This workshop paper is a contribution to the workshop ‘Methods for Studying Technology in the Home’.

We discuss our experience in applying a Technology Probe approach to the study of new concepts and technologies at home. We discuss benefits and challenges of using this methodology based on an experiment which aimed to bring solar panel energy feedback into everyday life.

Cite Bibtex

@inproceedings{oro36791,
    booktitle = {Methods for Studying Technology in the Home},
        month = {April},
        title = {Technology probes: experiences with home energy feedback},
        author = {Jacky Bourgeois and Janet van der Linden and Blaine Price and Gerd Kortuem},
        year = {2013},
        note = {Methods for Studying Technology in the Home is a workshop to be held as part of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in Paris, France from 27th April ? 2nd May 2013.

ISBN: 978-1-4503-1952-2},
    keywords = {technology probe; energy feedback; home study},
            url = {http://oro.open.ac.uk/36791/},
    abstract = {We discuss our experience in applying a Technology Probe approach to the study of new concepts and technologies at home. We discuss benefits and challenges of using this methodology based on an experiment which aimed to bring solar panel energy feedback into everyday life.}
}