 Would you wear a wacky hat to bookmark moments in real life? It sounds like science fiction, but for some of our students it's technology they developed in just 24 hours. The annual OzCHI (Australian Computer Human Interaction) conference includes a 24-hour design challenge which requires participants to develop a solution to an HCI problem. In 2012 it was "focus on enhancing the ways people collaborate in every day environments" and more than 60 teams across 32 countries competed in the 24 hour period. With the ultra-tight turn-around time, not all teams submit an idea, let alone a prototype, but the CIS team managed to do both. CIS postgraduate students Astrid Goss, Harry Rolf and Matt D'Orazio were part of the team that submitted a concept designed to help people "bookmark" life. Their hard work paid off, with the team coming joint third with a team from Sydney University. The two top spots were taken out by teams from Scandinavia. |
