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- the only book to provide an overview of design and usability issues for smart, domestic technologies
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptions of the Home
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Designing for the Home
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
"A fascinating insight into potentially one of the most exciting developments that affects each and every one of us as we move forward into the 21st Century. This book indicates the direction industry must take if we are to achieve the dream of living in a Smart Home." Steve Hearnden, Mobile Telecommunications Consultant, UK
"A timely and much needed compliment to more technology-led explorations of the Smart Home. It draws attention to the complexity, diversity and conceptual richness of domestic life and critically reflects on the adoption and use of technologies in the home to date." Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Sapient Ltd, UK
If the predictions of leading electronics and consumer companies are to be believed, in the future you may never again have to worry about forgetting to switch the lights off, or locking the front door when you leave your home. Even mundane chores such as visiting your local supermarket to stock up your fridge will become a thing of the past, as the Smart Homes of the future will be able to decide what is needed and order them for us. Inside the Smart Home looks at the designs and technologies behind these new innovations, along with their time-saving, environmental and security benefits, amongst others. Despite these clear advantages however, Smart Homes have so far failed to reach the levels of success originally anticipated, thereby forcing designers to further examine the roles and practicalities of these new technologies. Through the use of detailed case studies from such international giants as Orange, Ariston, Philips Electronics and Electrolux, this book clearly demonstrates what will be possible for our domestic settings in the future if we continue to develop the concept of the Smart Home.
Reviews
"A fascinating insight into potentially one of the most exciting developments that affects each and every one of us as we move forward into the 21st Century. This book indicates the direction industry must take if we are to achieve the dream of living in a Smart Home." Steve Hearnden, Mobile Telecommunications Consultant, UK
"A timely and much needed compliment to more technology-led explorations of the Smart Home. It draws attention to the complexity, diversity and conceptual richness of domestic life and critically reflects on the adoption and use of technologies in the home to date." Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Sapient Ltd, UK
Editors and Affiliations
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The Appliance Studio, University Gate East, Bristol, UK
Richard Harper
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inside the Smart Home
Editors: Richard Harper
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97527
Publisher: Springer London
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-688-2Published: 15 August 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-1-85233-854-1Published: 18 April 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 264
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations
Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Communications Engineering, Networks, Computers and Society, Personality and Social Psychology, Sociology, general