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From children's ideas to prototypes for the internet of things: a case study of cross-generational end-user design

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  • Rosella Gennari
  • Alessandra Melonio
  • Mehdi Rizvi

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A smart bracelet that reacts to a person's heartbeat. A smart bench that invites passers-by to sit close. These and others are smart things, part of the Internet of Things (IoT) and people's lives. However, people are mainly IoT consumers and rarely given the possibility of becoming IoT creators. This paper presents a case study concerning the design of smart things for outdoor environments, with end users as the main creators. Ideas of smart things were collaboratively conceptualised by child end-users with a card-based board game. Their ideas were taken up in the form of inspiration cards within a bachelor's first-year course, by students coming from different high schools. Students started from children's ideas as inspiration triggers and collaboratively evolved some of them into interactive smart-thing prototypes. The paper concludes by reflecting on its results and drawing lessons for future editions of cross-generational workshops related to IoT design with end users.

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  • Rosella Gennari & Alessandra Melonio & Mehdi Rizvi, 2022. "From children's ideas to prototypes for the internet of things: a case study of cross-generational end-user design," Behaviour and Information Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(15), pages 3281-3300, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tbitxx:v:41:y:2022:i:15:p:3281-3300
    DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2021.1979654
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