How smart homes learn: the evolution of the networked home and household

  • Authors:
  • Marshini Chetty;Ja-Young Sung;Rebecca E. Grinter

  • Affiliations:
  • GVU Center & School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;GVU Center & School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;GVU Center & School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

  • Venue:
  • UbiComp '07 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Despite a growing desire to create smart homes, we know little about how networked technologies interact with a house's infrastructure. In this paper, we begin to close this gap by presenting findings from a study that examined the relationship between home networking and the house itself--and the work that results for householders as a consequence of this interaction. We discuss four themes that emerged: an ambiguity in understanding the virtual boundaries created by wireless networks, the home network control paradox, a new home network access paradox, and the relationship between increased responsibilities and the possibilities of wireless networking.