Engineering intuitive and self-explanatory smart products

Authors:
Erwin Aitenbichler;Fernando Lyardet;Gerhard Austaller;Jussi Kangasharju;Max Mühlhäuser
Affiliations:
Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany;Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany;Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany;Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany;Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM symposium on Applied computing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

One of the main challenges in ubiquitous computing is making users interact with computing appliances in an easy and natural manner. In this paper we discuss how to turn ordinary devices into Smart Products that are more intuitive to use and are self-explanatory. We present a general architecture and a distributed runtime environment for building such Smart Products and discuss a number of user interaction issues. As an example, we describe our smart coffee machine and its validation through systematic user testing.