How smart are our environments? An updated look at the state of the art
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
How younger and older adults master the usage of hyperlinks in small screen devices
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Understanding age differences in PDA acceptance and performance
Computers in Human Behavior
Development and validation of a computer expertise questionnaire for older adults
Behaviour & Information Technology
Inferring user expertise for adaptive interfaces
Human-Computer Interaction
Transfer of declarative knowledge in complex information-processing domains
Human-Computer Interaction
Effects of age, cognitive, and personal factors on PDA menu navigation performance
Behaviour & Information Technology
Different Perspectives on Technology Acceptance: The Role of Technology Type and Age
USAB '09 Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society on HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion
Which Factors Form Older Adults' Acceptance of Mobile Information and Communication Technologies?
USAB '09 Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society on HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion
Smart Home Technologies: Insights into Generation-Specific Acceptance Motives
USAB '09 Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society on HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion
USAB'10 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on HCI in work and learning, life and leisure: workgroup human-computer interaction and usability engineering
USAB'11 Proceedings of the 7th conference on Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society: information Quality in e-Health
Acceptance of telemedical treatments: a medical professional point of view
HCI International'13 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human Interface and the Management of Information: information and interaction for health, safety, mobility and complex environments - Volume Part II
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In this research we examine the influence of technical expertise on future medical technology. Technical expertise is assumed to positively influence the acceptance of modern technologies, and there is evidence within the information and communication technology (ICT) sector for this. While no one would seriously dispute this basic impact of technical expertise on technology acceptance, it is far from clear what the main drivers of technical expertise are. In order to understand the complex nature of expertise on the one hand and its impact on the acceptance of other technology domains on the other, an empirical approach was undertaken. 100 participants (19-75 years) participated in a survey, in which the acceptance of a medical mobile device was explored. Outcomes show (1) that technical expertise is a highly complex construct entailing different facets (knowledge, motivational, emotional and pragmatic components), which are influenced by age and gender of respondents (2) technical expertise in the ICT domain decisively modulates acceptance of medical technology. Interestingly, a low technical expertise does not only reduce the acceptance of the pro-using arguments, but is specifically related to a high confirmation of contrausing arguments.