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- Figure follow: A step by step liberating devicePublication . Cavaleiro Rodrigues, José; Dias, Tiago; Silva, CatarinaFigure Follow (FF) is an award-winning project, envisioned to facilitate the learning of “Compulsory Figures”, an individual discipline of Artistic Roller Skating. This idea has now become a prototype under development, which uses sensors to detect the athletes position over figure lines, and provides, in real time, information concerning the general performance of the athlete and a corresponding score, both sent to a mobile app. FF aims to help class teaching and personal training, creating a more playful way to progress and maintain young athletes motivation. The technological development process of this product is a perfect context to put to the test some sociological ideas about the relation between technologies and society, particularly in a time of accelerated, permanent and transformative innovation. Even if we are just confronted with one more gamification of a learning device, it is an opportunity to discuss the liberating effects of digital communication techs on society and personal lives.
- Figure follow: A step by step liberating devicePublication . Cavaleiro Rodrigues, José; Dias, Tiago; Silva, CatarinaThe use of ICT has proven to have great results enhancing performance and motivation among sport athletes, and we are exploring the same potential in Compulsory Figures of Artistic Roller Skating. In this poster we present the idea, the technology under development and the impact we expect to obtain when feeding the athletes with information about what their bodies can do, and what they need to learn to become better in Compulsory Figures practice.