Social Tech Booster - finding out a solution to pur technology working for Social Causes ...

1. Tiago Cardoso tomfc@fct.unl.pt
Desenvolvimento de
Aplicações Informáticas
para a Intervenção em
Perturbações do Desenvolvimento
Computer Applications’
Development
for Intervention in
Development Disorders

2. Baseline – Search on the ultimate Beneficiaries
Down Syndrome
Authism
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3. … …
Baseline – Care Organizations
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4. Baseline – Care Org. Professionals
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5. Baseline – Care Org. Professionals
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6. Social Tech Booster – Proposal
Universities, R&D Organizations
Social Intervention Organizations (SIO) Finalist Students / ex- Students (23 – 30)

7. Social Tech Booster – Proposal
Universities, R&D Organizations
Social Intervention Organizations (SIO) Finalist Students / ex- Students (23 – 30)
New Approaches Innovation
The Vision
The Need The Ability

8. Social Tech Booster – Proposal
Social Intervention Organizations (SIO) Finalist Students / ex- Students (23 – 30)
• Innovative Therapeutics
• Willingness to adopt new tech.
• Field knowledge
• Vision concerning needs
• “Let us build a better world”
• Creativity & Imagination
• BIG technological knowledge
• Interactivity
• Virtual Reality
• Multimedia Systems
• Natural User Interfaces
• … New Approaches Innovation
The Vision
The Need The Ability
Universities, R&D Organizations

9. Social Tech Booster – Proposal
Social Intervention Organizations (SIO) Finalist Students / ex- Students (23 – 30)
• Innovative Therapeutics
• Willingness to adopt new tech.
• Vision concerning needs
• Field knowledge
• “Let us build a better world”
• Creativity & Imagination
• BIG technological knowledge
• Interactivity
• Virtual Reality
• Multimedia Systems
• Natural User Interfaces
• … New Approaches Innovation
The Vision
The Need The Ability
Universities, R&D Organizations
Digital (Serious) Games

10. But … what’s happening?!
Partnerships do happen!!!
(Between Universities & SIO)
The Results are very positive
(a document, a tested prototype)
between
Universities &
Care Organizations

11. But … what’s happening?!
.. but …
(the prototypes become orphans)
… they end up …
… on the shelf!!! :-/
Why?! The Students move
to their lifes’ next stage ….
between
Universities &
Care Organizations

12. … one example case …
• Kinect-Sign
• Developed in 2011/12
• Won a 1st place
• @ ImagineCup (National level)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zep4ZCyGuN4

13. … one example case …
• Kinect-Sign
• Developed in 2011/12
• Won a 1st place
• @ ImagineCup (National level)
• Ended up on the Shelf
• … and it is still there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zep4ZCyGuN4

14. The challenge in one … diagram …

15. … that is the main Goal of the …
… prevent great projects from …
... ending up on the shelf!!

16. … that is the main Goal of the …
Pick up the best projects and move them to the
next stage – the MARKET!!!

17. Structure / Potential Partners
Partners / Enterprises
● HW / SW Enterprises
● Dissemination
● Exploitation
● ?!?!
Finance Support / Sponsors
● R&D Support Programmes
o CE / FCT / Gulbenkian / ...
o IEEE, IFIP, …
● Crowd Funding
● P2020 / H2020
Social Intervention Organizations
● Knowledge of the problems
● Source of ideas, test environment
● Diferenças, Casa Pia, ...
Universities, R & D Organizations
● Social oriented dissertations
● Entrepreneur students
● Research Groups
URD SIO
FS PE
STB

18. Project
DefinitionProject
DefinitionProject
Definition
Social Intervention Org.
1
Operational Process

19. Project
DefinitionProject
DefinitionProject
Definition
Social Intervention Org.
1
Finalist Students
Dissertation
WorkDissertation
WorkDissertation
Work
2
Operational Process

20. Project
DefinitionProject
DefinitionProject
Definition
Social Intervention Org.
1
Finalist Students
Dissertation
WorkDissertation
WorkDissertation
Work
2
Production
Hired ex-Students
Placing the work in the
"market", for the end-
users
3
Operational Process

21. Project
DefinitionProject
DefinitionProject
Definition
Social Intervention Org.
1
Finalist Students
Dissertation
WorkDissertation
WorkDissertation
Work
2
Production
Hired ex-Students
Placing the work in the
"market", for the end-
users
3
Market
4
Operational Process

22. 3
Ongoing Projects
1 2 4
No Reino dos Fonemas
O Mundo do Simão
Educação Sexual
Aprender os Movimentos
…

23. 31 2 4
No Reino dos Fonemas
Language Phonems
challenges the player to move forward in two islands …
Specialists
Dra. Fátima Trindade
Dra. Sandra Silva
Students
Pedro Beno Mota
José Maria Soares Franco
Phase 3
Tiago Pereira
Static Dynamic

24. O Mundo do Simão
exercise phonetics
used by children with parents or a therapeutic.
Specialists
Dra. Luísa Cotrim
Dra. Teresa Condeço
Students
José Simão
31 2 4

25. Educação Sexual
education through a multimedia ICT approach.
user-friendly content usage of the Kinect Sensor.
Evaluation through puzzles and quizzes …
Specialists
Dra. Joana Almeida
Students
Tiago Nunes
31 2 4

26. Aprender os Movimentos
Specialists
Dra. Susana Martins
Dra. Raquel Barateiro
Students
Miguel Raposo
31 2 4
for children with motor coordination disorder.
exercises videos and info on "what to do" and "how to"
… use the Kinect Sensor to assess proper exercise execution …

27. …
15 Project Ideas identified
27 student groups working on
game design & development
Digital Games’ Technologies
31 2 4

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Project Ideas
SIO

30. Concluding
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Other SIOs
Other SIOs
Centro DIFERENÇAS
(ex-Students)
Entidades Financiadoras
Entidades Financiadoras
Support Finance Entities
MarketPartner Enterprises

31. Concluding
Prj
X
Prj
Y
Prj
Z
...
Other SIOs
Other SIOs
Centro DIFERENÇAS
(ex-Students)
Entidades Financiadoras
Entidades Financiadoras
Support Finance Entities
MarketPartner Enterprises

32. Concluding
…
Any Question,
Comm e,
Suggestion or
is
Thank you for your
attention…
http://rics.Uninova.pt/STB
stb@Uninova.pt