Smart Meters are a key component of increasing the power efficiency of the Smart Grid. To
help manage the grid effectively, these meters are designed to collect information on power …

Medical progress and demographic changes will increase the future need of support and
care in older adults. The use of robotic-based technologies may support older adults and …

There is currently uncertainty in the research community as to how ICT can and should be
designed in such a way that it can be convincingly integrated into the everyday lives of …

This paper reports on a “Industry 4.0” project supported by the government through the
French public investment bank. This project was launched by a major industrial actor in the …

Rehabilitation has proven effective to significantly reduce fall risk in seniors; however, low
adherence to home rehabilitation and a lack of feedback on performance and progress …

On-site work of emergency service teams consists of highly cooperative tasks. Especially
during distributed search and rescue tasks there is a constant mix of routinized and non …

We present a longitudinal case study of implementing interactive information radiators in a
semi-public corporate context. Our insights include the importance of individually relevant …

Critical making offers the chance to combine practices of making with critical thinking, to
explore topics utilizing technologies and materials and thereby creating tangible artefacts …

Data collection applications on smartphone devices support indigenous communities in
developing countries to record and preserve traditional ecological knowledge …

Zusammenfassung Das Thema der Basisstudie ist die nutzerzentrierte Entwicklung in
kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU). Das Ziel dieser Basisstudie besteht darin, ein …