A sensor-enabled backpack to help students, especially neurodivergent students, better manage their materials. LED lights and a light vibration provide feedback to the student, and a tracking software help the parent and teacher support the student improve over time, moving toward independence. https://youtu.be/3PUbNjM3OvA
Jesse, Virtual Assistant
Reducing food waste starts at home with making grocery shopping and meal planning easy and convenient. Meet Jesse, an AI system to help families track food usage and prepare meals. https://youtu.be/h0qjB02Qrtc A virtual assistant to help you grocery shop, plan meals and reduce waste.
Mobile VR + Leap Motion
Class projects from Expanded Theatre at CMU Mobile VR + Leap Motion by Vivek Sangubhotla + Judeth Oden Choi A mobile virtual reality tool that allows you to reach into and manipulate a virtual world. By using a Leap Motion as the input for an Android phone, and adding a pair of Go4D c1-glasses, we …
Waddle, supporting the emotional-social transition to college
The transition to college is an emotional roller coaster full of uncertainty. It can be difficult to explore new interests and make new friends while also adjusting to a new environment far from home. To help students develop a sense of belonging, we developed a website and mobile app to connect new students to the …
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Service Design Projects
A selection of projects completed as course work at the HCII, CMU. Most were completed as group work.
New Puritans
Wearable Tech Design Fiction 2040Targeted advertising and content has become increasingly pervasive, until each moment of our digital lives simultaneously reflects our lives back to us. This constant self-reflection causes many to obsessively curate their lives virtually, materially, economically, spiritually, intellectually, politically and interpersonally. Each moment will be remembered. Each choice becomes your story. To …
Future Generations: a RPG game to explore futures in learning
By Judeth Oden Choi and Jennifer Olsen Download game rule book here. “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” — Abraham Lincoln Future Generations is a role playing game in which the players collaboratively build a near future world, discover the role of learning …
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Judeth Oden Choi 