Rohit Ashok Khot

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“My Tummy Has a Little Dragon”: From Everyday Experiences of Gut Sounds to Interoceptive Interaction Design

Gastrointestinal sounds are a constant part of human physiology, offering potential insights into digestive functions and everyday bodily awareness. However, these sounds are rarely noticed and often socially stigmatised, remaining underexplored in HCI despite calls to recognise the gut as a site for embodied awarenes…

DIS '251st AuthorMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

MindEat!: Navigating Screen-Centric Dining through Mindful Technology Design

In an era where technology pervades every aspect of our daily lives, including dining, we grapple with the challenge of harmonizing its immersive nature with the ethos of mindful eating. Despite some strides in designing technologies to support mindful eating, existing efforts remain fragmented and lack a comprehensiv…

CHI '24CorrespondingSerious & Functional Games +1

Go-Go Biome: Evaluation of a Casual Game for Gut Health Engagement and Reflection

Experts emphasise that maintaining a healthy gut microbial balance requires the public to understand factors beyond diet, such as physical activity, lifestyle, and other real-world influences. Games as experiential systems are known to foster playful engagement and reflection. We propose a novel approach to promoting…

DIS '231st AuthorFood Culture & Food Interaction

Designing Stardust: Reimagining Self-care through Everyday Latte Art

This pictorial illustrates the design and making of a carefully crafted multi-sensory spice kit, Stardust, to encourage and nurture self-care in everyday practice. Stardust contains a set of dotted pattern cards and a secret set of 9 spices. The user engages with the kit by poking holes in the pattern card to reveal a…

CHI '221st AuthorDiet Tracking & Nutrition Management

Understanding Screen-based Dining Practices through the Lens of Mindful Eating

Our eating practices are increasingly overshadowed by the presence of screen-based media technologies that conflict with the ideologies of mindful eating. However, little is known about whether and how screens influence our eating behaviors. To contribute to this understanding, we present a rich account of the dining…

CC '213rd AuthorSerious & Functional Games +1

Gooey Gut Trail : Demystifying Human Gut Health Through a Board Game

Human gut health is influenced by a range of factors; however, it is often perceived through a single lens- the food we eat. With the increase in auto-immune disorders, having a holistic understanding of gut health factors is imperative. In an attempt to extend this perception of gut health beyond just food to other m…

CHI '21CorrespondingFood Culture & Food Interaction

Data as Delight: Eating data

The HCI community has a rich history of finding new ways to engage people with data beyond the screen. With our work, we aim to expand the scope of how interaction design can engage people, arguing that “eating data” has the potential to allow people to experience “data as delight”. With reference to prior work and ou…

DIS '205th+ AuthorUniversal & Inclusive Design +2

WeScream!: Toward understanding the design of playful social gustosonic experiences with ice cream

Prior psychology studies have shown that eating ice cream increases happiness, while human–computer interaction work has shown that interactive technology can enrich the eating experience. We explore the opportunity to combine these two through WeScream!, a playful social gustosonic system we designed—social gustosoni…

CHI '205th+ AuthorHonorable MentionFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +2

Drone Chi: Somaesthetic Human-Drone Interaction

Somaesthetics — motivated by improving life quality via appreciation for bodily and sensory experiences — is increasingly influencing HCI designs. Investigating the potential of drones as a material for somaesthetic HCI, we designed Drone Chi: a Tai Chi-inspired close-range human-drone interaction experience. The desi…

CHI '182nd AuthorFood Culture & Food Interaction

Designing Recipes for Digital Food Futures

Digital food technologies such as diet trackers, food sharing apps, and 'smart' kitchenware offer promising yet debatable food futures. While proponents suggest its potential to prompt efficient food lifestyles, critics highlight the underlying technosolutionism of digital food innovation and limitations related to he…

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