The ABB Powerwall is a collaborative interface for industrial environments, consisting of a large, interactive, and collaborative display. On-site service technicians can seamlessly move information back and forth from their personal mobile support systems to the ABB Powerwall. The system supports various kinds of collaborative work, including making annotations, browsing for information, and visualizing blueprints and three-dimensional representations of products or torrents.
For the service technicians, the ABB Powerwall provides an unobtrusive way of sharing information, discussing problems and issues with others in front of a large collaborative screen, and the chance of socializing and learning from each other. Located strategically in the factory environment, the ABB Powerwall becomes a natural gathering point and increases interaction between different categories of workers.
The ABB Powerwall was presented at the Design for User Experience (
http://www.dux2005.org) conference November 2005. The project paper can be downloaded from
http://www.selfconstruct.com/selfconstruct_blog/web_image...Project by Daniel Fallman, Mike Kruzeniski, and Mattias Andersson. Completed in 2004 at the Umea Institute of Design, Umea, Sweden.
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