Towards materials for computational heirlooms: Blockchains and wristwatches
Paper i proceeding, 2018

This paper explores the contrasting notions of "permanance and disposability," "the digital and the physical," and "symbolism and function" in the context of interaction design. Drawing from diverse streams of knowledge, we describe a novel design direction for enduring computational heirlooms based on the marriage of decentralized, trustless software and durable mobile hardware. To justify this concept, we review prior research; attempt to redefine the notion of "material;" propose blockchain-based software as a particular digital material to serve as a substrate for computational heirlooms; and argue for the use of mobile artifacts, informed in terms of their materials and formgiving practices by mechanical wristwatches, as its physical embodiment and functional counterpart. This integration is meant to enable mobile and ubiquitous interactive systems for the storing, experiencing, and exchanging value throughout multiple human lifetimes; showcasing the feats of computational sciences and crafts; and enabling novel user experiences.

Blockchain

Symbolic value

Permanence

Cryptographic key management

Disposability

Heirloom computing

Ensoulment

Sustainability

Materiality

Wristwatches

Författare

Mehmet Aydin Baytas

Koç Üniversitesi

Aykut Coşkun

Koç Üniversitesi

A.E. Yantaç

Koç Üniversitesi

Morten Fjeld

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign

DIS 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference

703-718

2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS 2018
Hong Kong, Hong Kong,

Ämneskategorier

Medieteknik

Interaktionsteknik

Mänsklig interaktion med IKT

DOI

10.1145/3196709.3196778

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