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Carina Rieder
Master Thesis
2019
In colaboration with
UID München
 https://www.uid.com
Carl Zeiss Microscopy
https://www.zeiss.de/mikroskopie/home.html |
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Hardware Software Interaction
of Microscopes
UX Research and Design
Interaction concept
for handling a scientific Zeiss Microscope
used in research institutions
 Poster Information (pdf)
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Modern microscopes in research institutions are a complex combination of many individual components.
Users often interact with the microscope itself and the software at the same time. Contextual interviews showed that especially beginners and occasional users need detailed technical understanding within the complex workflows in order to operate a modern microscope. |
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The user-centered methodology "Lean UX" was applied in order to solve the user’s problems with minimal effort.
Several MVP (minimal viable product) prototypes were tested for the validation of the concept ideas. |
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| The concept takes into account the entire workplace with all its elements including software, hardware, the laboratory conditions and the specimen itself. |
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Haptic elements (including the classical PC setup) must be maintained as they are easy to understand and good for exact adjustments.
A control panel uniting all the haptic microscope controls is placed next to the keyboard. Now the user can manage the whole system from the computer. |
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updated: 11. July 2019 |
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