fridgeTop: bringing home-like experience back to kitchen space

Authors:
Shwetangi Savant;Gin L. Chieng;Szu-Hsuan Lai;Yi-yu Lin;Ityam Vasal
Affiliations:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA;University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA;University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA;University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Venue:
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Owing to cultural and time zone differences, international students studying far away from their homes struggle to re-create home-like experiences. Living in a shared accommodation with new people further adds to this struggle, since common spaces become non-conducive to home-like activities. We study kitchen space in this context, and offer a solution called fridgeTop, which seeks to reduce the threshold of a kitchen's perceived public space in a shared accommodation by fostering familiar family interactions on a smart fridge surface.