Exploring New Potentials in Preventing Unhealthy Computer Habits

Tobias Sonne; Kaj Grønbæk

doi:10.1145/2468356.2468442

Exploring New Potentials in Preventing Unhealthy Computer Habits

Tobias Sonne, Kaj Grønbæk

Department of Computer Science

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Each day millions of computer users experience pains due to unhealthy computer habits. Research in this field mainly focuses on encouraging users to take breaks and correct their posture. This paper shows that unhealthy computer habits calls for new sensing solutions. Based on a design process including experts in the field of computer-related injuries, The Habit-Aware Mouse prototype was developed. It provides high-accuracy sensing of whether a user's fingers are hovering above the mouse. This kind of hovering is known to cause pains in the forearm. The integration of trans-parent sensing in existing products enables medical researchers to gain new insights on unhealthy habits. The Habit-Aware Mouse is a diagnostic sensing tool to get detailed knowledge about the user's unhealthy computer habits. Sensing is the first step to enable feedback, preventing injuries from finger hovering.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA '13
Editors	Wendy E. Mackay, Stephen Brewster, Susanne Bødker
Number of pages	6
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2013
Pages	487-492
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-1952-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468442
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Paris, France Duration: 27 Apr 2013 → 3 May 2013

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Conference	ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	27/04/2013 → 03/05/2013

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Sonne, T & Grønbæk, K 2013, Exploring New Potentials in Preventing Unhealthy Computer Habits. in WE Mackay, S Brewster & S Bødker (eds), CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA '13 . Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 487-492 , ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , Paris, France, 27/04/2013. https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468442

Exploring New Potentials in Preventing Unhealthy Computer Habits. / Sonne, Tobias ; Grønbæk, Kaj.
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA '13 . ed. / Wendy E. Mackay; Stephen Brewster; Susanne Bødker. Association for Computing Machinery, 2013. p. 487-492 .

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Exploring New Potentials in Preventing Unhealthy Computer Habits

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