Aura
Wellbeing in a time where our data outlives us.
UX: Tom van Wijland, Ece Günesen
ID: Isabelle Olsson, Julius Bahl
UX: Tom van Wijland, Ece Günesen
ID: Isabelle Olsson, Julius Bahl
Our data outlives us, but the systems in place trying to get our consent are not transparent enough to instill trust*
Aura imagines a future where consent is no longer misconstrued by dark patterns and people are empowered through tangible processes that enable us to have full control over the data our own bodies generate.
Aura’s network attached storage unit gives user the reigns of the data their own bodies generate by making things visible. The stored data can be read in the form of an ‘aura’ :a living, breathing flow of our health information that grows and transforms with us.
This helps us form more organic and less obsessive ways of tracking our health - as the human condition is quite fluid and hard to quantify as well.
Digital consent
We often find ourselves using products and services that make us feel like passive entities, excluded from decision-making processes while our valuable metadata is harvested. It is essential for us to develop a more critical perspective regarding the exploitative and obsessive relationships we form with our health data and devices.
“The Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust had failed to comply with the UK's Data Protection Act by providing;
1.6 million patient details*
to Google's DeepMind. There were several shortcomings in how the data was handled, including that patients weren’t properly informed that their data would be used as input in further research and testing.”
*Google DeepMind NHS app test broke UK privacy law, BBC News (2017) ↗
Self-reliant
wellbeing
The quantitative data is only shown to the medical professionals who are equipped to deal with information of such nature. What, when and to which quantity will be shared is in the hands of the patient who is at all times, the administrator of their digital consent and privacy center. The systematic approach facilitates healthcare and medical research via distance and reduces contact from non-urgent conditions.
Weekly reflection
A weekly recap in the form of an audio-visual experience is compiled through all the saved recordings. By turning moments into a more fluid medium through sound, things become less easily quantified and more open for humane interpretation and reflection.
The composition can be synchronized with diverse data sources at the user's discretion.
Project credits
2024 | Duration: 3 months
Individual work