SmartGardenWatering: Experiences of using a garden watering simulation

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group - Design: Open 24/7, OZCHI '09

Volumn 411, Issue , 2009, Pages 217-224

  Pearce, Jon ^a   Smith, Wally ^a   Nansen, Bjorn ^a   Murphy, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Design4Use ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Interaction design; Simulation; Sustainability; Water

Indexed keywords

EXPERT AND NOVICES; GARDEN WATERING; INTERACTION DESIGN; SOFTWARE TOOL;

COMPUTER CRIME; DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77952971727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1738826.1738861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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