The domestic environment is predicted by market analysts to be the major growth area in computing over the next decade, yet it is a poorly understood domain at the current time of...
This paper presents findings from a qualitative study of people’s everyday interactions with energy-consuming products and systems in the home. Initial results from a large onli...
Domestic ubiquitous computing systems often rely on inferences about activities in the home, but the open-ended, dynamic and heterogeneous nature of the home poses serious problem...
William W. Gaver, Phoebe Sengers, Tobie Kerridge, ...
Visions of smart homes have long caught the attention of researchers and considerable effort has been put toward enabling home automation. However, these technologies have not bee...
A. J. Bernheim Brush, Bongshin Lee, Ratul Mahajan,...
The domestic environment is more than a place where to live. It is a "territory of meaning", a place where pleasure, affect and aesthetics are deeply interwoven with the...
Chiara Leonardi, Claudio Mennecozzi, Elena Not, Fa...