The rapid growth and development of the Internet and the resulting growth in interest in
access to network facilities highlight an increasing prominence of computer technology in …

Householders are increasingly adopting home networking as a solution to the demands
created by the presence of multiple computers, devices, and the desire to access the …

Computer and Internet use in the home does not only depend on the functionality of
available software and services. It also depends in a very practical way on how the computer …

An enduring theme in the literature on the impact of computers on society has been the
prediction of a big increase in home-based activities. This article reviews the evidence on …

The smart home offers a new opportunity to augment people's lives with ubiquitous
computing technology that provides increased communications, awareness, and …

We introduce the PlaceLab, a new" living laboratory" for the study of ubiquitous technologies
in home settings. The PlaceLab is a tool for researchers developing context-aware and …

The movement of design out of the workplace and into the home brings with it the need to
develop new analytic concepts to consider how ubiquitous computing might relate to and …

When we began studying computers for home use in the early 1980s, such use was
unexplored territory. The home computer revolution was being heralded as the next major …

This paper describes an empirical study of the use of a mundane domestic technology—the
telephone. It combines qualitative and quantitative data gathered as part of a longitudinal …

In 1987 the ESRC awarded a grant under its Programme on Information and
Communication Technologies for a project into the domestic environment of information and …