ECHOES: Encouraging companionship, home organization, and entertainment in seniors

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2084-2088

  Donaldson, Justin ^a   Evnin, Joshua ^a   Saxena, Sidharth ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Companionship; Design ethnography Interaction design; Eldercare; Pitara; Seniors; TeleTable

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COMPANIONSHIP; ELDERCARE; PITARA; SENIORS; TELETABLE;

DIGITAL STORAGE; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

EID: 84869129542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1056808.1057104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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