SUITCEYES is among the 24 innovations from 200 submissions that has made it to the short list of the Innovation Radar Prize 2021. The next step towards winning the Innovation Radar Prize will be to participate in a public voting. This voting takes place on Dealflow.eu, where all 24 selected innovations will be introduced to …
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SUITCEYES-project is complete!
Three years of hard work and intensive research activity on how to improve the life of persons with deafblindness – and now the European project SUITCEYES is complete. International exchange on deafblindness To present the results and discuss further needs, the consortium invited participants to the symposium “Living Through Touch – Smart, Haptic Communication for …
Impressive Documentary about the Life of Deafblind Persons
The new film “Suitceyes Documentary” by four students from Offenburg University provides a sensitive insight into the everyday life of deafblind persons. It shows how intelligent wearables developed in the EU-project SUITCEYES can significantly improve their lives. New ways of inclusion No vision and a long silence – this is how the 26-minutes documentary introduces …
Tactile Board presented at MUM 2020
During the 19th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia MUM 2020, SUITCEYES presented the Tactile Board, a multimodal communication prototype that uses haptic communication to support individuals with deafblindness in social interactions. A Multimodal AAC Device for Individuals with Deafblindness The concept for the communication prototype Tactile Board emerged from co-creation sessions with members …
ACI at the DIS 2020 Conference
We are happy to share that the Affective & Cognitive Institute had a work-in-progress paper accepted into the prestigious ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2020, July 6-20) conference proceedings. Our paper titled “Co-Designing Assistive Tools to Support Social Interactions by Individuals with Deafblindness” describes the opportunities and challenges of including individuals with deafblindness in design …
Two Publications and an Award at ACM PETRA 2020
Although we could not visit the wonderful island of Crete, as this year’s ACM PETRA is virtual, the ACI was very successful. We submitted two contributions, a full paper and a poster, which were both accepted. Moreover, the poster received the “Best Poster Award”. Both papers are related to tactile navigation and thus to the …
5th SUITCEYES Project Meeting in Offenburg
One of the last work weeks before Christmas. Everybody is preparing for a merry celebration. Well, not entirely. One group of international researchers still keep their minds sharp and active. They gather up at University of Applied Sciences Offenburg to continue their work in the SUITCEYES project. On 5th – 6th December the 5th SUITCEYES …
“Follow Your Partner” – SUITCEYES Pilot Study
Having created a prototype for the gamified scenario titled Follow Your Partner, designed to help individuals with deafblindness learn how to navigate with the vest, it was time to conduct a pilot study. The study, part of the SUITCEYES project, took place this November in Stuttgart and at Offenburg University with four individuals with deafblindness. …
ACI in Borås, Sweden – SUITCEYES Symposium 2019
On 22nd August 2019, the SUITCEYES symposium “Haptic Communication – Breaking the Barriers for Inclusion and Participation” took place in the wonderful city of Borås, Sweden. With one and a half years having passed since the launch of the SUITCEYES project, consortium members, stakeholders and decision makers assembled to report on the latest findings in …
ACI and EPFL Plan to Co-operate on Flexible Haptics
Herbert Shea, head of the EPFL Soft Transducers Lab, and Oliver Korn, director of the ACI, met in Neuchâtel in June. They plan to cooperate in the area of soft haptics. While Herb’s group is one of the drivers of haptic interaction, the ACI’s work on embodiment and assistive systems offers excellent use cases. One …