Brainwolk
Aino Ahtinen, Eeva Andrejeff, Kaisa Väänänen · 2016
We present Brainwolk, a walking meeting concept that is mediated with the means of mobile technology. Brainwolk was developed to encourage physical activity in mostly sedentary knowledge work. It is meant for different work tasks, especially for creative work such as ideation and getting inspiration, reflecting on one's thoughts and discussing about work-related topics in relaxed atmosphere. Brainwolk enables knowledge workers to work while walking, thus bringing in several benefits for health and wellbeing, as well as creativity and social interaction. Here we present the Brainwolk concept and a summary of a series of the user experience studies where we have evaluated it during the years 2015--2016. The concept and findings contribute on HCI by bringing in design relevant knowledge and insights on the growing field of technology mediated, physically active ways of work, which belong to the blossoming area of persuasive wellness technologies.