Second Life is an online 3D virtual environment that offers interesting potential for use in education due to its widespread availability, flexibility, and its use of standard pla...
This study is a creative and initial work focused on designing an intelligent living-space with automatic control system to control all home appliances in the living space. First ...
In this paper we present a user-centric summarisation system that combines automatic visual-content analysis with user-interface design features as a practical method for home movi...
We present Energy Life a system utilizing wireless sensors, mobile and ambient interfaces that turn energy consumers into active players. Energy Life participants play through dif...
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...