Participatory Design Approach to Internet of Things: Co-designing a Smart Shower for and with People with DisabilitiesShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Virtual, Augmented, and Intelligent Environments. UAHCI 2018 / [ed] Antona M., Stephanidis C., Springer, 2018, p. 246-261Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Smart home products are becoming widespread aiming to increase people’s independence, especially for the elderly and people with disabilities. In order to design them suitably for this community, their involvement in the requirement gathering and design process is particularly important. In this paper, we report a study we conducted with six people having various disabilities. The aim was to identify the type of smart product that mostly increases their independence at home. We used three requirement gathering methods in a participatory fashion, namely, cartographic mapping, future workshop, and cultural probe. The outcome of the study revealed that participants mostly needed a product for a bathroom, specifically a smart shower. The initial prototype design of the product was developed together with participants. Researchers further investigated the prototype design using littleBits electronic modules. The smart shower is anticipated to have the most effect in increasing not only user independence, but also privacy.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2018. p. 246-261
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ISSN 0302-9743, E-ISSN 1611-3349 ; 10908
Keywords [en]
Cartographic mapping Future workshop Cultural probe Prototyping Participatory design LittleBits Smart home Internet of Things Disability Elderly
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-78060DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92052-8_19ISI: 000553824500019Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85050601963ISBN: 978-3-319-92051-1 (print)ISBN: 978-3-319-92052-8 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-78060DiVA, id: diva2:1251692
Conference
12th International Conference, UAHCI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018
2018-09-272018-09-272021-02-04Bibliographically approved