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This paper describes a user study regarding the human need to stay in touch with closely related people. The study was a combination of interviews and diaries. This user needs analysis has informed the design of a novel end-to-end communication system for helping closely related people, who are spread geographically, to stay in touch. The design concept is described in brief, followed by a summary of ongoing implementation and assessment work.
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Romero, N., van Baren, J., Markopoulos, P., de Ruyter, B., IJsselsteijn, W. (2003). Addressing Interpersonal Communication Needs through Ubiquitous Connectivity: Home and Away. In: Aarts, E., Collier, R.W., van Loenen, E., de Ruyter, B. (eds) Ambient Intelligence. EUSAI 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2875. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39863-9_32
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