CHI 2007 Advance Program: Session Details

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Home Spirituality (Papers)

Tuesday
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

 

Sabbath Day Home Automation: "It's Like Mixing Technology and Religion"

Allison Woodruff
Sally Augustin
Brooke Foucault

Presents a qualitative study of the use of home automation by 20 Orthodox Jewish families. Offers insights and design implications for user experience with smart home technology and religious technology.

 

Enhancing Ubiquitous Computing with User Interpretation: Field Testing the Home Health Horoscope

William Gaver
Phoebe Sengers
Tobie Kerridge
Joseph "Jofish" Kaye
John Bowers

The paper illustrates how designing to encourage user interpretation may supplement sensor-based inferencing in a home environment. Offers a new approach to those interested in developing domestic ubiquitous computing applications.

 

Home Networking and HCI: What Hath God Wrought?

Erika Shehan
W. Keith Edwards

We analyze why home networking is difficult, argue that the HCI community needs to be involved in resolving these problems, and discuss potential research efforts in home network usability.