Encouraging Physical Activity and Self-Enhancement in Women with Breast Cancer Through a Smart Bra

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Graceful Interactions and Social Support as Motivational Design Strategies to Encourage Women in Exercising

“…The use of such a paradigm of exercise encouragement through a more qualitative social interaction seems to be a relatively unexplored area [21]. Yet it seems promising to give social meaning to sport-related feedback [23] through a more abstract and poetic way [38] by incorporating ambiguity and visualizing uncertainty in the feedback [10]. In the present paper, we therefore argue for the use of a more qualitative aesthetics among sport-related wearables.…”

“…Another reason why women felt uncomfortable wearing these devices was due to the perceived identity (and the social acceptability) associated with them, having a negative impact on the person wearing it [11]. One might prefer a more personal approach of interaction opposed to the currently open and publicly visible feedback [23] since not everyone is interested in or feel comfortable with showing that they are wearing a sportrelated device [33]. This is why we argue, when designing this type of device, to shift its look and feel from a sportrelated wearable to interactive jewelry.…”