Abstract
This chapter describes a collaborative transdisciplinary research project (by human beings) in response to awareness of a health problem, in this case the potential for skin damage and cancer, created by inappropriate use of our natural habitats. From the various elements within the research toolbox created for this project,the importance of computing emerged and resulted in this question:
How can computers support “human” survival?
Design and computer science became the common media to describe the various elements developed for the project toolbox. Through the chapter two different meanings of awareness emerge –“binary-‐awareness” and “fuzzy-‐awareness”. Initially, there were differences between the approaches of the participants in the Barrier Solutions ©research project; using the language of design and computing helped bring about a common understanding concerning potential solutions.
How can computers support “human” survival?
Design and computer science became the common media to describe the various elements developed for the project toolbox. Through the chapter two different meanings of awareness emerge –“binary-‐awareness” and “fuzzy-‐awareness”. Initially, there were differences between the approaches of the participants in the Barrier Solutions ©research project; using the language of design and computing helped bring about a common understanding concerning potential solutions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Computer After Me |
| Subtitle of host publication | Awareness and Self-Awareness in Automatic Systems |
| Editors | Jeremy Pitt |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd |
| Pages | 147-158 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1783264179 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2014 |
