SmartHolder: Sensing and raising families' awareness of tooth brushing habits

Ana Caraban, Maria José Ferreira, Vítor Belim, Olga Lyra, Evangelos Karapanos

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Abstract

With an increasing emphasis on behavior change technologies, interest has grown over time also on the role of HCI in motivating healthy tooth brushing habits on children. In this paper we present the design and development of SmartHolder, a toothbrush holder that senses the frequency and duration of toothbrush practices and motivates healthy tooth brushing habits, through raising family members' awareness of each other's practices. Wed first present two preliminary studies about children's and adults' tooth brushing behaviors and how these are influenced by social interactions within the family. We conclude through a presentation of early conceptual designs as well as an initial working prototype of SmartHolder.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIDC 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interaction Design and Children
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages341-344
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781450322720
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event13th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2014 - Aarhus, Denmark
Duration: 17 Jun 201420 Jun 2014

Other

Other13th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2014
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityAarhus
Period17/06/1420/06/14

Keywords

  • H5.2. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g.
  • HCI): User interfaces

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