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1. Smart Homes Arent Just About the House!
Jason I. Hong Human-Computer Interaction Institute School of Computer Science
2. Remove a quart of milk. Theres a Chernobyl-like chain reaction. The fridge scans the bar code as the carton leaves. It e-mails the grocery dot-com and a delivery service. The broken coffee maker, misinterpreting a burst of e-mail, jumps into action with a vague burning stench. - Bruce Sterling
When Smart Homes Go Bad A Cautionary Tale From Bruce Sterling, The Sensitive House Dwell, February 2001From Bruce Sterling, The Sensitive House Dwell, February 2001
3. #1 We need to focus less on the tech, and more supporting existing activities and concerns Child care: getting kids to school, caring for babies Home maintenance: lights, termites, bills Family coordination: kids, grandparents, friends #2 We need to remember that houses are part of a bigger picture Part of the local neighborhood and community Part of the local environment
My Position on Smart Homes Smart homes arent just about the house! Good article: http://www.contextmag.com/setFrameRedirect.asp?src=/archives/200012/TheGreatLie.asp Based on extensive research by anthropologists watching how people live (not just talking to them about how they say they live), Doblin Group predicts that key areas for innovation will relate to six activities: child care, cooking, group entertaining, family coordination, learning, and home management. This is where the action is for future products and services.Good article: http://www.contextmag.com/setFrameRedirect.asp?src=/archives/200012/TheGreatLie.asp Based on extensive research by anthropologists watching how people live (not just talking to them about how they say they live), Doblin Group predicts that key areas for innovation will relate to six activities: child care, cooking, group entertaining, family coordination, learning, and home management. This is where the action is for future products and services.
4. Talk Overview
What are smart homes good for? How smart homes can support key activities How smart homes can be part of larger community How to make it happen? What are the R&D issues in making smart homes happen?
5. What are Smart Homes Good For?
Some Key Activities and Concerns Home security Entertainment Family Coordination Personal Health The Truly Boring that Should Stay Boring Larger community Environmentally green houses Connecting with neighbors Child care CookingChild care Cooking
6. Value proposition: safety for you and your family Safety from intruders already well-established Sensor-based systems enable new areas: Is the gas leaking? Whats in the water? Is the oven off?
What are Smart Homes Good For? Home Security
7. Value proposition: great fun Again, well-established market Smart toys, Home theaters, Video games New twists: How about make it easier to find neighbors and compete? Games where you learn something useful?
What are Smart Homes Good For? Entertainment
8. Value proposition: stay in touch, know your neighbors Carpooling Always on connection with close friends WiFi NeighborNode How much is our community recycling?
What are Smart Homes Good For? Connection with friends, family, and neighbors Im leaving now
9. Value proposition: stay in better health Suite of mobile and fixed wireless devices Great weather outside, how about walking today? Intel Research Seattle Group coordination Smart toilets
What are Smart Homes Good For? Personal Health
10. Value proposition: Well warn you before its too late Are (ants / termites / roaches) invading? Are my sewer pipes okay? (Yuk!) Your plants need water
What are Smart Homes Good For? The Truly Boring that Should Stay Boring Intel PlantCareIntel PlantCare
11. Value proposition: save energy and money Add smarts that also encourage sustainable behavior Are my windows leaking warm air in winter? Did you know you can save water if Opening up the windows could increase sunlight.
