Human Powered Interaction

  • Category: HCI
  • Client: Umeå University
  • Project date: 02 February, 2023
  • Project Video: Click me

Eco Fitness and Community Power: A Human Powered Prototype for Power Generation

This project explores the viability of utilizing human power as a renewable energy source and its implications for establishing a community-powered energy collective. The idea involved individuals generating electricity through specially designed gym equipment to produce energy credits.

Two prototypes were developed: one demonstrated the feasibility of generating energy using a hand crank, while the second tracked energy production in terms of credits through an app. Participants, assigned personas, made decisions on spending credits. The project included open group discussions about who could benefit from such a system.