Sympathetic Devices

Faculty: Claudia Winegarden, Brian Jones

Description

Sympathetic Devices is a project focusing on communication devices for aging individuals across all levels of housing options. The overarching goal of the project is to address social isolation and depression by first understanding how individuals currently socialize and internalize during everyday activities, then designing devices to help them develop social relationships and support groups, as well as manage personal goals. Of significant importance is the aesthetics of design, ease of use and overall usefulness of the devices. This research was funded through a joint seed grant awarded by GVU Center and the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech.