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RHYME at NORDICHI 2012

During the NordiChi 2012 Conference  Jo Herstad and Harald Holone presented their paper “Making sense of co-creative tangibles through the concept of familiarity“. The paper discusses Universal Design and Tangible Interaction through the concept of familiarity. Familiarity is described by engagement, … Continue reading

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RHYME at ArcInTex

RHYME member Birgitta Cappelen has been invited to be a member in the ArcInTex network initiated by the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. The first workshop will take place in Borås 24-25 September 2012. ArcInTex is … Continue reading

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RHYME at Nordic Snoezelen Conference

RHYME were invited and will exhibit at the Nordic Snoezelen Conference at Holmen outside Oslo 25-26 September. The Conference is an annual conference within Multi-sensory Environments.

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Reflect in Berlin

This year’s co-creative tangibles are mobile and  wireless. We have developed 3 new, additional to last years, hardware mobile platforms to test different concepts and combinations of hardware and software. It has been a challenge to include speakers, microphone and sensors … Continue reading

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New 3rd Generation solutions under development

During July and August the RHYME development team (Fredrik, Anders-Petter and Birgitta) is working intensively to develop new solutions for light, sensory stimulation, interaction, battery, projection and mobile musical communication based on smart phones. Wireless communication and devices have large limitations compared to … Continue reading

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RHYME at the 2nd International Health Humanities Conference

Karette Stensæth presented a paper with the title A life with ”smart things”:  Is it a more human, healthy and/or social life?  at the The Second International Health Humanities Conference –  Music, Health, and Humanity.  According to music therapist Kenneth Bruscia: … Continue reading

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RHYME presented 2 fullpapers at ICCHP 2012

RHYME presented and published  two fullpapers at ICCHP 2012 in Linz in July. ICCHP is one of the most important conferences concerning technology and disability. The papers is published in Proceedings by Springer Verlag. One of the papers with the title “RHYME – Musicking … Continue reading

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RHYME keynote and workshop at NMTC 2012

We are very proud and happy that Karette Stensæth was invited to hold a keynote lecture at the 7th Nordic Music Therapy Congress. The theme of the conference is “Music therapy models, methods and techniques “. Karette’s lecture about the RHYME project was … Continue reading

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RHYME at Universal Design 2012

The RHYME project were extensively represented at the most important international conference within Universal Design, UD2012.  Birgitta Cappelen and Anders-Petter Andersson presented two papers with the titles “Designing for Musicking” and “Openness for Diversity”, and Jo Herstad presented his paper “Interaction … Continue reading

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Open presentation at Haug School May 30th

On May 30th  all children, parents, teachers and employees at Haug School and Resource center are invited to an open presentation about RHYME. Karette Stensæth who is a part time music therapist at Haug will lead the orientation in the “Gymsal” that lasts from 17.15 … Continue reading

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