Noura Howell

schoolUniversity of Californiabar_chart#4379 Global Rank

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Expanding Modes of Reflection in Design Futuring

Design futuring approaches, such as speculative design, design fiction and others, seek to (re)envision futures and explore alternatives. As design futuring becomes established in HCI design research, there is an opportunity to expand and develop these approaches. To that end, by reflecting on our own research and exa…

CHI '191st AuthorBiosensors & Physiological Monitoring +2

Life-Affirming Biosensing in Public: Sounding Heartbeats on a Red Bench

"Smart city" narratives promise IoT data-driven innovations leveraging biosensing technologies. We argue this overlooks a potential benefit of city living: affirmation. We designed the Heart Sounds Bench, which amplifies the heart sounds of those sitting on it, as well as recording and playing back the heart sounds of…

CSCW '181st AuthorEmotion and Biosensing

Emotional Biosensing: Exploring Critical Alternatives

Emotional biosensing is rising in daily life: Data and categories claim to know how people feel and suggest what they should do about it, while CSCW explores new biosensing possibilities. Prevalent approaches to emotional biosensing are too limited, focusing on the individual, optimization, and normative categorizatio…

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