What do people want from the technology in their homes: Work at the Centre for Usable Home Technology (CUHTec)

Andrew Monk*, Mark Blythe, Hyesook Kim

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Abstract

Two studies are described that illustrate how one may gain an understanding of the needs of people with very different home circumstances to one's own. The first concerns families separated by long distances, the emotions that they experience and what it would mean to re-connect them with communication technologies. The second is a study of a nunnery and the ways that a technology can be designed for people with very particular values who are living communally. The contribution of the paper is to illustrate the value of thinking more broadly about the roles of technology in the home and to indicate some ways in which this may be done.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ITI 2010 32nd International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, ITI 2010
Place of PublicationPiscataway, N.J.
PublisherIEEE
Pages313-318
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9789537138189
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event32nd International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, ITI 2010 - Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Duration: 21 Jun 201024 Jun 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, ITI
ISSN (Print)1330-1012

Conference

Conference32nd International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, ITI 2010
Country/TerritoryCroatia
CityCavtat, Dubrovnik
Period21/06/1024/06/10

Keywords

  • Connectedness
  • Field studies
  • Home technology
  • Participatory design
  • Probe studies

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