notification systems. CoCo is the first wearable to combine caffeine, alcohol and cortisol sensors, a context network (which predicts user context), and a wellness model (which establishes per-user wellness measures). Working in tandem these provide users with notifications that encourage discrete behaviours intended to optimise user-wellness per very specific biological and social contexts. The paper describes the (sometimes unexpected) results of a user-study intended to evaluate CoCo’s efficacy and we conclude with a discussion about the power and responsibility that comes with attempts to build context-aware computing systems.