Online voting will be a different experience for everyone. Where would you submit your vote?
H.F.G.
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User Testing Tales: Drunk Shopping Fail.
Could an AI trained to collect data based on people’s breath be tricked by a dog? How else could AI be tricked by people in this focus group?
Untested Futures will be taking a break for a few weeks, stay tuned!
H.F.G.
AI and the Future of Focus Groups
The dominant speculation is that AI and machines will replace human workers in many industries. Perhaps a new job for people will emerge… finding ways to confuse, challenge or trick Artificial Intelligence. What will come from this focus group of the future?
H.F.G.
Exploring Future Social Interactions…
A little story about what our future interactions with friends and phones might look like. What do you think?
H.F.G.
What Would You Do to Avoid Losing Your Phone?
People are expected to rely on their phones more and more. So would losing or breaking it become even more of a burden? What measures will people take to avoid this?
-H.F.G.
Could Fitness Trackers Make for a Passive Aggressive Christmas?
Christmas is the time for giving. It can also be the time where your loved ones ‘give’ you particular messages via the gifts they give.
Fat shaming and nagging doesn’t motivate weight loss… would the response be different if it came from a smart watch?
-H.F.G.
What If Wearables Designed To Help You Get Fitter Also Contributed To Extra Stress?
There’s a good chance that gadgets that remind you to exercise and be active could actually be REALLY annoying and routine disturbing.
I guess that’s good for some people?
-H.F.G.
When your shifting body leaves you without body confidence
Needing to swap clothes with strangers because you’ve changed sizes might not always feel good. But maybe a meeting with a similarly styled stranger could lead to body image and fitness inspiration!
– H.F.G.
What If An App Designed To Help You with Body Confidence Also Helped You maintain Your Wardrobe During Weight Fluctuations?
Apparently keeping and wearing your clothes until they wear out is the most environmentally way to approach getting dressed… but what if you have a fluctuating body that means that your clothes don’t always fit? Maybe an app that helps people improve their body confidence could also connect users who have changed size but want to keep the same items in their wardrobes. Then you could keep the same styles in rotation without having to buy new items!
Unfortunately it wouldn’t work so well for one of a kind pieces 🙁
– H.F.G.
What if Supporting Others in Their Quest for Self-Confidence Brought Your Own Down?
An app that connects people with similar body types but different levels of body confidence could be great for some people, but could dealing with people’s bodily concerns be damaging for those designated to help them?
– H.F.G.