IoT data in the home: Observing entanglements and drawing new encounters

A Desjardins, HR Biggs, C Key, JE Viny - … of the 2020 CHI Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for the home are gaining in popularity, generating
exponential data byproducts. Yet, everyday relationships between home dwellers and …

On the Making of Alternative Data Encounters: The Odd Interpreters

A Desjardins, J McWhirter, J Petelka, C Simon… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
While data are the backbone for home Internet of Things'(IoT) functional and economic
model, data remain elusive and abstract for home dwellers. In response, we present the Odd …

Alternative avenues for IoT: Designing with non-stereotypical homes

A Desjardins, JE Viny, C Key, N Johnston - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We report on the findings of a co-speculative design inquiry that investigates alternative
visions of the Internet of Things (IoT) for the home. We worked with 16 people living in non …

Proceed with care: Reimagining home iot through a care perspective

C Key, F Browne, N Taylor, J Rogers - … of the 2021 CHI Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
As the internet is increasingly embedded in the everyday things in our homes, we notice a
need for greater focus on the role care plays in those relationships—and therefore an …

Data epics: Embarking on literary journeys of home internet of things data

A Desjardins, HR Biggs - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we use fiction as a method to complicate the commonplace narratives of data
as intangible and objective, in the particular context of Internet of Things (IoT) in the home …

Guess the data: data work to understand how people make sense of and use simple sensor data from homes

A Kurze, A Bischof, S Totzauer, M Storz, M Eibl… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Simple smart home sensors, eg for temperature or light, increasingly collect seemingly
inconspicuous data. Prior work has shown that human sensemaking of such sensor data …

" Just whack it on until it gets hot" Working with IoT Data in the Home

JE Fischer, A Crabtree, T Rodden, JA Colley… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents findings from a co-design project that aims to augment the practices of
professional energy advisors with environmental data from sensors deployed in clients' …

Older people inventing their personal internet of things with the IoT un-kit experience

AH Ambe, M Brereton, A Soro, MZ Chai… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We introduce the IoT Un-Kit Experience, a co-design approach that engages people in
exploring, designing and generating personally meaningful IoT applications and that also …

Roam-IO: engaging with people tracking data through an interactive physical data installation

S Houben, B Bengler, D Gavrilov, S Gallacher… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Newly emerging urban IoT infrastructures are enabling novel ways of sensing how urban
spaces are being used. However, the data produced by these systems are largely context …

Physikit: Data engagement through physical ambient visualizations in the home

S Houben, C Golsteijn, S Gallacher… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Internet of things (IoT) devices and sensor kits have the potential to democratize the access,
use, and appropriation of data. Despite the increased availability of low cost sensors, most of …