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SUMMARY:“Siri\, did I leave the oven on?” Experience Design for the Co
 nnected Home - Claire Rowland (AlertMe.com)
DTSTART:20130603T171500Z
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CONTACT:Michele Ide-Smith
DESCRIPTION:For a long time\, smart homes were only for geeks or the rich.
  But mass market retailers are now starting to bring out affordable connec
 ted domestic hardware and services to help consumers understand their ener
 gy use\, control heating/cooling and appliances\, and make their homes saf
 er and more secure. It will soon be normal to turn lights and appliances o
 n and off from your smartphone\, and set your burglar alarm over the web.\
 n\nBut the home is a challenging environment: it’s often a shared space 
 inhabited by people with different needs and goals\, and the rigid structu
 res of technology driven systems don’t fit the way most of us run our ho
 me lives.\n\nIn this talk\, Claire will introduce what connected home tech
 nologies can do\, why the UX is often unsympathetic to our home lives and 
 how we might improve it\, and general learnings on designing interconnecte
 d\, embedded systems that can be applied to other types of multi-device se
 rvice too.\n\n======\n\nClaire Rowland is a service designer and UX resear
 cher\, currently at AlertMe.com. Her work focuses on connected home techno
 logy\, with bursts of shouty/bleepy music\, scepticism and proper beer.
LOCATION:Microsoft Research Cambridge\, 21 Station Rd\,  CB1 2FB\, Cambrid
 ge
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