Probing a Proactive Home : Challenges in Researching and Designing Everyday Smart Environments
Mäyrä, F., Soronen, A., Koskinen, I., Kuusela, K., Mikkonen, J., Vanhala, J. & Zakrzewski, M. (2006). Probing a Proactive Home: Challenges in Researching and Designing Everyday Smart Environments. Human Technology, Volume 2 (2), pp. 158-186. URN:NBN:fi:jyu-2006517. Retrieved from http://www.humantechnology.jyu.fi
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© 2006 F. Mäyrä, A. Soronen, I. Koskinen, K. Kuusela, J. Mikkonen, J. Vanhala, & M. Zakrzewski, and the Agora
Center, University of Jyväskylä
Based on the results of a 3-year interdisciplinary study, this article presents an
approach in which proactive information technology was introduced into homes, and
discusses the derived design principles from a human-centered perspective. The application
of proactive computing in homes will face particularly sensitive conditions, as familiar and
reliable household elements remain strongly preferred. Since there is considerable
resistance towards the increase of information technology in homes, both the calm system
behaviors and the degree of variety in aesthetic designs will play major roles in the
acceptance of proactive technology. If proactive technology will be an embedded part of a
home’s structures and furniture, it needs to blend with the normal, cozy standards of a real
living environment and aim to enhance the homeyness or the key social and aesthetic
qualities of homes.
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