Updated At Home with Digital Symposium

1. Dogs and People (DAP): Working with Sentient Beings

2. Ann Morrison
Digital Life Lab
University of Southern
Queensland,
Toowoomba
ann.morrison@acm.org
Cristina Manresa-Rea
University of Balearic
Islands,
Palma de Majorca,
Spain.
cristina.manresa@uib.es
Neda Eshraghi
Department of
Music Research,
McGill University,
Canada.
nees@create.aau.dk
Helen Farley
Digital Life Lab
University of Southern
Queensland,
Toowoomba
Helen.farley@usq.eu.au
Jane Turner
Creative Industries
Faculty, Queensland
University of
Technology, QLD.
j.tuner@qut.edu.au
Dogs and People (DAP)
Working with Sentient Beings: Establishing Methods for
Collaboration and Cooperation with Canines (and other
animals) while Ensuring Safety and Wellbeing for All

3. A wise person said:
‘Work with what is in your life as already researching it’
• Aging Parents
• New puppy-> dog
• New environments (Helsinki, Denmark now Toowoomba)—the things
that make up homes… and being at home… and being around home
• Mobility and Navigation—know where going and how to get home…

4. History working with Free Play
Wearables

5. Vest: Calming, Activating, Navigating
Vibrotactile Patterns

6. Wayfinding in Large Environments (Hospital Case Study)
Ann/Thomas/Lars Broson Fich
Hospitals & infrastructures get larger & more complex, increase in
out-patient care instead of in-patients.
Increased number of out-patients emphasizes need for effective
way-finding system.
Need scheduling of outpatient treatment e.g. ensure that patients
reach the proper destination in time, and enable “situational
rescheduling”, possible to know e.g. 15 min. ahead of the scheduled
time for e.g. an examination that the patient will not show up at the
scheduled time, because the patient has not yet arrived at the
hospital.
Increased diversity in terms of age and ethnicity expected, increased
demand for systems not rely on technological skills of patient will and
t do not require that the patients are able to read a particular
language.
RFID wayfinding prototype in development.
Various hospital and AAU departments involved)

7. • Collaboration with Department of Care for the Elderly and Disabled City
of Aalborg and newly designed-being built severe dementia care facility
• Goal is to do research on decreasing the risk of escaping
residents (in cold with few clothes, huge risk)
• Various technolgy solutions to be explored:
(i) Bluetooth low energy solution with readers in the environment and
downloadable API to integrate community in searches (long life
battery and long range)
(ii) Radio Frequency Wide Range Solutions (with peel-able tattoo or
similar in clothing identifiers)
(iii) MoCare-MoSafe – extend current system with infrastructure beyond
care facility gates and into surrounding areas with outside solution.
(iv) Extend AngelSense, a GPS and voice-monitoring app to address
longer charge and visibility of functions
• Students can work with e.g. IT Department of Department of Care for
the Elderly and Disabled and AAU team investigating best solutions
for the problem.
Locating Severe Dementia Patients(Ann/Markus/Anders)
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8. Remote Awareness (NON-INVASIVE) Interventions to Increase
Awareness and Decrease Anxiety caused by Distance
The initial study will work with:
1) dog owners remotely located to their dogs(can be
at work during the day, oraway longer periods) to
ascertain to what degree remote awareness and
interaction reduces anxiety levels—times of day,
how often, duration of interactions.
Results from the initial study can then be continued
with cases where:
2) Parents are remote from children (both at work
during the day and/or away for longer periods) and
3) Elder parents are remote to their grown up
children and grandchildren

9. Clara the Kleiner Münsterländer

13. My training felt something like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HVFF9TD0CI&ab_channel=JustForLaughsGags

14. Same groupings, dogs familiar, followed leaders

15. Committed active community

16. Out in nature, colours etc., bit like being in a moving painting

18. Loved their dogs!!

19. Positive Reinforcement

20. Watching my own dog line up with the others, copying,
at ease in the environment

21. Dogs in a row, waiting their turn to go into the water to
get their thrown duck...

22. Strong bonds, dogs in zone

23. Trained but still wild, using senses

24. Family Xmas in New Zealand
Mark Vette works on film, worked with Bekoff over a
period and ran:
Dogs Can Drive Campaign with rescue dogs
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20614593
• http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/12/new-zealand-spca-teaches-
rescue-dogs-how-to-drive-a-mini/

25. Introduced to
Lars Jensen: 2012. Moderne uddannelse af jagthunde.
Jagtforlaget.
• Outlined what vibrotactile could be good for
• Keep dog in dark place for 2 days and they will behave
• Clara behaved terribly
• Not the way we want to work with dogs

26. Identified Three Factors
• handler relationship
• safe environment
• correct reinforcement for motivation
important elements for success in any technology use study with animals.

27. Behaviourist like Sue Bloom of Dogknowledgy
pack walks-see
https://www.facebook.com/Dogknowledgy/

28. https://www.facebook.com/Dogknowledgy/vi
deos/1407463152680265/

29. Sue Bloom of Dogknowledgy pack walks-see
https://www.facebook.com/Dogknowledgy/

30. Sue Bloom of Dogknowledgy pack walks
https://www.facebook.com/Dogknowledgy/

31. Attitude to dog care: Hounds on Holiday-
http://houndsonholiday.com.au/

32. Hounds on Holiday-

33. Working dogs who care for people: FIDO project –
working dogs, using tech to pull language alerts to
communicate (Georgia Tech)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuD7s0X28_U

34. Dogs as Carers
Animal Computer
Interaction Conference
community
http://www.aci2017.org
/

36. These solutions often seen
Addressing Behavioural Issues
Shock and Sonic

37. Non interventionists awareness technology if used wisely

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