Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Living Laboratory Exploring Mobile Support for Everyday Life with Diabetes

  • Published:
Wireless Personal Communications Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The paper presents the set up of a Living Laboratory in a city of North Denmark exploring mobile support for everyday life with diabetes. Background and definitions of the living lab method is presented together with descriptions of the technical setup, applications and explorations. The living lab method was practiced over two iterations—one in 2008 and one in 2009. 17 diabetes families, 9 service providers, researchers and ICT-consultants has participated in the activities. The results present how the living lab method provides an open platform for exploring technology in naturalistic settings combined with controlled activities, technical set up, support and data collection. The meetings of users, researchers, developers, and service providers in the living lab showed how living labs are an open platform supporting interactive learning among participants on technological innovations. The living lab method as combined here with a user-driven approach is an example of how designers can carry out and gain from working with people as co-creators in design projects.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Sengers B., Sengers J. (2005) Making by making strange—Defamiliazation and the design of domestic technologies. ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction 12: 2

    Google Scholar 

  2. IDF. (2008). Diabetes atlas, international diabetes foundation, Brussels, http://www.eatlas.idf.org, accessed Mar. 14, 2008 diabetes atlas, http://www.eatlas.idf.org/media/.

  3. Kanstrup, A. M., et al. (2008). Design for more: An ambient perspective on diabetes. In Proceedings of the participatory design conference 2008 (PDC2008). Bloomington, Indiana, US, October 1–5, 2008.

  4. Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E., & Kaufman, D. (2006). Investigating health management practices of individuals with diabetes. CHI 2006, April 22–27, 2006, Montéal, Québec, Canada.

  5. Danholt, P. (2008). Interacting bodies: Posthuman enactments of the problem of diabetes—Relating science, technology and society-studies, user-centered design and diabetes practice. PhD thesis, Computer Science, Department of Communication, Business and Information Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark.

  6. Kanstrup, A. M. (2008). Living lab Skagen 2008. In Proceedings from the Danish Hci research symposium 2008. Aalborg, November 20th 2008.

  7. Følstad A. (2008) Living Labs for innovation and development of information and communication technology: At literature review. The electronic journal of virtual organizations and networks (eJov) 10: 99–131

    Google Scholar 

  8. Abowd, G. D., et al. (2000). Living laboratories: The future computing environments groups at the Gorgia institute of technology (pp. 215–216). CHI 2000, April 1–6, 2000.

  9. Intille, S. (2005). A living laboratory for the design and evaluatoin of uniquitous computing technology (pp. 1941–1944). CHI 2005, April 2–7, Portland, Oregon, USA.

  10. CoreLabs. (2008). CORELABS from AMI@Work Communities Wiki. Available at: http://www.ami-communities.net/wiki/CORELABS.

  11. Almirall E., Wareham J. (2008) Living labs and open innovation: Roles and applicability. The Electronic Journal of Virtual Organizations and Networks (eJov) 10: 22–46

    Google Scholar 

  12. Leon, M. P., et al. (2006). Creating a distributed mobile networking testbed environment—Through the living labs approach. Testbeds and research infrastructures for the development of networks and communities, 2006. TRIDENTCOM 2006. Barcelona, Spain, 2006.

  13. Lundvall, B. (eds) (1992) National systems of innovation: Towards a theory of innovtion and interactive learning. Pinter Publisher, London

    Google Scholar 

  14. Kanstrup A. M., Christiansen C. (2009) User-driven innovation as mutual but asymmetrical learning. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 5(3): 1–12

    Google Scholar 

  15. Thomke, S., & von Hippel, E. (2002). Customers as innovators: A new way to create value. Harvard Business Review, April 2008

  16. Hughes B., Joshi I., Wareham J. (2008) Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Tensions and controversies in the field. Journal of Medical Internet Research 10(3): e23

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Fisher, G. (1998). Beyond “Couch Potatoes”: From consumers to designers. apchi (p. 2). Third Asian Pacific Computer and Human Interaction.

  18. Davis, M. (2008). Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in kansas anymore... interactions (pp. 28–34). September + October 2008.

  19. Sanders E., Stappers P. J. (2008) Co-creation and the new landscapes of design. CoDesign 4(1): 5–18

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Communication, Aalborg University, Kroghstræde 3, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark

    Anne Marie Kanstrup

  2. Engineering College of Aarhus, Dalgas Avenue 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Kim Bjerge

  3. Præstelodden 1, 8330, Beder, Denmark

    Jens E. Kristensen

Authors
  1. Anne Marie Kanstrup
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Kim Bjerge
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Jens E. Kristensen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Anne Marie Kanstrup.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kanstrup, A.M., Bjerge, K. & Kristensen, J.E. A Living Laboratory Exploring Mobile Support for Everyday Life with Diabetes. Wireless Pers Commun 53, 395–408 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-010-9953-3

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-010-9953-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation