My first keynote! I am very excited to present the latest findings from my PhD to a broad audience. A big thank you to @dig_futures, @df_dronearena, @airi_ and @lucamott for the opportunity. #df_dronearena #HTTYD #HCI https://t.co/ftJfze2aXv

Hey youse. Here is me presenting the more theoretical outcomes of the #HowToTrainYourDrone project. #MechanicalSymptahy Strikes a balance between optimising interactions and ameliorating interactions (improving them in a way that we feel is good). https://t.co/PxEQCDe2Aa

Hi youse! Here is me presenting #HowToTrainYourDrone and explaining how it can shift the practice of #InteractionDesign to something that sits the #user and the #designer on a more equal footing. It also reaches out to #ArtificialLife for a collaboration! https://t.co/mY9bYLzTRA

10/10 Read our paper here: How to Train Your Drone - Exploring the umwelt as a design metaphor for human-drone interaction

9/10 I remember CADing the drones in my head whilst nursing a sleepless infant. Working solo for months in a deserted building, where even the cutlery was removed to reduce infection spread.

8/10 This project is older than my daughter and survived both the pandemic and an absolute rinsing from a journal publisher.

7/10 This work demonstrates a design approach that values what and how a human or machine can sense over how much, how fast, or to what fidelity.

6/10 Along with our co-authors @_RachaelGarret, @_Airi Lampinen, and @professorhook Kristina Höök. Thank you so much to you three who helped get this paper over the line ❤️.

5/10 I am super happy to present one of TWO(!) publications to DIS2024, "How To Train Your Drone - Exploring the umwelt as a design metaphor for human-drone interaction." #DIS2024

4/10 We think that the Umwelt is a powerful approach to designing reflective and inclusive interactions with autonomous agents. #Design #AI

3/10 Now imagine building a robot by gradually expanding what it can sense, its Umwelt. #Robotics #Umwelt

2/10 Now imagine someone expanding your sensed world in a foreign way, eyes on your feet, tastebuds on your earlobes.

1/10 Imagine if all you could sense was your own heartbeat, nothing else. What kind of existence would that be?

10/10 Read our paper here: Articulating Mechanical Sympathy for Somaesthetic Human-Machine Relations

9/10 To see this work find a home and an award to go with it tastes sweet indeed. I can honestly say that a part of my soul has been baked into it.

8/10 It was also risky. I paid for all my equipment up front because the research money dried up in the pandemic. Bleak times.

6/10 This project is older than my daughter and survived both the pandemic and an absolute rinsing from a journal publisher.

5/10 This work shows how we can have meaningful and skillful interactions with autonomous machines that lead to personal growth and reflection. #AutonomousMachines #somaesthetics

This project is older than my daughter and survived both the pandemic and an absolute rinsing from a journal publisher. #ResearchJourney

4/10 Along with our co-authors @Airi_ Lampinen and @Professorhook Kristina Höök. Thank you so much to you three who helped get this paper over the line ❤️.

3/10 My colleague @_rachaelgarret and I are very proud to present our BEST PAPER (top 1%) award-winning publication at DIS2024. Articulating Mechanical Sympathy for Somaesthetic Human-Machine Relations. #DIS2024