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COBUILD
1999
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
The Importance of Homes in Technology Research
This paper argues for the importance of home-related research on technology. Several important differences between researching homes and researching workplaces are described, and s...
Debby Hindus
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Sabbath day home automation: "it's like mixing technology and religion"
We present a qualitative study of 20 American Orthodox Jewish families' use of home automation for religious purposes. These lead users offer insight into real-life, longterm...
Allison Woodruff, Sally Augustin, Brooke E. Foucau...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
The family window: the design and evaluation of a domestic media space
Families have a strong need to connect with their loved ones over distance. However, most technologies do not provide the same feelings of connectedness that one feels from seeing...
Tejinder K. Judge, Carman Neustaedter, Andrew F. K...
HUC
2004
Springer
14 years 2 days ago
Some Assembly Required: Supporting End-User Sensor Installation in Domestic Ubiquitous Computing Environments
This paper explores end-user sensor installation for domestic ubiquitous computing applications and proposes five design principles to support this task. End-user sensor installati...
Chris Beckmann, Sunny Consolvo, Anthony LaMarca
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Enhancing ubiquitous computing with user interpretation: field testing the home health horoscope
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, ...