The Future Home is Wise, Not Smart
A Human-Centric Perspective on Next Generation Domestic Technologies
Authors: Leitner, Gerhard
Free Preview- Introduces a new paradigm – the ‘wise’ home, which shall supersede the ‘smart’ home
- Provides options for following more human-centric design processes
- Explores the challenges that techno-centrism poses for smart home technology
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- About this book
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This book introduces the concept of the wise home. Whilst smart homes focus on automation technologies, forcing users to deal with complex and incomprehensible control and programming procedures, the wise home is different. By going beyond intelligence (or smartness) the wise home puts technology in the background and supports explicit (enhanced user-experience) as well as implicit (artificial intelligence) interaction adequate to the end-user’s needs.
The theoretical basis of the wise home is explored and examples for its application for future living are presented based on empirical studies and field work carried out by the author. Principles of HCI and the meaning of the home from differing scientific perspective are discussed and a research model (based on the concept of user experience (UX)) and iterations is introduced. This has resulted in field deployment guides being produced through a systematic development process.
The Future Home is Wise, not Smart will be essential reading to home system developers, designers and researchers, responsible for smart home deployment or Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) who will get insights on how to follow a novel approach in developing and adapting smart home systems to their users’ needs. Students with an interest in software design for pervasive systems will benefit by receiving information on how to develop and customise systems for the specific needs of living environments.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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WISE: The Difference Between Smart and Smart Ass
Pages 3-11
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Why Is It Called Human Computer Interaction, but Focused on Computers Instead?
Pages 13-24
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The Different Meanings of Home
Pages 25-33
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A Focused Survey on Technology: From Hypocaust to Smart Appliances
Pages 37-46
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Theoretical Foundations of the WISE Home
Pages 47-64
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Future Home is Wise, Not Smart
- Book Subtitle
- A Human-Centric Perspective on Next Generation Domestic Technologies
- Authors
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- Gerhard Leitner
- Series Title
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-23093-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-23093-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-23092-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-36582-4
- Series ISSN
- 1431-1496
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 128
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