Inside the Smart Home
"A fascinating insight into potentially one of the most exciting developments that affects each and every one of us as we move forward into the 21st Century. This book indicates the direction industry must take if we are to achieve the dream of living in
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Richard Harper (Ed.)
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Richard Harper, PhD The Appliance Studio, University Gate East, Park Row, Bristol BS1 5UB, UK
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Inside the smart home 1. Home automation 2. Home automation–Social aspects 3. Household appliances–Automatic control 4. Household electronics I. Harper, Richard, 1960– 643.6 ISBN 1852336889 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Inside the smart home / Richard Harper (ed.). p. cm. ISBN 1–85233–688–9 (alk. paper) 1. Home automation. 2. Households. 3. Lifestyles. 4. Domestic engineering. I. Harper, Richard, 1960– TK7881.25.I575 2003 643⬘.6–dc21
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Contents List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi 1
Inside the Smart Home: Ideas, Possibilities and Methods . . . . . . Richard Harper 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 An Introduction to the History of User Research in this Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Structure of the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conceptions of the Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Smart Homes: Past, Present and Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis K. Aldrich 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Past History of the Smart Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Present Status of t
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