Category Archives: Current Research

Matter of Movement is our new collaboration with Lise Amy Hansen

Enchanting Technologies

March 27, 2018 Wendy Leave a comment

Great to be back at Ysgol y Deri collaborating with teaching practitioners from across the autism and PMLD sector in Wales. With a focus on Enchantment and the new Expressive Arts curriculum, our first "digital imagining" workshop considered whether co-production could be a viable and feasible method of addressing the digital marginalisation of … Continue Reading ››

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Movementis: Brain, Body, Cognition. Oxford, July 2017

July 26, 2017 Wendy Leave a comment

As well as Dancing in Data, Wendy presented a paper entitled: "Somability: movement, independence and social engagement for adults with complex needs", which reported on the design process and early findings on the Somability project. Even though we created the software back in 2014, there is … Continue Reading ››

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Dancing in data: Representation, repetition and recreation

July 13, 2017 Wendy Leave a comment

Lise and Wendy presented their paper "Dancing in data: Representation, repetition and recreation" and the inaugural Movementis Conference at the Oxford University Examination Rooms this week. Although the conference had a scientific bias, the paper received very positive feedback from those who appreciated the need for a "human" approach to movement research

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Conceptualising Kinesthesia – Making Movement Palpable

April 21, 2017 Wendy Leave a comment

Wendy and Lise Hansen presented a paper entitled Conceptualising Kinesthesia – Making Movement Palpable at the European Academy of Design conference in Rome http://www.designfornext.org/index.html. The motivation for the paper, and a new network of collaborators is to reconnect with the sensuous, experiential nature of movement, to visualize data in a move away from the … Continue Reading ››

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Towards Independence: Using motion sensing technologies to amplify the abilities of adults with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

November 25, 2014 Wendy Leave a comment

Keay-Bright, W. (2014) Towards Independence: Using motion sensing technologies to amplify the abilities of adults with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Recent Advances in Assistive Technology & Engineering, RAatE 2014 RAatE 2014 is the only UK conference focused on the latest innovations and developments in assistive technology (AT).

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Camera-Based Motion-Tracking and Performing Arts for Persons with Motor Disabilities and Autism

August 8, 2013 Wendy Leave a comment

Kontogeorgakopoulos, A. , Keay-Bright, W., Wechsler (2013) ed Kouroupetroglou, G. Camera-Based Motion-Tracking and Performing Arts for Persons with Motor Disabilities and Autism. in Assistive Technologies, Disability Informatics and Computer Access for Motor Limitations. IGI Global

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Autism and Somantics: Capturing Behaviour In The Wild

August 8, 2013 Wendy Leave a comment

D.J. Walker, W. Keay-Bright, D. Cobner (2012), Eds. A.J. Spink, F. Grieco, O.E. Krips, L.W.S. Loijens, L.P.J.J. Noldus, and P.H. Zimmerman. Autism and Somantics: Capturing Behaviour In The Wild, Proceedings of Measuring Behavior 2012 (Utrecht, The Netherlands, August 28-31, 2012)

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ReacTickles Global: A Non-Textual Mobile & Networked Play Space

August 8, 2013 Wendy Leave a comment

Keay-Bright, W. (2008) ‘ReacTickles Global: A Non-Textual Mobile & Networked Play Space’, conference paper in the Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference, CPSR/ACM, Indiana University pp.258- 261

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The Reactive Colours Project: Taking an Embodied Approach to Information Communication Technologies, Creativity and Special Education

August 8, 2013 Wendy Leave a comment

Keay-Bright, W. (2008) ‘The Reactive Colours project: Taking an Embodied Approach to ICT in Special Education’, journal paper in a Future of Creative Technologies special edition of the Journal of the Institute of Creative Technologies, Volume 1, ISSN 1757-7934, pp.18-21

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ReacTickles: Playful Interaction with Information Communication Technologies

August 8, 2013 Wendy Leave a comment

Keay-Bright, W. (2009) ReacTickles: Playful Interaction with Information Communication Technologies, journal paper in the International Journal of Art & Technology, 2, 1/2, pp.133-151

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Simplicity the Key to Engagement for Children on the Autism Spectrum

August 8, 2013 Wendy Leave a comment

Keay-Bright, W., Howarth I.C., (2011) Is Simplicity the Key to Engagement for Children on the Autism Spectrum, journal paper in the Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Theme Issue on Technology for Autism, Springer March/April

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Designing Interaction Though Sound and Movement with Children on the Autistic Spectrum

August 8, 2013 Wendy Leave a comment

Keay-Bright, W. (2011) Designing Interaction Though Sound and Movement with Children on the Autistic Spectrum, Proceedings title: Arts and Technology, Second International Conference, ArtsIT 2011, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST) Publisher: Springer

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