Historic
Open Village at Geneva Health Forum
- , Genève
We will host a co-creation week to promote libre and open-source hardware for health during the Geneva Health Forum. A collaboration with the Open Geneva festival and the University of Geneva.
Global report 2014 ⋅ 2020
, Geneva
Synthesis of Breathing Games since its inception. Communication on progress as signatories of the UN Global Compact. Download (PDF, 8 Mo).
Presenting the games created with youth with cystic fibrosis
, Paris
We present the games developed with and for young adults who live with cystic fibrosis, in collaboration with hospitals Necker and Cochin, and the Fonds FHF.
Talks on open sciences at Tsinghua university
- , Haidian Qu
We take part to the SDG Innovation Bootcamp organised by Tsinghua and Geneva universities, and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.
Citizen project initiated with Yonsei and Geneva universities
, Seoul
The university of Geneva and Yonsei university (Seoul) have selected a project carried out in collaboration with LogAir to encourage people to collect air quality data related to our games. Read the proposal.
WHO GARD general meeting
-
For the fourth year, we take part to the general meeting of the Global Alliance against chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO GARD).
Open science for mutual care: WHO GARD poster
, Beijing
Download the poster we present as participants of the Global Alliance against chronic Respiratory Diseases (PDF, 1 Mo).
Game jam for youth with cystic fibrosis
- , Paris
We organize a second game jam for young adults who live with cystic fibrosis at La Suite in Paris, in collaboration with hospitals Necker and Cochin. The event is supported by the Research and innovation fund of the French hospitals federation.
Game jam for respiratory health
- , Besançon
We invite people who have respiratory insufficiency or cystic fibrosis to test and co-create various games at Arc-en Ciel foundation and Besançon hospital in collaboration with fablab Great Besançon and Hacking Health Besançon.
European nights of researchers
, Palermo
Clinicians from the Istitute for research and biomedical innovation present the game Asthma Heroes they translated in italian. Download the program.
Launch in Asia-Pacific
- , Seoul
We take part to Citypreneurs to sketch solutions to preserve the air and our respiratory health. Citypreneurs is hosted by the City of Seoul, UNESCAP, UNDP, WFUNA, WeGo and Seoul Digital Foundation.
Open Science Hardware - U Toronto
, Toronto
We take part to the Gathering for Open Science Hardware and the demo session taking place at the University of Toronto.
Workshop at Serious Play Montreal
, Montreal
We facilitate a workshop around air quality andé the breathe during the Serious Play conference taking place at the University of Quebec in Montreal.
Gamification & Serious Games Symposium
, Neuchâtel
We present a poster during the gamification and serious game symposium organized at the University of applied sciences Arc.
Featured on the GARD respiratory alliance newsletter
, Geneva 27
The Global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases, to which we participate, presents three of our events on the first page of its summer edition. Read the newsletter.
Launch of a virtual reality project
- , Montreal
We prototype an immersive experience that fosters inner peace and creativity through virtual reality and our breathe-through controler. Supported by Concordia University, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Fonds FHF.
Glimpse of two editions at OpenGeneva
, Genève
We present the outcomes of the 2017-2018 OpenGeneva festival editions at Fête de l'innovation: five games (lung capacity test, selfcare in asthma, sharing experience of cystic fibrosis), one toy and a device developed, presence at the RTS telejournal, and WSIS forum.
Arkathon Valais
- , Sion
We continue our game to self-assess one's lung capacity and contribute to a virtual reality project, adding our breath-based game controller. To be continued in Quebec. The Arkathon is supported by the fondation Ark.
World Summit on the Information Society Forum
, Genève
We present Breathing Games at the WSIS Forum exhibition space hosted by the University of Geneva around the Sustainable Development Goals.
Appearance on the Swiss broadcast RTS
, Genève
Report of RTS on the game jam we organize as part of the Open Geneva festival, with the support from Lift, the Swiss Game Center, the Genevan foundation against cystic fibrosis, and the University of Geneva. Watch here. Rebroadcasted on TV5 monde (20:49 - 22:46).
