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This chapter describes “Support by Obstruction ” technologies that the author’s laboratory has been studying. Support by Obstruction refers to introducing an obstructing element that does not originally exist in an action, thereby producing a positive effect that facilitates, streamlines, or promotes the performance of the action itself, or some or all its peripheral actions. This concept is useful to create contrivances for everyday learning by embedding physical or intellectual hurdles to be overcome in our daily activities. In many cases, introducing obstructing elements causes inconvenience. Therefore, this concept seems similar to the concept of the “Benefit of Inconvenience.” Indeed, there are cases that can be regarded as both a case of Benefit of Inconvenience and a case of Support by Obstruction. However, there are essential differences between them. This chapter firstly defines the Support by Obstruction concept, shows the relation with the benefit of inconvenience, illustrates several examples of applications based on the concept of Support by Obstruction, and finally describes a future direction of research on Support by Obstruction and its applications.
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Nishimoto, K. (2023). Supporting Human Activities by Obstruction. In: Kawakami, H. (eds) Systems Design Based on the Benefits of Inconvenience. Translational Systems Sciences, vol 31. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9588-0_5
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