Tangible and wearable user interfaces for supporting collaboration among emergency workers

Authors:
Daniel Cernea;Simone Mora;Alfredo Perez;Achim Ebert;Andreas Kerren;Monica Divitini;Didac Gil de La Iglesia;Nuno Otero
Affiliations:
University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, Linnaeus University, Sweden;Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway;Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway;University of Kaiserslautern, Germany;Linnaeus University, Sweden;Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway;Linnaeus University, Sweden;Linnaeus University, Sweden, University of Minho, Portugal
Venue:
CRIWG'12 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Collaboration and Technology
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Ensuring a constant flow of information is essential for offering quick help in different types of disasters. In the following, we report on a work-in-progress distributed, collaborative and tangible system for supporting crisis management. On one hand, field operators need devices that collect information--personal notes and sensor data--without interrupting their work. On the other hand, a disaster management system must operate in different scenarios and be available to people with different preferences, backgrounds and roles. Our work addresses these issues by introducing a multi-level collaborative system that manages real-time data flow and analysis for various rescue operators.