Abstract
With the advent of the Internet of Things, low-cost sensing technologies are becoming increasingly available, allowing citizens to collectively monitor and share data about the environment. A subset of these technologies is being made at maker spaces, using open source and affordable technologies. While these systems have the potential to power bottom-up participatory data networks, a key concern is that laypeople often fail to effectively setup and connect these sensors to the Internet because they lack technical skills and/or the systems’ user experience is poorly designed. We present a novel onboarding application that aims to facilitate the process of sensor setup and connection by non-experts. It works by providing an integrated design experience, scaffolding the complexity of the process, and guiding the user in a conversational fashion. We hope to inspire other developers and designers to consider the needs of non-technical and diverse communities in the design of IoT systems.
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Balestrini, M., Seiz, G., Peña, L.L., Camprodon, G. (2017). Onboarding Communities to the IoT. In: Kompatsiaris, I., et al. Internet Science. INSCI 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10673. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70284-1_2
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