Panel - Meet the makers of a better world
, Genève
Nicholas Niggli (Canton Geneva), Fabio Balli (Breathing Games), Ines Knäpper (THE Port), Ruta Nimkar (Terre des Hommes), Shannon Dosemagen (Public Lab) took part to the panel "Geneva solutions: Meet the makers of a better world" held by Open Geneva and facilitated by Serge Michel (Heidi) at Campus Biotech.
Game jam OpenGeneva '19
- , Carouge
We host a game jam to further develop the games and controler sketched at Necker during the Open Geneva festival. A collaboration with Lift, the Swiss Game Center, the Genevan foundation against cystic fibrosis, and the University of Geneva.
Game jam for youths with cystic fibrosis at Necker
- , Paris
We held our first game jam for young adults who live with cystic fibrosis at La Suite in Paris, in collaboration with hospitals Necker and Cochin. The event is supported by the Research and innovation fund of the French hospitals federation.
Asthmatic children test four games
- , Montreal
Children who live with asthma test our four games Lung Launcher, Asthmonautes, Bloïd and Asthma Heroes during a qualitative study at Sainte-Justine hospital. The research is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Concordia University.
Festival Montréal joue
, Montreal
We present in French "Games that inspire: common good and health innovation" during the Games and Education day organized by Quebec library and the libraries of Montreal as part of the festival Montreal joue.
New flow based game controller
, Montreal
A new controller built with an Arduino processor and 3D filament was developed with the support of Haply. It will be clinically tested in the coming weeks.
Celebration at the University of Montreal
, Montreal
Our project is part of the 50 pictures presented to celebrate 50 years of the faculty of planning at the University of Montreal.
Canadian Art Therapy Conference
- , Montreal
We present a poster (PDF, 1 Mo) at the 39th CATA conference held at Concordia University.
Innovation week at Sainte-Justine
, Montreal
We present different games during the Quality and innovation week at Sainte-Justine hospital.
We become members of the WHO respiratory alliance
, Helsinki
The general assembly of the Global Alliance against chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD-WHO) accepts us as participants. Watch our poster (PDF, 2 Mo).
Synthesis 2014 – 2018
, Geneva
Our achievements since five years are present in a 17-page document. This includes our commitment as signatories to the United Nations Global Compact.
Pretest of new games on asthma
, Montreal
Noah tests the new games Asthma Heroes and Asthmonaut, which inform how to prevent and manage asthma crises.
Game Jam OpenGeneva '18
- , Carouge
We host a third respiratory health game jam during OpenGeneva at Geneva university and hospitals. A collaboration with Lift, the Swiss Game Center and the FGLM. Watch our outcomes and download the posters (PDF, 6 Mo).
McGill webinar
, Montreal
Fabio Balli speaks about game jams to co-design respiratory health games at McGill Game Lab. Watch the presentation.
Open access commons at OMNSH
, Paris
We present Breathing Games and discuss commons on the general assembly of the Observatoire des Mondes Numériques en Sciences Humaines, a collective of researchers around digital tech.
Collaborate and learn/teach differently
- , Montreal
We host a keynote speech at Sainte-Justine hospital and two workshops at Concordia University with Madeleine Laugeri. The events are funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Concordia, Sainte-Justine and the Sustainability Action Fund.
WHO respiratory diseases alliance
, Bruxelles
We take part to the general meeting of the Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases held in Brussels. Watch our poster (PDF, 1 Mo) and the presentation of the mHealth working group we took part to.
Open Science – Canadian Policies
, Ottawa
We take part to the Canadian Science Policy Conference held in Ottawa. Watch our presentation. Go to the synthesis of the panel and to our editorial.
OpenVillage Festival
, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
We take part to the OpenVillage Festival organized by EdgeRyders in Brussels. Watch our presentation (PDF, 10 Mo).
Think (with) the videoludic culture
, Lausanne
We take part to the colloquium Penser (avec) la culture vidéoludique organized by the University of Lausanne. Watch our presentation (PDF, 6 Mo) in French.
