Sweatatoms: turning your health data into material artifact.

Research at RMIT – Rohit Khot| RMIT University

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VISUAL: Research at RMIT. Sweatatoms: turning your health data into a material artefact. RMIT University logo.

VISUAL: Close up of Rohit Khot holding an orange star shape (lots of little rays coming out of a centre point about a 5cm diameter) made out of plastic by a 3D printer.

Rohit Khot: Wouldn’t it be nice to have our ...

VISUAL: Rohit Khot speaking to the camera. The title at the bottom of the screen reads: Rohit Khot, Higher Degree by Research (School of Media and Communication).

Rohit Khot: ... physical activity data turned into a material form?

VISUAL: Video of a female running across a grass sports field. A title, overlaid on that image, in the centre of the screen reads: SweatAtoms Here’s how it works.

Rohit Khot: Currently, we are mostly used to see it on a digital screen.

VISUAL: Video close up on the female running across the field. A title, overlaid on that image, in the centre of the screen reads: STEP 1: Exercise. User performs a physical activity.

Rohit Khot: But that limits your experience to just reading off information ...

VISUAL: Video close up on the female running across the field. A title, overlaid on that image, at the bottom of the screen reads: STEP 2: Measure. The heart rate activity is measured. The video image turns to black and white and at the top right hand corner of the page is a photograph of an unidentified person’s hands holding and pointing to a heart rate monitor that straps to your chest by Polar. Overlaid across the centre of the screen is a drawing of a simple heart shape with a heart rate graph line coming from the heart up to the photograph.

Rohit Khot: ... your own heart rate or your own energy that you have put it in. Wouldn’t it be better to do ...

VISUAL: At the top of the screen are the words: STEP 3: Model. 3D model is created based on the heart rate data. An image of a jagged up and down graph line in blue is in the centre of the screen. It is manipulated and moved up and down and around in the centre of the screen.

Rohit Khot: ... something more creative or more engaging with it?

VISUAL: Video close up of a 3D printed model in orange of that jagged graph line is being held by Rohit Khot’s hands. It is about 10cm long and above 2cm high for the tallest up and down section of the line.

Rohit Khot: So wouldn’t it be nice if the data gets turned into ...

VISUAL: The female runner is standing in front of a computer screen and is placing different coloured 3D printed representations of heart rates about 2cm long and high onto the top of her computer screen.

Rohit Khot: ... a material artefact that you ..

VISUAL: Close up of female runner’s hand as she places the 3D printed representation of heart rates onto the top of the computer screen. The shape of the 3D printed representation is of frogs. There is a yellow frog about 5 cm wide and high, then beside that a green frog about 3cm an then the 2cm yellow frog that the female is placing on the top of the computer screen.

Rohit Khot: ... can decorate your world?

VISUAL: Rohit Khot speaking to the camera.

Rohit Khot: Or it could be an edible form that you can eat.

VISUAL: Close up of the orange star shaped 3D printed shape hanging on a cord on the female runner’s neck.

Rohit Khot: You can give it to ...

VISUAL: Close up of the female placing a green ring 3D printed shape onto her centre finger on her left hand.

Rohit Khot: ... someone as a gift as a token of ...

VISUAL: The female runner is looking down at and admiring the green 3D printed ring on her finger.

Rohit Khot: ... your heart.

VISUAL: Rohit Khot speaking to the camera.

Rohit Khot: So that’s how I approach my research.

VISUAL: Video close up of the female holding her left hand up at the camera, her face can be seen in the background looking at the green 3D printed ring on her finger which has five little bumps or bubbles across the top of it (like where a jewel would sit on a ring). Title at the bottom of the screen overlaid on this video reads: Representation 5: Ring. Bubbles around the ring denotes number of active hours.

Rohit Khot: People, particularly, like this new mode of representations. It also ...

VISUAL: Rohit Khot speaking to the camera.

Rohit Khot: ... encourages in a certain way to do more exercise.

VISUAL: Close up of Rohit Khot closed up hand that he opens to reveal a green frog-shaped 3D shape in his palm.

Rohit Khot: For example, this is a frog ...

VISUAL: Rohit Khot speaking to the camera and holding the frog up to show the camera as he speaks.

Rohit Khot: ... which actually grew in size ...

VISUAL: Video of a 3D printer forming/building a yellow heart rate jagged line shape. The title at the bottom of the screen reads: ”Now I can print a 3D object that is my heart beat shape”.

Rohit Khot: ... as you do more physical activity.

VISUAL: Video close up of the top of the 3D printer with the yellow printing material moving through a tube. The title at the bottom of the screen reads: ”Now I can print a 3D object that is my heart beat shape”.

Rohit Khot: I, myself, is a ...

VISUAL: Video of the 3D printer forming/building the yellow heart rate jagged line shape. The title at the bottom of the screen reads: ”Now I can print a 3D object that is my heart beat shape”.

Rohit Khot: ... from a computer ...

VISUAL: Close up of the 3D printer plate and nozzle as it’s forming/building the yellow heart rate jagged line shape.

Rohit Khot: ... science background so I have a more ...

VISUAL: Rohit Khot speaking to the camera.

Rohit Khot: ... engineering?focus approach towards a problem. But after coming here I learn more different perspectives: how to think from a design ...

VISUAL: Video of a female exercising on a cross trainer machine, her feet are pedalling and her arms are moving forward and back. In the background are the disc shapes on the façade of RMIT’s The Hub building.

Rohit Khot: ... or how to think ...

VISUAL: Same image as before of female exercising on the cross trainer but now the screen splits in half and this video image moves to the left half of the screen. At the bottom left corner of the screen are the words: 174 BPM. On the right of the screen is the writing: The more varied your exercise is, the more flavourful your drink will be!

Rohit Khot: ... from a social science perspective. I would encourage aspiring researchers to actually take research as ...

VISUAL: Polystyrene tray holding two glasses half?filled with water with a probe in each. The drink at the left of the screen is clear water and the drink at the right of the screen is an amber colour. The title on the left of the screen beside the clear water reads: Drink 1: low level activity 60-95 BPM water. A stream of clear water squirts out of the probe sitting in the glass and stops.

Rohit Khot: ... their career path because it is not just ...

VISUAL: Same video image as before and now the title on the right of the screen beside the amber coloured water reads: Drink 2: moderate activity 96-130 BPM 0 Sugar, 0 calories. A stream of amber coloured water squirts out of the probe sitting in the glass and stops.

Rohit Khot: ... exciting and happening, it gives you an opportunity to not only ...

VISUAL: Rohit Khot speaking to the camera.

Rohit Khot: ... peek into the future but also actively contributing it to shape the way you desire, not just for yourself but also for the generations to come.

VISUAL: RMIT University Logo and website www.rmit.edu.au. This video features the song “Breathe Some Life” by Sweet Wave Audio. Available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.

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