Posts tagged captology
The Chocolate Machine at BloombergBusinessweek and Reveries.com [updt]

Based on our Note at CHI'12The Chocolate Machine arouses some interest. Marc talked to Drake Bennett of BloombergBusinessweek. Additionally, Tim Manners of Reveries.com posted an short note about the Chocolate Machine. Additionally The Food Chanel posted some lines about the Chocolate Machine.

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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

Transformational Objects aim at facilitating the realization of actions people find worthwhile, but hard to implement. To do so, the objects comments on our actions the very moment we may fall prey to a temptation. The object creates friction – but in a playful, slightly mocking way. Learn more ... Episode 3: Greenstuff Glory by Constanze Schlüter

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Aesthetic of Friction - TEDx Utrecht

I am excited ... to speak at the TEDx event on Moral Persuasion on the 8th of November at the Utrecht Hogeschool on "Transformational Objects and an Aesthetic of Friction".

I was really there ... Proof is courtesy of my friends from Design and Emotion.

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Persuasive, transformational, gamified - Themenheft der i-com

"Persuasive Technologies" und "Gamification" erforscht den Einsatzinteraktiver Produkte mit dem Ziel, das Verhalten und die Einstellungen von Menschen gezielt zu verändern. Dabei gilt es eine Reihe von Aspekten zu berücksichtigen: von allgemeineren ethischen Fragen oder der Frage, was Motivation überhaupt ist, bis zur Gestaltung konkreter Produkte, ihrer Akzeptanz und der Messung ihres Erfolgs.

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