TV 38 - Reimagining Inclusive Technology

Beyond Average: What Could the World of Technology Look Like If It Was Designed Differently? In podcast 38 the Triple Vision team talks with Jutta Treviranus, Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre at Ontario's OCAD University. As Triple Vision sets out to re-imagine what inclusively designed technology systems and apps could look like, Jutta brings her perspective on how designing for the so-called difficult 20% actually promotes innovation and creativity so that products can work for everyone. one of the first things that we examine and question is this notion of average. This goes back to an academic in the 1800's called Katalay who started the field of demographics. He talked about human averages, and that the average human was the ideal to achieve. But there are other people who have shown that there is, in fact, no average human and if we design for the average human then we are creating a greater and greater disparity. Resources: QUANTIZATION: A podcast on inclusion. Podcast 3 part series: Jutta and Bianca series on housing and homelessness, we ask them to look at the future and what technology could offer. YouTube: The Disappearing Computer. In this exclusive preview of groundbreaking, unreleased technology, former Apple designer and Humane cofounder Imran Chaudhri envisions a future where AI enables our devices to "disappear". He gives a sneak peek of his company's new product, shown for the first time ever on the TED stage, and explains how it could change the way we interact with tech and the world around us. Witness a stunning vision of the next leap in device design. Imran Chaudhri TED Talk