Sweet intelligent home - user evaluations of Mimosa housing usage scenarios

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    Abstract

    This paper presents and analyses the results of the MIMOSA project's first user evaluation activities, the scenario evaluations carried out in summer 2004. The scenarios covered five different application fields: Everyday, Sports, Fitness, Health care and Housing. In this paper I concentrate on Housing scenarios which were evaluated by VTT in Finland and by Legrand in France. According to the evaluation results the main challenge with housing systems is co-operation with existing house information systems. The users will not be carrying their mobile phones with them at home, so the mobile phone centric system has to be based on the mobile phone connecting to the existing house network. Preventing problems (water leaks, unwanted visitors etc.) is one of the main positive effects that the potential users of a new technology valued. Extensive automation of home system raised fears but also advantages were noticed particularly for certain user groups.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE06
    PublisherInstitution of Engineering and Technology IET
    Pages13-22
    ISBN (Print)978-0-86341-663-7
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    Event2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE 06 - Athens, Greece
    Duration: 5 Jun 20066 Jun 2006

    Publication series

    SeriesIEE Conference Publication
    ISSN0537-9989

    Conference

    Conference2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE 06
    Country/TerritoryGreece
    CityAthens
    Period5/06/066/06/06

    Keywords

    • smart environment
    • design
    • human-centered design
    • scenarios

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