HW2 By Lazlo Ring

1. Stress Relief Station.

The Stress Relief Station is a kiosk based system designed to relax patients in hospital waiting rooms. The Kiosk is set up with an interactive Agent that greets the user when they are in close proximity to the station (detected via a weight activated switch in front of the kiosk). Through a touch screen interface, the patient communicates why they are at the hospital by selecting very broad topics (I.E. I’m here for a checkup, I’m here for a test, I’m here with someone else, etc). Based on what was selected, the Agent will then give the patient positive facts about the Hospital, and try to relieve some of their worries by having them “talk” out their concerns.

2. Health risk Assessment System.

The Health Risk Assessment System is a kiosk based system that tries to identify mental and physical health problems prior to the patient seeing their doctor. When the patient approaches the system, they are presented with a series of stories, which ask the patient what they would do in certain scenarios. All of the stories are based off of standard diagnosis tools, and are used to try and identify mental and physical health problems that are more prevalent in older populations, such as early signs of Alzheimer’s or Dementia. Once the patient has finished interacting with the system, a piece of paper is printed out so that the doctor can quickly see if he should do further screenings for any of these problems.

3. Computerized Information Station

The Computerized Information Station is a kiosk system designed to answer commonly asked questions patients may have upon entering a hospital waiting room. Upon approaching the display, patients are presented with multiple buttons that try and answer a large range of questions, such as when/where is their appointments, or how to I get to another part of the hospital. Both auditory and visual responses are given back to the patient, with the option to further elaborate on the answer.