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Enhancing Curiosity to Create a Child-Centered EEG Experience

This project was part of DDW 2020
Wavy experience being played — © Design: Tina Ekhtiar | Photography: Marek Torbus

Wavy is a playful experience using projected images & interactive physical pieces to enhance curiosity for children doing an electroencephalogram (EEG). Wavy introduces the procedure & explores ‘What an EEG does’, creating moments for child-patients to feel invited to ask questions about the EEG.

Wavy is a collaboration between the Play Well Lab from TU Delft and the Sophia Children’s Hospital Erasmus MC new Child Brain Lab. Child-patients are often accustomed to being passive participants in their healthcare, Wavy aims to create a space where chi

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Play Wavy experience — © Design: Tina Ekhtiar | Photography: Marek Torbus

Images of Wavy visuals — © Design: Tina Ekhtiar

The physical pieces and tray in the Wavy game — © Design: Tina Ekhtiar

Electrode pieces & Knob