Homes that make us smart |
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Authors: | Alex S Taylor Richard Harper Laurel Swan Shahram Izadi Abigail Sellen Mark Perry |
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Affiliation: | (1) Microsoft Research, 7 J J Thompson Ave, Cambridge, CB3 0FB, UK;(2) School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK |
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Abstract: | In this article we consider what it should mean to build “smartness” or “intelligence” into the home. We introduce an argument
suggesting that it is people who imbue their homes with intelligence by continually weaving together things in their physical
worlds with their everyday routines and distinct social arrangements. To develop this argument we draw on four ongoing projects
concerned with designing interactive surfaces. These projects illustrate how, through the use of surfaces like fridge doors
and wall displays, and even bowl shaped surfaces, we keep in touch with one another, keep the sense of our homes intact, and
craft our homes as something unique and special. Intelligence, here, is seen to be something that emerges from our interactions
with these surfaces—seen in the thoughtful placement of things throughout the home’s ecology of surfaces. IT for the home
is thus understood less as something to be designed as intelligent and more as a resource for intelligence.
With apologies to Don Norman. |
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Keywords: | Surfaces Home Smart homes Domestic technology Ethnography Prototyping |
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