Proposal – Population-driven co-creation of health technologies
, Montreal
We submitted a 1.2 M$ grant application to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, to develop a framework to guide the collective development, and free/libre distribution of health technologies by the population.
Maker in residence OpenCare
- , Milano
We take part to a residence organized by WeMake, OpenCare, and EdgeRyders in Milan. Watch our presentation, access the main repository, and help us build our flowmeter! :)
French hospitals funds the co-creation of CF games
, Paris
We receive funds from the Research and Development Fund of the French Hospitals Federation to promote adherence and appropriate behavior in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis. The project is organized with Necker and Cochin hospitals.
Montreal Health Game Jam IV
- , Montreal
We organize a game jam at Concordia University, with the support of Sainte-Justine university hospital, Sensorica, and Blocksense. The event is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Concordia Council of Student Life, and the Sustainability Action Fund.
C2 Montreal: blockchain workshop
- , Montréal
We co-animate two workshops on blockchain technologies held by Blocksense Coop at C2 Montréal.
ACFAS congress: mixed methods, health data, and medical education
- , Montreal
Following our successful presentation in 2016, we take part to three events of the ACFAS congress. Download our poster on mixed methods (awarded), our poster on health data, and our presentation on medical care education.
Presenting at the European Academy of Design
, Roma
We present our initiative at the 12th European Academy of Design Conference in Rome. Download the poster (PDF, 1 Mo).
Thanks Canadian and France research funds
, Montreal
We are very glad to announce that the Research & Innovation funds of the French hospitals federation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research support our creation and research activities!
Interview by Multijoueur
, Montréal
Patrick Thellend from Multijoueur / Les jeux sont faits interviews Fabio Balli on the inception of Breathing Games, and the free/libre model. Hear the 42-minute interview in French.
Oxford University Global Challenge
, Calgary
We present the challenge of respiratory health to the Canadian finals of the Oxford Global Challenge in Calgary. Download the presentation (PDF, 2 Mo).
Gathering for Open Science Hardware
Maria Frangos presents Sensorica and our initiative at the Gathering for Open Science Hardware in Chile. Go to the documentation of the event.
Geneva Global Goals Innovation Day
, Carouge
We present how our initiative can help meet the United Nations Global Goal at www.g3id.org.
Health Game Jam Lift '17
- , Genève 20
With the Swiss Game Center and Geneva CF Foundation, we hosted a game jam during Lift:Lab, a yearly event on Innovation and Digital Tech. Designers, developers and musicians improve the game Heritage, Bloïd, Les aventures du Briand, and create PeakLeap, a game to assess one's lung capacity. A team also works on our open access commons.
Montreal Health Game Jam III
- , Montreal
We organize a game jam at Concordia Milieux Institute, with the support of Sainte-Justine university hospital, Sensorica, and Blocksense. The event is funded by Concordia Council of Student Life, and the Sustainability Action Fund
Screening of A new Economy
, Montréal
Big things happen when humanity is at the core of business. Join the screening of the canadian documentary A new Economy followed by a discussion with Marguerite Mendell and Jean-Martin Aussant. Details. Registration.
We applied to CIHR Patient-Oriented Research Grant
, Montréal
We applied to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant supporting the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research. Our proposal aims to co-create free/libre play-based self-management mobile app and home flow meter with patients, clinicians and citizens to foster respiratory health and prevent chronic respiratory diseases.
We applied to a Google Foundation grant
In collaboration with the Lung Association of Québec, we applied to the Canada Impact Challenge, a five million dollar grant to help ten initiatives tackle the biggest social challenges.
Colloquium on Mobile health applications
, Montréal
We present our initiative at the Mobile health applications: ethical and legal challenges. Watch the presentation and video of the event.
Quebec annual public health days
- , Montréal
We present the results of August game jam at the Journées annuelles de santé publique. Watch the poster (PDF, 1 Mo): "Développer des compétences en maladies chroniques à travers une application mobile conçue de manière innovante."
Montreal Health Game Jam II
- , Montreal
We organize a game jam at Concordia University with the support of Sainte-Justine university hospital, and Sensorica.
