Companions: Turning Interactions into Relationships December 8, 2010
Salford, England M5 4WT
What: Talk by Professor David Benyon of Edinburgh Napier University for the Informatics & Acoustics doctoral programme
Where: Room 236, Newton Building, Salford campus
Who for: Staff, students and any interested people
How much: Free (no registartion required).
More info: Professor Benyon will discuss companions technologies which are technologies that are personalised to individuals, technologies 'that know their owners'.
The aim of companion technologies are not simply utilitarian. They aim to engage people and provide enjoyable experiences for them. The attributes of such technologies will be discussed and examples presented.
David Benyon is Professor of Human-Computer Systems and director of Centre for Interaction Design at Edinburgh Napier University. He has been working in the area of human-computer interaction and interaction design for over 25 years and has written widely on the subject.
For more information email Dr Pietro Murano at p.murano@salford.ac.uk
Added by SalfordUni on October 25, 2010