Fraunhofer FIT investigates human-centered computing in a process context.

The usability and usefulness of information and cooperation systems is optimized in their interplay with human work practice, organization and process.

 

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Early recognition of cancer and infarcts

October 6-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany: Fraunhofer FIT presents an integrated micro fluidic diagnostic application system. Hall 9, D30. Project page

Cell phone, PDA et cetera: A thumb is not enough.

A summary of the proceedings of MobileHCI, the leading international conference on mobile services, held in Bonn last week. Press release

Augmented Reality under water 

SIGGRAPH 2009, New Orleans, ACM Student Research Competition: Lisa Blum, Fraunhofer FIT, reached the third place with "Augmented Reality Under Water".

Fraunhofer FIT presented an Augmented Reality system for use under water. A diver's mask with a special display lets the diver see his or her real submarine surroundings overlaid with computer-generated virtual scenes. In the pilot application, an AR game, the player sees a coral reef with shoals, mussels and weeds, instead of a plain indoor pool. Applications for professional divers are being investigated. More...