Open Hardware Workshop
, Montreal
We organize a workshop on Open Hardware at District 3 makerspace. The event led by Jim from Sensorica, aims to improve our device and discuss the design of the app for asthma.
Quebec congress on respiratory health
, Montréal
We present the results of August game jam at the Congrès québécois en Santé respiratoire. Watch the poster (PDF, 1 Mo): "A free/libre mobile app in childhood asthma: knowledge transfer and self-assessment of symptoms and lung function."
Towards a human right to health – Interviews
, Montreal
Today, most lifesaving innovations are neither freely accessible, nor can they be enriched by the community. What about a whole-system approach that enables everyone, everywhere to take ownership of one's health? Discover 16 interviews of contributors on our YouTube channel.
Release of the documentary A new Economy
, Vancouver
Seven Canadian initiatives including Breathing Games and Sensorica are a topic of a 85-minute documentary directed by Trevor Meier. Official website
Follow up of development
, Montreal
We meet to follow up the developments done during the game jam, and plan the tasks required to release a first version of our mobile app for asthma.
International Symposium on Open Collaboration
- , Berlin
We organize a workshop at OpenSym (former WikiSym) in Berlin to present the initiative and address together the challenges of creating an open source standard for breathing games. Read the proceedings.
World Social Forum
- , Montreal
We propose a workshop on “Health & Play – Mobilizing citizens around breathing autonomy” during the World Social Forum, which takes place in Montreal. We also provide information for participants at the Health tent.
Montreal Health Game Jam I
- , Montreal
We organize a game jam at Concordia University, with the support of Sainte-Justine university hospital, The Lung Association, and Sensorica. Read the summary (PDF, 1 Mo).
Creation of a common core for our games
, Neuchâtel
The settings of devices, therapy patterns and data developed for our game Heritage has been transformed into a core by Matthias Bonnivard as part of his Masters in Engineering. Different proposals were made in his report (PDF, 1 Mo), such as transforming it into a library that could be freely available on the game engine store.
We are part of the Open Source Initiative
, Palo Alto
The Open Source Initiative protects and promotes open source by providing a foundation for community success. It champions open source in society through education, infrastructure and collaboration.
Presentation of our vision at the ECFS conference
- , Basel
We present the evolution of our initiative at the 39th European Cystic Fibrosis Society conference in Basel. Watch the poster (PDF, 1 Mo) we showed and the presentation we did for the psychosocial special interest group.
Presentation at the largest research gathering in Francophonie
, Montréal
We present the interdisciplinary and clinical challenges we meet at the colloquium Social and human sciences at the heart of innovation that takes place during ACFAS congress. Watch the presentation.
We are signatories of the United Nations Global Compact
, New York
The UN Global Compact is a call to align organizations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Together we strive towards a world that benefits everyone, especially the future we borrow it from. Read our commitment.
Health Game Jam Lift '16
, Genève
With the Swiss Game Center and Geneva CF Foundation, we host a game jam during Lift Conference, a yearly event on Innovation and Digital Tech. Three teams of designers, developers and musicians improve the game Heritage, conceive a narrative story (Les aventures du Briand) and a space game (Bloïd). A fourth team brainstorms on the Open socio-economic model, with the support from leading experts Alexandre Osterwalder and Lionel Lourdin.
Documentary on Collaborative Economy
, Montréal
The team of Domain 7 follows Sensorica and Breathing Games for the documentary Village 2.0 they produce. The film, to be released in 2016, is about people making a fresh start towards building a new Economy.
Preparing a crowdfunding campaign
- , Montréal
We sketch a video script in order to raise funds. We open an account on GoGetFunding to be able to collect first donations.
Presentation in a symposium on Collaboration and Innovation
, Montréal
We present in a symposium on Mobilizing Knowledge around Collaboration and Innovation organized on behalf of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Sensorica introduces our initiative as a practical case evolving within the Montreal-based network.
Extensive reflection on the game structure
, Neuchâtel
Results of the study (pdf, 3 Mo) done by Nicolas Wenk as part of his Masters in Engineering. The first part documents the therapeutic practice in Switzerland as well as existing games and devices. The second part provides a thorough reflection on the game design and its technical implementation. Thanks to Nicolas for his outstanding commitment and to his supervisorAïcha Rizzotti.
