Rajitha Pulivarthy

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The Upcycled Home: Removing Barriers to Lightweight Modification of the Home's Everyday Objects

The Internet-of-things (IoT) embeds computing in everyday objects, but has largely focused on new devices while ignoring the home's many existing possessions. We present a field study with 10 American families to understand how these possessions could be included in the smart home through upcycling. We describe three…

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Understanding Family Collaboration Around Light Weight Modification of Everyday Objects in the Home

The internet-of-things (IoT) carries substantial costs by urging households to replace their possessions with new, internet connected versions of everyday objects. Beyond financial, these costs include waste, work to arrange and orchestrate objects to suit households, and that of acquiring new skills. Upcycling domest…

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