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DisQo: a user needs analysis method for smart home

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How can people identify the services that they might expect from their smart home when they have little to no knowledge about novel technologies? This paper reports on a user needs analysis method designed to answer this question: DisQo. We have recruited 17 families and used a combination of interviews and playful cultural probes. Results show that families are willing to couple smart objects to improve their lives.

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    NordiCHI '10: Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries
    October 2010
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    DOI:10.1145/1868914
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    1. end-user composition
    2. service-oriented computing
    3. smart artifacts coupling
    4. smart home
    5. ubiquitous computing

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