WiP Poster

In this paper we present the work-in-progress on WATCHiT, a wristband computer for data collection during crisis response work. We outline the user-centered research methodology we adopt and we identify four design challenges to be tackled. We report the design of a working prototype that relies on wearable sensors to capture quantitative data and on an eyes-free, token-based interface for tagging sensor data with user-defined text messages. The prototype has been evaluated with emergency workers during a simulated rescue operation.