A post by José Vega-Cebrián, doctoral researcher @ i_mBODY Lab

 

During the last ACM Designing Interactive Systems 2026 conference, I contributed as a co-author and co-organiser of two activities exploring such possibilities for movement technologies: an interactive demo and a workshop.

 

In my demo, Movement and Training Technologies (MoTTs): Minimalist Smartwatch-based Wearables to Support Physical Rehabilitation and Training Activities, I shared the latest prototypes I have developed as part of my PhD work under the supervision of Elena Márquez Segura and Ana Tajadura-Jiménez. The MoTTs are minimalist wearables providing multisensory movement feedback while leveraging the hardware of already-existing smartwatches. Demo attendees tried multiple activities in the form of exercises and games, leveraging the affordances of non-digital objects and supported by the interactivity provided by the prototypes. You can read more about the MoTTs and watch a demonstration video in the following link: https://doi.org/10.1145/3802974.3808027 

 

In the workshop, Moving and Crafting Data Together: Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Technologies for Movement through Movement, Alejandra Gómez Ortega and Irene Kaklopoulou led the main activities of movement, crafting, reflection and discussion. I enjoyed facilitating some movement exercises and being part of a great group of researchers engaging with sports and physical activity with a critical stance towards data tracking technologies. The workshop had a great flow, thanks also to the input of the rest of the organisers: Alice Haynes, Laia Turmo Vidal, Beatrice Vincenzi, Samuel Huron, and Armağan Karahanoğlu.The description of the workshop is here: https://doi.org/10.1145/3802974.3808014 and the workshop website is found in the following: https://armagank.com/dis-2026-workshop/

 

I left the conference inspired and aiming to continue exploring the possible roles of minimalist technologies for movement and training.

 

This work has been supported by the European Research Council under the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement number 101002711; project BODYinTRANSIT.)