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Charging surface (2021)
Patent
Worgan, P., Collett, M., Omirou, T., & Sutton, M. (in press). Charging surface. GB2549135A. Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

This patent relates to a charging surface capable of charging multiple portable electronic devices with an internal energy store. Today we are using multiple portable electronic devices, such as smartphones and smartwatches, each of which require... Read More about Charging surface.

Integrating electronic components into deformable objects based on user interaction data (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., Reuss, K., & Mueller, S. (2019). Integrating electronic components into deformable objects based on user interaction data. In TEI '19: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (345-350). https://doi.org/10.1145/3294109.3295629

With an increased interest in Organic User Interface, it becomes more and more important to help designers create deformable devices. One current challenge is the integration of rigid and soft electronic components with the device. In this paper, we... Read More about Integrating electronic components into deformable objects based on user interaction data.

CoilMove: An actuated to-body energy transfer system (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., & Fraser, M. (2017). CoilMove: An actuated to-body energy transfer system. In Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems - DIS '17 (791-795). https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064693

Today, users are an integral part of charging their mobile and wearable computing devices, including smartphones, smartwatches, fitness trackers and music players. In this paper CoilMove is presented. CoilMove is an actuated wireless energy transfer... Read More about CoilMove: An actuated to-body energy transfer system.

DeskWave: Desktop interactions using low-cost microwave Doppler arrays (2017)
Conference Proceeding
McIntosh, J., Fraser, M., Worgan, P., & Marzo, A. (2017). DeskWave: Desktop interactions using low-cost microwave Doppler arrays. In CHI EA '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1885-1892). https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053152

Microwaves are a type of electromagnetic radiation that can pass through a variety of commonly found materials but partially reflect off human bodies. Microwaves are non-ionizing and at controlled levels do not pose a danger. A wave that is capable o... Read More about DeskWave: Desktop interactions using low-cost microwave Doppler arrays.

Inflashoe: A shape changing shoe to control underfoot pressure (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Baousi, K., Fear, N., Mourouzis, C., Stokes, B., Wood, H., Worgan, P., & Roudaut, A. (2017). Inflashoe: A shape changing shoe to control underfoot pressure. In CHI EA '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2381-2387). https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053190

We present Inflashoe, an interactive shoe that uses a pneumatic system to change the inflation level within the sole. This allows the shoe to adapt its shape to different surfaces and users' foot morphology, or to alter users' gait. Inflashoe can not... Read More about Inflashoe: A shape changing shoe to control underfoot pressure.

Garment level power distribution for wearables using inductive power transfer (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., & Fraser, M. (2016). Garment level power distribution for wearables using inductive power transfer. In 2016 9th International Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI) (277-283). https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2016.7529644

© 2016 IEEE. Wearable and smart devices are gaining in popularity, with many users now using multiple devices. Each of these devices requires individual charging and power maintenance. This paper proposes power sharing between multiple wearables to a... Read More about Garment level power distribution for wearables using inductive power transfer.

PowerShake: Power Transfer interactions for mobile devices (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., Knibbe, J., Fraser, M., & Plasencia, D. M. (2016). PowerShake: Power Transfer interactions for mobile devices. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '16 (4734-4745). https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858569

© 2016 ACM. Current devices have limited battery life, typically lasting less than one day. This can lead to situations where critical tasks, such as making an emergency phone call, are not possible. Other devices, supporting different functionality,... Read More about PowerShake: Power Transfer interactions for mobile devices.

Force attraction pen: A haptic pen with variable attraction force (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Burnside, J., Elgar, B., Healer, S., Hill, A., Ioannidis, Z., Mitchell, L., …Roudaut, A. (2016). Force attraction pen: A haptic pen with variable attraction force. In CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2655-2660). https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892441

We present the Force Attraction Pen, a haptic stylus that encourages the users to move in a particular direction by providing variable attraction force feedback based on their actions. The tip of the stylus is augmented with an electromagnet that can... Read More about Force attraction pen: A haptic pen with variable attraction force.

NotiFall - Ambient sonification system using water (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Harman, A., Dimitrov, H., Ma, R., Whitehouse, S., Li, Y., Worgan, P., …Roudaut, A. (2016). NotiFall - Ambient sonification system using water. In CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2667-2672). https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892443

This paper presents NotiFall, an experimental prototype of an ambient auditory notification system. NotiFall uses the sound of falling water to subtly notify users for non-urgent matters, such as weather alerts or emails in an unobtrusive manner. The... Read More about NotiFall - Ambient sonification system using water.

Flexible on-body coils for inductive power transfer to IoT garments and wearables (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., Pappas, O., Omirou, T., & Collett, M. (2016). Flexible on-body coils for inductive power transfer to IoT garments and wearables. In 2015 IEEE 2nd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (297-298). https://doi.org/10.1109/wf-iot.2015.7389069

Inductive power transfer is a promising technology for ambient charging and powering of wearable devices without the need for direct user intervention. Existing systems typically use circular or rectangular coils built using inflexible wire and fixed... Read More about Flexible on-body coils for inductive power transfer to IoT garments and wearables.

Inductive power transfer for on-body sensors. Defining a design space for safe, wirelessly powered on-body health sensors (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Worgan, P., Clare, L., Proynov, P., Stark, B., & Coyle, D. (2015). Inductive power transfer for on-body sensors. Defining a design space for safe, wirelessly powered on-body health sensors. In 2015 9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) (177-184). https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259139

Designers of on-body health sensing devices face a difficult choice. They must either minimise the power consumption of devices, which in reality means reducing the sensing capabilities, or build devices that require regular battery changes or rechar... Read More about Inductive power transfer for on-body sensors. Defining a design space for safe, wirelessly powered on-body health sensors.

Influence of exposure guidelines on the design of on-body inductive power transfer (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Clare, L., Worgan, P., Stark, B. H., Adami, S. E., & Coyle, D. (2015). Influence of exposure guidelines on the design of on-body inductive power transfer. In 2015 IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC). https://doi.org/10.1109/wpt.2015.7140171

Designers of on-body health sensing devices with inductive power transfer (IPT) face a number of trade-offs. Safe exposure limits should be maintained, and protective housing and padding are generally needed; however, these impose compromises on the... Read More about Influence of exposure guidelines on the design of on-body inductive power transfer.

White space radio: Towards an active database-centred topology (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pappas, O., Barratt, T., Collett, M., Gebremicael, K., & Worgan, P. (2014). White space radio: Towards an active database-centred topology. https://doi.org/10.1109/wf-iot.2014.6803180

The following paper presents and discusses the state of the art in White Space radio topologies. A possible system architecture combining database stations and active sensing is also presented. Some of the main challenges associated with such archite... Read More about White space radio: Towards an active database-centred topology.