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The eLabBench in the WildSupporting Exploratory Science in the Biology Lab

Aurélien Tabard, J.D. Hincapié-Ramos, & Jakob Bardram.

The eLabBench - ITS 2011

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Supporting exploratory science - Aurélien Tabard - LMU

Research cycle3

Design

Office

Analysis

Construction

Laboratory


Iterative4

From Sketching User Experiences (Bill Buxton) via A. de Luca teaching slides

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From Sketching User Experiences (Bill Buxton) via A. de Luca teaching slides

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0123740371?ie=UTF8&tag=patschsblo-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&creative=19454&creativeASIN=0123740371


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Study and needs�9


The problem

Digitization of laboratory work:.: Access to digital data needed in the lab.: Strong need for capture tools in the lab.: Laptops not allowed in the lab

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Related work�11


Field work

.: Situated access to digital information.

.: Capture of laboratory data in digital format.

.: Coverage throughout the whole experimental cycle

.: Accommodate to the constant presence of clutter

.: Expect the user’s attentional focus not to lay on the digital tools

.: Provide the mechanisms to deal with bio-hazard risks

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eLabBench hardware�13

pen

keyboard

mouse

multitouch cell

button

cameraglass plate

frame


eLabBench deployment

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lab com

puter

sink

refrigerator + freezers

LB1

LB2

bench

LB4

LB5

LB6

LB7

LB8

LB9

flow bench

6 biologists - 5 months


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eLabBench


Interaction with tangibles

Levels of information capture

Transformation of the workflow

Usage patterns

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Information Roaming


.: Organization around activities

.: Roaming

.: Duplication/forking

.: Capture and Contextual annotations

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Activity Based Computing


Results

Usage patterns .:Predefined experiment

.:Predefined experiment with changes on the way

.:Variation of an experiment done in the past

.:Ad-hoc experiment, not prepared

.:Collaborative experiment

Different levels of information capture

Interaction with tangibles (racks and machine tags)


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Results

Usage patterns




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Image of the wiki and the rack UI23


Results

Usage patterns




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Tangible integration25


Tangible integration26


Mediated tabletop interaction27

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Results

Usage patterns



Transformation of the workflow .:Blending laboratory and office work

.:Computation in the laboratory

.:Changes in the plans

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Native applications


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Physical Design


.: Snapshots, stills from a top-mounted camera

.: Notes, longer typed notes

.: Scribbles, short hand-written notes,

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Capture and access


.: Wiki based notebook

.: Web browser

.: Calculator

.: Bio-informatics tools

.: Word/Excel

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Native applications

Designing for exploratory science - Aurélien Tabard - ITU

Questions?

Work done in collaboration with .: M. Esbensen .: J. Bardram .: E. Andersen

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Architecture 2.�36

ActivityDock eLabBench

ABC server

miniAbcLib miniAbcLib

HTTPPOST/GET

Cornerstone Win7

IR pen

Win NativeServices

frontbutton

Arduino/Serproxy

topcamera

keyboard

mouse




ABC server


HTTPPOST/GET

Cornerstone Win7

IR pen

keyboard

mouse

Win NativeServices

frontbutton

Arduino/Serproxy

topcamera

Window managemen




ABC server


HTTPPOST/GET

Cornerstone Win7

Win NativeServices

Arduino/Serproxy

topcamera

Window managemen

Cornerstone API

Racks

Machinetags

IR pen

keyboard

mouse frontbutton

elabbench

Science

elabbench hardware

biology lab aurlien

capture tools

digital information

capture of laboratory

tangibles racks

workow usage patterns

information roaming