Deploying research technology in real homes is an important way of uncovering new possibilities for design. We reflect upon the deployment of a simple technological arrangement wh...
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...
Ethnographic studies of the home revealed the fundamental roles that physical locations and context play in how household members understand and manage conventional information. Y...
Kathryn Elliot, Mark Watson, Carman Neustaedter, S...
Smart Home technology looks set to become an increasingly common feature of domestic life. However commercial desire for technical innovation rather than explicit user needs are of...
Victoria Haines, Val Mitchell, Catherine Cooper, M...
In this paper, we present Power Agent - a pervasive game designed to encourage teenagers and their families to reduce energy consumption in the home. The idea behind this mobile p...