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Cheverst, Keith, Clarke, Karen, Cobb, Sue, Hemmings, Terry, Kember, Stewart, Mitchell, Keith, Philips, Peter, Procter, Rob, Rodden, Tom and Rouncefield, Mark (2001) Design with care. New Technology in the Human Service, Vol.14 (No.1-2). pp. 39-47. ISSN 0959-0684.
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Abstract
This paper is primarily about design and some of the difficulties of ‘appropriate’ design in care settings: about the interaction between technologies, application
domains, design methodologies and about some of the challenges of informing design. This is hardly a novel concern, but this particular focus arises as a consequence of digital technologies maturing and transferring to the everyday domain; as the convergence of interactive digital systems, networks and mobile devices potentially
transforms the ways that we carry out mundane, everyday activities. In recent years, the increasing presence of computing technology in the domestic environment has emerged as an important new arena of study (Kidd et al 1999). Domestic environments are becoming key sites for the consumption of information and communication technologies - embracing, in the ‘care’ domain, various forms of ‘assistive’ technologies and the design and provision of ‘smart’ homes. This paper
reports on a recently initiated research project – ‘Care in the Digital Community’ - begun under the EPSRC IRC Network project EQUATOR (http://www.equator.ac.uk/). The project aims to use a multidisciplinary research team
to facilitate the development of enabling technologies to assist care in the community for particular user groups with different support needs. The general objective is to
examine how digital technology can be used to support sheltered housing residents and their staff. Although only recently started, the project anticipates exploring the
affordances of a variety of technological configurations, including the use of virtual environments replicating real world situations, and the use of handheld and wearable
digital technology to provide support.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | New Technology in the Human Service | ||||
Publisher: | Centre for Human Service Technology | ||||
ISSN: | 0959-0684 | ||||
Official Date: | 2001 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.14 | ||||
Number: | No.1-2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 39-47 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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