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Simultaneously Monitoring System Design for Infants’ Temperature: A Human-Centred Design (HCD) in Fashion Practice

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Finding a convenient way to simultaneously monitor an infant’s temperature is a major concern in the domain of childcare [26]. This study proposes a novel system for simultaneously monitoring the skin temperature of infants using a thermochromic textile in a modified garment design. Thermochromic materials use pigment activation to provide an easy to comprehend visual indication of an infant’s temperature change. They can detect signs of infants’ skin temperature change, making it possible to monitor a fever by simply watching garments and accessories change color. This paper presents a human-centered methodological approach towards thermochromic textile design for use with infants. It details the approaches taken to explore problems and find solutions, including in-depth semi-structured interviews, laboratory experiments and experimental prototyping. This interdisciplinary project seeks to achieve low-cost and convenient real-time monitoring of infants’ skin surface temperature via a smart textile design. The feedback collected after the textile experiments and design prototyping demonstrated positive potential when applying thermochromic textiles to manage infant health.

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Fund for Central Universities in China under Grant XDJK2015C083.

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    Yushan Zou

  2. University of Canberra, 11 Kirinari Street, Bruce, ACT, 2617, Australia

    Yushan Zou & Fanke Peng

  3. University of South Australia, 101 Currie Street, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia

    Fanke Peng

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Zou, Y., Peng, F. (2022). Simultaneously Monitoring System Design for Infants’ Temperature: A Human-Centred Design (HCD) in Fashion Practice. In: Soares, M.M., Rosenzweig, E., Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design Thinking and Practice in Contemporary and Emerging Technologies. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13323. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05906-3_35

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