New open access publication in the area of human-robot proxemics: Comfortable Crossing Strategies for Robots by @MargotNeggers@raymondc__ Peter Ruijten and Simon Belgers link.springer.com/article/10… published in International Journal of Social Robotics
@TeunToebes “people with dementia are people first. With the way we treat them in society, they suffer a social death, in addition to their disease” #defeatingdementia
Honored to be keynote speaker on the possibilities of warm technology in dementia care at today’s Defeating Dementia conference in The Hague, with reps from the G20 and the Dutch government. @TUeindhoven @ministerLZS @MinPres @alzheimernl
On my way home from a rewarding work trip to Oxford (from the Netherlands). Of course, bringing some books back home 😅. Blackwell’s of Oxford is an amazing bookstore…
As a true emotional support animal, Max keeps reminding me there’s more to life than work… there are naps, and… well, errr, mostly naps…. with some occasional stretching and purring…
It arrived!! 😀 @maartenhouben's wonderful thesis "Design for Everyday Sounds in Dementia". He takes a #warmtechnology approach in giving people with dementia a strong voice in the development of his beautiful designs. Join his PhD defense on Nov 1st, and the workshop afterwards!
Afgelopen donderdag waren studenten van @TUe_ST (via studievereniging Japie) op bezoek bij de waterstoffabriek (Star Wars naam HyCO4) van mijn zwager @TheoHorbach, zelf ook een @TUeindhoven alumnus 👨🎓 - wat n leuke club! Bijna net zo gezellig als onze PT studenten @SVIntermate ;)
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett. About how making is thinking. How our hands guide our minds. How craftmanship guides connection, meaning and the value of work.
Just finished The Unreality of Memory by @egabbert An engaging collection of reflections on ‘Apocalypse Soon’ - the human range of psychological responses, or lack thereof, to disasters, big and small. Well-informed, personal and poetic. Now on to Savage Gods by Paul Kingsnorth
And here I am, random reader from the Netherlands, stranded in bed with a broken ankle and a COVID infection, finding your book the perfect read to help me reflect and put things in perspective…
Following last week at Delft for great @EuShape training, I revisited @TUeindhoven as an alumni from HTI group😊 Luckily, got catch up with @Psych_Tech (hope to see u soon online @AntalHaans !). Invited to join a group sharing about vibrotactile comm and FREE lunch😋 ...AND👇
We are playing Poetry for Neanderthals. Only one syllable words are allowed to describe concepts. If you use > one syllable you get hit over the head with a blowup stick. Grandma: “that stick looks like a dickpic” 😅😬
Our cat, Poes Muis, is a sucker for warm, soft surfaces. Having two laps to sit on at the same time (mine and our son Midas) is the bee’s knees… let the purring and kneading commence…
@HenkHNap talks about the opportunities for needs-based technological innovations in dementia care, across the dementia journey, at the Dutch Israel mini-symposium on #AI and #dementia@alzheimernl@Center_HT @VilansNL @TUeindhoven@TUeEAISI
@marcomblom on the urgency to deliver products for people with dementia, and worldwide collaboration in research and innovation, at today’s Dutch Israel mini- symposium on AI and dementia. @Center_HT @alzheimernl @TUeindhoven
…and we’re off: @RensBrankaert gives the @sg_tue lunch lecture on Warm Technology @TUeindhoven - technology designed together with people with #dementia, focused on empowerment and quality of life. More info at ecdt.nl
Stap 4… misschien n kleine toelichting. Het is een soort Pinata voor mijn horror-minnende zoon van 15, die nu even niemand mag zien omdat hij positief is getest op covid. We zitten met zijn allen in quarantaine… hij mag op 5 december even lekker los op deze engerd… 😉
Grateful for the opportunity to deliver this year’s prof dr Knook lecture on “Artificial Intelligence and Human Wisdom”. Greatly enjoyed the whole afternoon. Thank you @NVG_KNOWS
ALT Robots How Facial Expressions Help Robots Communicate With Us GIF
It’s here! @HeleenRutjes wonderful thesis on the role of data and AI models in the very very human coaching process. It’s been true joy to be her promotor, with @McWillemsen. Looking forward to the defense 12/10 at 15:30 @jadatascience @TUeEAISI
Superleuk om morgen deel te mogen uitmaken van het @BetweterFest. @UniUtrecht, mijn alma mater, viert haar verjaardag. Mag ik iets vertellen over hoe je op afstand toch heel intiem kunt zijn... @TUeindhoven @Center_HT
Tomorrow Sofia Fountoukidou, of our HTI group, will defend her very interesting thesis. I have little doubt she will ace this. However, notice how all PhD defenses are announced using the same image: all male, all white. Come on @TUeindhoven: we can and should do better!
Yes! The very interesting thesis on capability sensitive design by @NaomiJa32387614 just arrived in the mail. 😀Proud to be her second promotor, together with Anthonie Meijers and @Lilyfrank16. Thesis defense: 29/9 at 16:00 @TUeindhoven @Center_HT
Yessss - It arrived! Superinteresting edited volume on human-machine harmony, and ways to help diversify our thinking and cultural perspectives on human-machine relationships. by @dryellowbean and Tom Wang.
New paper available on the intimacies of interpersonal psychophysiology: "Sharing biosignals: An analysis of the experiential and communication properties of interpersonal psychophysiology" by @milou_anne, Joyce Westerink, Yvonne de Kort and me tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…@Center_HT
The current pandemic has accelerated the intertwining of technology and sexuality. Join us tonight, at 20:00, for live lectures and debate on the psychology and ethics of intimate technologies, e.g. sex robots and tele-dildonics youtube.com/watch?v=mge0rQvP…@Center_HT @sg_tue @DTW2021
Vandaag twee “colleges” geven bij de Trudo Weekendschool over AI, robots en mensen voor kinderen van groep 8 van verschillende scholen in Eindhoven - zin in! 🙂 trudoweekendschool.nl@TUeindhoven