4/14/99 BTC Experimental Home

BTC’s Experimental Home

An aware environment to connect people

Gregory D. Abowd

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Outline

Progress report on homeResearch objectives

living laboratory aware environment constantly connected community

Overview of research themes human-centered technology-centered

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Progress report

Ground breaking imminent

Occupancy by Jan. 2000

Prototype room in CRB

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Outside

South East

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Basement

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Living floors (2)

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Prototype room (CRB)

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Research Objectives

Build and understand a living

laboratory in an everyday setting

that is aware of its occupants

activities and supports the

continuous connection of a small

community.

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Why a living laboratory?

It is not sufficient to achieve technological breakthroughs.

Greater contribution lies in the understanding of impact on everyday life.

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Living laboratory experience

Classroom 2000 (education)

Dual purpose house will facilitate experimentation as well.

Expect another dwelling to come.

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An aware home

Questions to answer who where what

Opportunities this provides human-home symbiosis

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Continuous connection

How can we obtain ubiquitous and continuous connection? testbed for technologies

How does this change life? information at fingertips support human communication build community unite over distance

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Research themes

Human-centered

Technology-centered

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Human-centered research

Specific themes Elderly home care/ assistive healthcare

prolong independence in familiar surroundings

understand rhythms, patterns, deviationsprovide contact

As if you were there scenariosremote repair visitremote collaboration

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Human-centered research

General themes Evaluating connectivity impact on

(extended) family lifelife-long learningsecurity, privacy

Human-Home symbiosison-body/off-body networksfacilitate collection of first person

perspective on home

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Finding other stories

What home activities are desirable can be improved through technology

This is a hard qualitative question for everyday computing

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Technology-centered themes

Context-aware computingDistributed and secure computingNetworking

fast, rapidly deployed wireline and wireless within the home

broadband to the home

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More technology research

Today’s agenda will address these

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Industry collaboration

We have some specific interest BellSouth Sun Microsystems Motorola Others?

Objective guidance to direct our efforts with

maximum long-term benefit with short-term results

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Advice?

How do you want to be involved? Suggest applications of interest Technologies of importance

Cross fertilization through personnel exchange student interns industry interns