What Do Robots Sound Like? Ep 01 - Dr Iain McGregor
Digital Artefact
McGregor, I. (2024)
What Do Robots Sound Like? Ep 01 - Dr Iain McGregor. [Podcast]
Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests. This episode’s guest ...
Hearing Abilities Assessment
Patent
McGregor, I. (2024)
Hearing Abilities Assessment. W O 2024/041821 A1. World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau
A method for assessing hearing abilities of a human person having two ears, the method comprising: - providing two audio signals to two respective ear speakers at a person's c...
Servitization Through VR Serious Games: From Manufacturing to Consumer Electronics
Conference Proceeding
Charissis, V., Khan, M. S., & Harrison, D. K. (2022)
Servitization Through VR Serious Games: From Manufacturing to Consumer Electronics. In HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Interaction in New Media, Learning and Games (545-555). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22131-6_40
The provision of services instead of the actual products is becoming a major area of interest for the products provision companies involved in the manufacturing, electronics a...
Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education
Journal Article
Helgason, I., Encinas, E., Mitrovic, I., & Smyth, M. (2022)
Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education. Interaction Design and Architecture(s) IxDetA, 5-7. https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-051-001psi
As guest editors of this special edition we are delighted to present this selection of papers responding to our call about Speculative and Critical Design in education. The re...
“He’s adorable and I want to take him home”. Trust Perceptions Before and After First-Time Encounters with Social Robots
Conference Proceeding
Sobolewska, E., Vanderschantz, N., & Bitcon, F. (2021)
“He’s adorable and I want to take him home”. Trust Perceptions Before and After First-Time Encounters with Social Robots. In Proceedings of the BCS 34th British HCI Conference 2021 (324-328). https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2021.35
For users who have not interacted with a robot their perceptions are shaped by society, inculturation, and popular media. With the steady increase of robots in workplaces, dur...
“I would call them, it seems faster”. The state of Telemedicine in Scotland.
Conference Proceeding
Sfakakis, G., & Sobolewska, E. (2021)
“I would call them, it seems faster”. The state of Telemedicine in Scotland. In Proceedings of the BCS 34th British HCI Conference 2021 (220-225). https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2021.23
The novel Coronavirus pandemic has affected the way people interact with others and services. Online re-mote solutions have been proposed for most interactions including healt...
Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries
Presentation / Conference
Cochrane, R., & Firth, R. (2021, June)
Supporting and enhancing student agency in feedback processes: using a novel feedback tool in the creative industries. Paper presented at Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Conference 2020, Manchester
This paper focuses on students’ use of a novel programme-focused feedback tool we have developed and utilised across Product Design at Edinburgh Napier University. In the cont...
Sound Design
Book
McGregor, I. (2020)
Sound Design. (3rd
This book explores the underlying principles of sound design for linear and interactive media, and specifically how they apply to theatre, radio and film. The focus of the tex...
Diabetes research: at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B., & Webster, G. (2020)
Diabetes research: at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing. [Blog]
This 'Diabetes Research' blog is initially about the seed-project 'Information Avoidance and diabetes'. This project is an initial investigation of how and why people with dia...
The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions at increasing adherence to physical activity in mental health populations: a systematic review
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Peddie, N., & Westbury, T. (2021)
The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions at increasing adherence to physical activity in mental health populations: a systematic review. Advances in Mental Health, 19(1), 94-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2019.1684829
Objective: There is growing global evidence for stark inequalities in the physical health status and life-expectancy of people with a mental health diagnosis. In most cases, p...