Faustina Hwang's SPARC project on improving computer interaction for older users is featured in the Mature Times

Hear Faustina talking about her work.
Time scale: 12 months, £42,703

An Interview with Faustina Hwang (MP3)

Access to computers and the Internet can be beneficial to older people in many ways. For older adults, however, computers can be difficult to use because of the need to control a cursor accurately for selecting targets on the screen. This project will investigate techniques for improving target selection with a computer mouse. In particular, we are interested in learning if dynamic targets, for example icons that expand or move toward the cursor, can make target selection easier for older computer users.