What are Smart Homes Good For? Green Houses
12. Some R&D Issues with Smart Homes
Computer Security Unified Interaction Experience Deployability
13. Problem: Few people can make their home wifi networks secure Security will only get worse as more devices and homes are wirelessly networked Some ideas: Better user interfaces for configuration Simpler and understandable security models Ex. physically limited channels Prognostication: Will remain very messy for a long time Huge risks in accidentally sabotaging the market
Research Issues with Smart Homes Computer Security
14. Problem: #1 How do I get my home to Some houses so complex, have to hire someone to set temperature #2 Why did my house do that? Complexity, emergent behavior, ex. temperature oscillates Some ideas: Design patterns for the home, ex. power cycle Simplicity: tech-heavy features favored by engineers, again focus on key activities Prognostication: De facto standards (Microsoft, Sony, Krupps, etc) Will remain ugly for a long time as contenders fight
Research Issues with Smart Homes Unified Interaction Experience
15. Problem: How to move from research concept to real homes? Some ideas: Incremental deployment, can add new toaster, just works Managing power, cant replace hundreds of batteries a day Maintenance, needs to just work Marketing People dont want to be green, they want to save money Prognostication: Insurance companies will advocate (ex. the Club or Lojack) Bundled with entertainment (XBox) and media (Apple)
Research Issues with Smart Homes Deployability CSMonitor Recent history lends some credence to his argument. Many political analysts date Mr. Carter's slide in popularity to the famous 1977 speech in which he dressed in a sweater to symbolize the virtue of lowering the thermostat. But others say Carter's mistake was couching energy use in terms of sacrifice rather than common sense. "[Carter] unfortunately used the term 'conserve' and appeared in a sweater and made people think that energy conservation meant starvation or discomfort," says Amory Lovins, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Golden, Colo. For the majority of voters...the phrase [energy conservation] conjures "sacrifice, deprivation, Jimmy Carter in a cardigan telling you to turn down the thermostat." ... But they do like to be told they're smart... [P]roducts, programs, and politicians that have substituted "energy efficiency" or "smart shopping" do dramatically better than those urging abstinence. "So the environment is not a primary motivator," she concludes, "but if people can help themselves first and help the environment too, they feel they're being smart shoppers and good citizens." CSMonitor Recent history lends some credence to his argument. Many political analysts date Mr. Carter's slide in popularity to the famous 1977 speech in which he dressed in a sweater to symbolize the virtue of lowering the thermostat. But others say Carter's mistake was couching energy use in terms of sacrifice rather than common sense. "[Carter] unfortunately used the term 'conserve' and appeared in a sweater and made people think that energy conservation meant starvation or discomfort," says Amory Lovins, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Golden, Colo. For the majority of voters...the phrase [energy conservation] conjures "sacrifice, deprivation, Jimmy Carter in a cardigan telling you to turn down the thermostat." ... But they do like to be told they're smart... [P]roducts, programs, and politicians that have substituted "energy efficiency" or "smart shopping" do dramatically better than those urging abstinence. "So the environment is not a primary motivator," she concludes, "but if people can help themselves first and help the environment too, they feel they're being smart shoppers and good citizens."
16. Lots of new technologies and capabilities coming Computation and communication in all form factor Dont just focus on the technology Dont just focus on the physical house Focus on key activities as well as community goals Stronger family interactions Strong vibrant communities Environmentally green houses Lots of challenges, lots of opportunities
Closing Thoughts The interior of your own walls is less known to you than the far side of the moon because you could summon up a detailed picture of the Jules Verne Crater on a Web site, pronto. The interior of your own walls is less known to you than the far side of the moon because you could summon up a detailed picture of the Jules Verne Crater on a Web site, pronto.
17. The interior of your own walls is less known to you than the far side of the moon because you could summon up a detailed picture of the Jules Verne Crater on a Web site, pronto. -- Bruce Sterling Every appliance will have WiFi in it in 10 years Implications? Network security? New interactions? All data will come in via IP Implications of Voice over IP? TV over IP? New services? Programmability? End-user innovation?
Other Half-baked Thoughts
18. Everything from opening curtains to turning on lights or the air conditioner can be controlled from the plasma-display television in the living room using a single remote control. The house never runs out of beer. When there are only three cans of beer left in the refrigerator, an e-mail order for more will be sent to a store. Get off the lawn, youre drunk again!
What are Smart Homes Good For? And some not so good ideas http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2002/0130nethome.htmlhttp://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2002/0130nethome.html
