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interaction design, which involves placing NFC (near-field communication) tiles on top of the cube. These can send different messages such as a request for help, requesting a call or simply saying that the person is thinking about the other. The judges praised the flexibility of the system, but did express some concern about legal protection of the ideas involved. At present the product does remain fairly expensive and lacks a clear route to market, but the judges were unanimous in their praise for its aesthetically pleasing design. Judges did point out that the idea
was relatively simple to copy, making it commercially risky, although the assured answer to that was that the concept may be simple, but the complexity in measuring wellbeing was enormous and to copy that would be extremely expensive. Next up was ChefMyself, a project that has
developed a customisable application that provides a library of recipes. This is connected to a food processor with an accessible interface, specially tailored for the elderly, which encourages users to cook meals for themselves according to their particular
“A panel of judges and the
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nutritional requirements. By observing the meal history along with the users’ needs and preferences, ChefMyself can automatically recommend a meal plan that ensures quality and variety in the diet. At the same time a social network, focused on the topic of nutrition and ageing healthily, is installed to encourage users to be active, maintain existing social relationships and create new ones. The judges worried that the product would
be unable to breach cultural barriers that might exist in terms of food preferences in different countries, but the presenter assured them that the library of recipes could be customised for each country. They also thought that the food might not be of the quality that people have eaten through the course of their life, although they conceded that it could prove to be an invaluable tool for people with limited cooking skills. The live Twitter feed was a buzz with
VictoryaHome present their product
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questions about ChefMyself, with people wondering if the €1,300 base price was a little expensive and whether there was enough trust in recipes on the internet. One tweeter asked whether the device could roast a chicken, to which the reply was that you would have to cut it up. An assured pitch. The last presentation came from VictoryaHome, a system that includes
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