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CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Sonic interventions: understanding and extending the domestic soundscape
This paper presents a new study of the role, importance and meaning of sound in the home. Drawing on interview data and sound recordings gathered from seven households, this study...
Gerard Oleksik, David Frohlich, Lorna M. Brown, Ab...
HUC
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
"My Roomba Is Rambo": Intimate Home Appliances
Robots have entered our domestic lives, but yet, little is known about their impact on the home. This paper takes steps towards addressing this omission, by reporting results from ...
Ja-Young Sung, Lan Guo, Rebecca E. Grinter, Henrik...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Artful systems in the home
In this paper we introduce the idea of organizing systems. Through a number of examples from an ongoing ethnographic study of family life, we suggest that organizing systems come ...
Alex S. Taylor, Laurel Swan
HUC
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Yours, Mine and Ours? Sharing and Use of Technology in Domestic Environments
Domestic technologies have been a popular area of study for ubiquitous computing researchers, however there is relatively little recent data on how families currently use and share...
A. J. Bernheim Brush, Kori M. Inkpen
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Are our homes ready for services? A domotic infrastructure based on the Web service stack
The increase in computational power and the networking abilities of home appliances are revolutionizing the way we interact with our homes. This trend is growing stronger and open...
Marco Aiello, Schahram Dustdar