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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