The
Invisible User Interface (IUI) will be a key characteristic of next
generation Health
4.0 systems.
The
emerging Invisible
User Interface (IUI),
also referred to as the Natural
User
Interface
(NUI),
involves
a major paradigm
shift in man machine interaction using
a computer
interface
that will
be
basically
invisible. Most
computer interfaces today
use
artificial controls
and
tangible
devices
whose operation has to be learned, e.g.
Windows, computer mouse, joystick.
That's
about to change big time with
the convergence of multiple modern technologies.
See
Wikipedia.
The
Invisible
User
Interface
(IUI)
will
include
sound, touch, gesture, and
tactile
inputs and outputs as
humans interact
with an
ever increasing numbers of
'smart'
machines
all
around us,
i.e.
Internet of Things (IoT).
The goal for system developers is to now make
ubiquitous computing technology ever more simple to use – designing
systems to seemingly be more intuitive and accessible for use by
humans with minimal technical knowledge and expertise.
| Health 4.0 - Imagine a next generation Artificial
Intelligence (AI) system linked
to a
massive
global health data warehouse storing data from a wide range of
health IT systems, e.g. Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems,
Personal Health Records (PHR), Health Information Exchange (HIE)
networks, wearable fitness trackers, implantable medical devices,
clinical imaging systems, genomic databases and bio-repositories,
health research knowledgebases, medical
sensors
and more. Health 4.0 Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems of the future will constantly monitor and analyze the health data gathered on humans in real-time, quietly detecting potential individual and public health issues in the background. It will detect problems and diagnose them, send alerts to patients and their healthcare providers, and generate treatment plans to resolve any healthcare issues. The system will also be interfaced to pharmacies, laboratories, health insurers, public health agencies, and other institutions as needed. The key is that most of this activity will be done quietly in the background. Health 4.0 systems will use a variety of emerging technologies that will allow an infrastructure of intelligent sensors embedded in our living and working environment to unobtrusively monitor your personal health data and then interact with you, your family, healthcare provider, and other concerned parties using a range advanced verbal and non-verbal communication technologies – think Amazon Echo or Apple's Siri personal assistants. |
Invisible
User Interface
Today's
computers
can hear, see, read and understand humans better than ever before.
Using
advanced ambient
intelligence devices embedded in the environment where we live
and work, these emerging technologies will be able to monitor our
movements, voice, glances, and even thoughts – causing
these
systems to respond and
meet
our
needs in a variety of ways.
These
technologies are
opening a world of opportunities for
AI-powered systems
to interact and serve us using next
generation Invisible User Interfaces
(IUI).
Think
about it! Our
words and natural
gestures will
trigger interactions with
computer systems and
the
Internet of Things (IoT) all around us,
just
as
if we
were
communicating to another person. Essentially,
we'll
be
doing away with old-fashioned 'screens',
today's
graphical user interface (GUI), and the
ever growing number of mobile
apps.
Building
the Invisible User Interface (IUI) is a
new way of approaching the user experience that thinks beyond the
screen. The
goal is to design systems
to better
fit
within our
lives, rather than forcing us
to adapt to the machines
we use.
Key features of the
IUI and future
systems include:
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Anticipatory design of new products and experiences that use constantly available, real-time data to anticipate what customers need and want to do next.
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Personalization is the way that companies can better connect and interact with their customers, giving them the information they need in a way that feels more 'human'.
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Ambient communication involving an infrastructure of intelligent sensors that will be embedded in our living and working environment – including wearable and implantable systems.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be needed to monitor, analyze, and take action based on the wide array of data being collected on each person.
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'Deep learning' is the process of teaching computers to understand and solve a problem by itself, rather than having engineers code each and every solution.
Examples of Systems using Invisible User Interfaces (IUI)
The following are some current examples of emerging next generation apps and interfaces to tomorrow's information systems. What makes them special is that they use a non-traditional invisible or conversational user interfaces as their means of interaction with humans - Read 'No UI' Is The New UI.
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Amazon Echo – Voice interaction device capable of accepting commands and providing a wide range of information to you upon request. It can also control smart devices in your home.
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Braingate - Creating and testing transformative neurotechnologies to restore communication, mobility, and independence of people with neurologic disease, injury, or limb loss.
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Emotiv – Creating mobile EEG wearable systems, providing access to advanced brain monitoring and cognitive assessment technologies. Read Telepathy and Brain Interface
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Magic – This company provides access to a 'smart' personal assistant set of services to meet a range of customer needs.
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'M' by Facebook - A personal assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that’s integrated with Messenger to help complete tasks and find information on your behalf.
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TIII Project – Collaborative research project focus on developing tangible, intuitive, interactive interfaces (TIII) for the future.
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Wii – Uses a handheld pointing device for interacting with the Wii computerized game system that detects movement in three dimensions.
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You might also want to explore Google
Glass, Hexoskin, and other
'smart'
wearable systems.
Conclusions and Next Steps
How
people communicate with each other is very different from how people
interact with machines. The
trend
in computer systems design now
involves
looking
more closely
at
how
humans
interact
and communicate
intuitively. The
goal is to
teach computers,
machines,
and
the Internet of Things (IoT)
to better
comprehend and communicate with humans.
| ‘The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.’ That’s what computer scientist Mark Weiser wrote in his famous article The Computer for the 21st Century, originally published in 1991. |
In
the relatively near future, we will be interacting with computers all
around us without noticing them. This ties in closely with the
Invisible User Interface (IUI) and the rapid growth of the Internet
of Things (IoT), which includes wearable, implantable, and
embedded health sensors.
Collaboration,
Coherence, and Convergence will be the key to industry efforts to
challenge the current generation of health IT and healthcare delivery
systems. Efforts are already underway to design and build the next
generation healthcare systems – Read Global
Health 4.0
for 2040 and Beyond
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