Lacu
Lacu is an secure, anonymous, wall-mounted interaction with artificial intelligence (AI) that encourages users to vocalize and reflect on a problem in order to find a solution.
Inspired by peoples’ tendency to suppress negative feelings, Lacu encourages the user to verbalise her problems or anxieties, and thereby stimulate a different area of the brain. The Lacu prototype incorporates technology from IBM’s Watson supercomputer to detect and then visualize keywords that users say. At the end of each session, Lacu provides a printout receipt, which gives an edited overview of what was said. Although it has various applications, Lacu could be particularly effective in the workplace, where its AI can securely and anonymously analyse recurring issues and flag them as areas in need of remedy.
Lacu
Lacu is an secure, anonymous, wall-mounted interaction with artificial intelligence (AI) that encourages users to vocalize and reflect on a problem in order to find a solution.
Inspired by peoples’ tendency to suppress negative feelings, Lacu encourages the user to verbalise her problems or anxieties, and thereby stimulate a different area of the brain. The Lacu prototype incorporates technology from IBM’s Watson supercomputer to detect and then visualize keywords that users say. At the end of each session, Lacu provides a printout receipt, which gives an edited overview of what was said. Although it has various applications, Lacu could be particularly effective in the workplace, where its AI can securely and anonymously analyse recurring issues and flag them as areas in need of remedy.
About the
Designers
Chih Chiu
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
Ken Fujiyoshi
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
Ben Moffatt
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
Eun Kyung Shin
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
About the Designer
Chih Chiu
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
Ken Fujiyoshi
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
Ben Moffatt
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
Eun Kyung Shin
Studio Beck consists of members with inter and non-disciplinary background including but not limited to art, design, engineering and technology. We aspire to imagine and prototype artifacts that not only allows us to communicate to discuss the future of ourselves but furthermore expands our understanding of culture, technology and ourselves.
UNIVERSITY
Royal College of Art
COURSE
Innovation Design Engineering
CATEGORY & YEAR
Connect, 2018
