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Valguarnera_2020_ACM-IDC20
Conference paper (in proceedings)

Two in a Pod : promoting sustainability and healthy eating in children through smart gardening

  • Valguarnera, Sveva ORCID Istituto Dalle Molle di studi sull'intelligenza artificiale (IDSIA), Facoltà di scienze informatiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
  • Soares Guedes, Leandro ORCID Istituto Dalle Molle di studi sull'intelligenza artificiale (IDSIA), Facoltà di scienze informatiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
  • 2020
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  • Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC '20). - 2020, p. 241–246
Children
Design thinking
Sustainability
Gamification
Smart gardening
English Two in a Pod is a smart toy designed to help children learn how to grow edible plants, getting to know them and sharing their progress with their friends. It is composed of a four-slot wood planter, equipped with soil sensors that interact with a mobile app. Children can plant their seeds, monitor their growth through the app, obtain points for each successfully grown plant and share pictures and their progress, from planting the seed to eating their home-grown vegetables. We designed the toy to help children learn about gardening through gamification and sharing, to increase vegetable consumption and raise awareness about sustainable eating.
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