Designing for Extreme Audiences in Healthcare

Yves Baer, an industrial designer, believes that healthcare design should focus on extreme audiences like children, the elderly, and those with disabilities. Baer emphasizes the importance of tailoring healthcare solutions for these specific groups rather than the comfortable middle segment of society. He highlights the impact of design on people's lives and introduces examples like Moxie, an AI learning robot companion, which has shown significant improvements in social skills for children. Another innovation, the SNOO robotic bassinet, based on pediatrician Harvey Carp's soothing method, has been FDA-approved to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.