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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Nick TaylorORCiD, Dr David Chatting
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We introduce Data Probes, technology-mediated probes designed to reveal some of the inner workings of connected devices, including common embedded sensors and the data they collect. By making these common features both accessible and unfamiliar, the probes supported research participants in looking at these technologies from a different perspective and reflecting on capabilities and behaviours that may be obscured by the design of commercial products. During a study where participants lived and travelled with the probes for a month, we were able to gain generative design insights into people’s attitudes towards and relationships with connected devices, suggesting new opportunities for designs that take alternative approaches to currently entrenched visions of the Internet of Things. We present this exploratory study as an illustration of how a technology-mediated probe might prompt reflection on their technologies and open up new design spaces.
Author(s): Taylor N, Chatting D, Rogers J
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: TEI '24: Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Year of Conference: 2024
Pages: Article 32
Online publication date: 11/02/2024
Acceptance date: 17/11/2023
Date deposited: 11/02/2024
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3633380
DOI: 10.1145/3623509.3633380
Data Access Statement: The data used in this study is openly available in the Newcastle University Research Repository at https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.24289900.v1.
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ISBN: 9798400704024
