May 27th 2015 marked the first Technology for Healthy Ageing and Wellbeing (THAW) event bringing together the general public with those in the NHS, councils, charities and industry to discuss if technology could be used to help older people lead happier healthier lives. The day started with Professor Arlene Astell giving a short presentation on…
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Exploring Gamification in Health & Wellbeing Apps
While assessing the information rich roster of seminars at EHI Live 2014, I spotted an intriguing seminar hidden away under the HANDI Health Apps Conference line-up relating to one of my key areas of research: “Gamification”. The EHI Live guide described the seminar as a discussion of how gamification in digital applications can enhance user…
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