Designing acceptable 'smart' home technology to support people in the home.
This paper considers the main aspects and questions that are required to be asked by any designer of residences that include technology designed to support the lives of disabled people. It seeks to reframe the design process to extend the concepts of 'inclusive' and 'universal' design within the soc...
| Published in: | Technology & Disability Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 191 - 200 |
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| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2003
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106746102&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106746102 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10554181 3QS jtl: Technology & Disability issn: 10554181 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2003 vid: 15 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 106746102 106746102 2004096080 10.3233/tad-2003-15305 106746102 ppf: 191 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Designing acceptable 'smart' home technology to support people in the home. aug: au: Dewsbury G Clarke K Rouncefield M Sommerville I Taylor B Edge M affil: CSEG, Computing Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Engineering Building, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK; g.dewsbury@lancaster.ac.uk sug: subj: Environment, Controlled Home Environment Facility Design and Construction Interior Design and Furnishings Assistive Technology Devices Needs Assessment ab: This paper considers the main aspects and questions that are required to be asked by any designer of residences that include technology designed to support the lives of disabled people. It seeks to reframe the design process to extend the concepts of 'inclusive' and 'universal' design within the social context of designing for people with a wide range of disabilities. Designing 'smart homes' or homes that contain elements of 'smart home' technology for disabled or older people is not different from designing the home for people without any form of impairment on the one hand. On the other hand, there is a perceptual shift that is required in order to ensure needs are met from all stakeholders. There is a need to determine the needs of the occupant(s) and reflect these needs within the overall design. This paper addresses the main questions that arise from the design process as well as discuss the role of cultural probes in enhancing the design. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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