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HomeSenseALS - A Mobile App for People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • Prizes
    Winner in CONCEPTUAL (Design only or Prototype)/Interface Product Design
  • Company
    Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, Portugal
  • Lead Designer
    Catarina Dantas
  • Design Team
    Human-Centred Design Team
  • Project Link
HomeSenseALS is a self-management app for people with Amyotrophic Lateral Schlerosis, where universal design concerns materialized through non-stigmatising graphics, and redundant (visual and textual) guidance for self-collection of health data.

Bio Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS is a centre conducting research and development of digital technologies, mainly for the sectors of health and of manufacturing. The centre is composed of a multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in design (service, interaction, industrial), healthcare, informatics, electronics, data science and biomedical engineering.

Other prizes Winner, DNA Award 2024, Category: Design for people, Project: Operator - Digital Transformation In Industry 4.0; Winner, DNA Award 2024, Category: Design for people, Project: Redefine - Game Controller for Inclusive Gaming; Honourable Mention, DNA Award 2024, Category: Graphic Design, UI Design, Project: HomeSenseALS - A Mobile App for People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Silver, IDA 2024, Category: Conceptual Products Toys & Games, Project: Redefine - Game Controller for Inclusive Gaming; Bronze, IDA 2024, Category: Conceptual Products Industrial, Project: Operator - Digital Transformation In Industry 4.0; Winner, EPDA 2024, Category: Product Design, Project: Operator - Digital Transformation In Industry 4.0; Winner, EPDA 2024, Category: Product Design, Project: HomeSenseALS - A Mobile App for People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis;

Photo Credit: Fraunhofer Portugal Aicos
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