Microwave racing: an interactive activity to enthuse students about HCI

Jonathan Black; Dominic Furniss; Chrystie Myketiak; Paul Curzon; Peter W. McOwan

Microwave racing: an interactive activity to enthuse students about HCI

Jonathan Black, Dominic Furniss, Chrystie Myketiak, Paul Curzon, Peter W. McOwan

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We report on a day of ‘microwave racing’ at a science festival in Brighton, England, as a way of enthusing school-age children about HCI. This transforms an award-winning CHI video showcase idea into an engaging interactive exercise. We describe the concept and setup of the races, as well as feedback from the participants. We discuss how, after engaging with our exhibit, children picked up key messages about HCI in general, and a research project on interface design of medical devices in particular.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2012 - 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781450310154
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2012
Event	CHI 2012: the 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Workshop: A Contextualised Curriculum for HCI - Austin, Texas Duration: 5 May 2012 → …

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Conference	CHI 2012: the 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Workshop: A Contextualised Curriculum for HCI
Period	5/05/12 → …

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