Sensorica hackathon - new pressure device
- , Montréal
We organize a hackathon at Sensorica. This enables us to achieve a new device with a 3d printed box. We also work on the organizational structure.
Joining Sensorica and adopting a Value Accounting System
, Montréal
We build a partnership wit, a peer-production network specialized in sensors and the Web of Things. We adopt the Value Accounting System, which enables us to log contributions in time, money or material and redistribute funds we raise with an equation.
Poster presented at the European CF Conference
, Bruxelles
Results of the preliminary study done at Sainte Justine University Hospital are presented as a poster (PDF, 60 Ko). The 38th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference takes place in Brussels.
Swiss Arkathon
- , Sion
We take part to the Arkathon, a co-creation event organized in Switzerland. This enables us to work on the detection of lung capacity, the reward mechanism and the follow-up interfaces of the game Heritage.
An applied research starts in Switzerland
, Neuchâtel
Our collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Arc strengthens with the launch of an applied research that will include several researchers in Health, Engineering and Management.
CF Spain reports
Thanks to our spanish translator Laurent, we get some articles in national and regional CF newsletters in Spain.
A micro to capture the sound of the therapy mouthpiece
, Neuchâtel
To avoid specific hardware, we decided to adapt the Flower for all project, a sound-recognition system that enables to capture the noise made by oscillating devices (Flutter) via a microphone. An Engineering student from HE Arc took over the work started by Brigitte Bouzin, IAV Engineering and Defitech Foundation and created a new audio analysis library.
Montreal Summit on Innovation
- , Montréal
We participate to the Design Challenge which takes place during Montreal Summit on Innovation. Our team creates Heritage, which is the result of the three prototypes. Here, the child has to defend the cultures of different countries. For Greece, the character has to catch a thief who seized Poseidon's trident-fork. If it it recovered, the god of the Seas will then prepare the meal for a party with Athena, Hermes, Aphrodite, Zeus and Gaia.
Article from Canada Research Chair on Health Innovations
, Montréal
Pascale Lehoux, who holds Canada Research Chair on Health Innovations wrote an article on Hinnovic, an independent blog that aims to transform the way people think about Health.
An ethnological perspective
, Montréal
After several weeks of observation, Nicolas Doduik released his dissertation (pdf, 2 Mo, French) in Sociology. This text provides a detailed introduction to the so-called Serious Games as well as a constructive criticism of our initiative and of another project. We thank Nicolas for his contribution.
Health finalists in the Québec-wide contest Forces Avenir
, Québec
We are finalists in the Health category of Forces Avenir, which aims to recognize the commitment of students that contribute to the development of socially conscious, active and responsible citizens.
Our website complies with Health on the Net Ethics
Health on the Net, a non profit organization accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, encourages web users to take a critical look and to develop the knowledge needed in order to avoid suspicious websites. We received the HONcode certification which aims to foster quality, objective and transparent medical information through a Code of Ethics.
Children test the first prototypes
- , Montréal
We do a preliminary study with ten children followed at Sainte-Justine University Hospital. The meetings allowed us to gather valuable feedbacks: adjusting the pace and avoiding shortness of breath, customizing characters, illustrating how to breathe during therapy, etc.
Hackathon Sainte Justine hospital
- , Montréal
We take part to the world's biggest Health hackathon, which takes place at Sainte Justine University Hospital. Over 500 developers, designers, Health professionals and mentors contribute to 34 projects. Our team conceives PEP Hero, a game where the child embodies a captain who leads his ship to the farthest places of the bronchi. We also make the prototype which connects the therapy mouthpiece to the computer.
Start of the initiative at Montreal University
, Montréal
The initiative starts as a semester project during graduate studies in Game Design at Montreal University. Two students decide to develop learning games. Two alumni put them in touch with the team of the Cystic Fibrosis clinic from Sainte-Justine University Hospital. The clinicians want to address treatment adherence.