A surprisingly high percentage of assistive technology devices (35% or more) are purchased, but not successfully adopted. Through semi-structured interviews with a dozen families,...
This paper relates experiences of a project where an ethnographic study of air traffic controllers is being used to inform the design of the controllers' interface to the fli...
Richard Bentley, John A. Hughes, David Randall, To...
This paper considers how we may provide support for the development of general design principles in domestic environments. In particular we examine the potential for using design p...
John A. Hughes, Jon O'Brien, Tom Rodden, Mark Roun...
What happens when the domains of HCI design and money intersect? This paper presents analyses from an ethnographic study of virtual currency use in China to discuss implications f...
Several powerful forces are gathering to make fundamental and irrevocable changes to the century-old grid. The nextgeneration grid, often called the `smart grid,' will featur...