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Design Ideas for Everyday Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Based on Qualitative User Data

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Universal Access Theoretical Perspectives, Practice, and Experience (UI4ALL 2002)

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Academic research in mobile and ubiquitous computing has been mainly technology-driven. There is not enough understanding on what everyday needs are related to future mobile and ubiqitous computing. In this paper we will demonstrate that qualitative user data can be successfully utilized in designing for everyday activities of largely neglected user groups like the elderly. We will show how ethnographically based research can benefit the innovation of product concepts.

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  1. Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, P.O. Box 9800, 02015 HUT, Finland

    Anu Kankainen & Antti Oulasvirta

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  1. LORIA, UMR CNRS & INRIA, Université Henri Poincare, Nancy 1, Campus Scientifique, BP 239, 54506, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France

    Noëlle Carbonell

  2. Institute of Computer Science Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Science & Technology Park of Crete, Heraklion, 71110, Crete, Greece

    Constantine Stephanidis

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Kankainen, A., Oulasvirta, A. (2003). Design Ideas for Everyday Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Based on Qualitative User Data. In: Carbonell, N., Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access Theoretical Perspectives, Practice, and Experience. UI4ALL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2615. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36572-9_35

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