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The present paper highlights the importance of positive technology, user experience, and needs fulfillment in developing countries. It proposes a theoretical framework that enables engineers and interaction designers to develop products that help users to fulfill their interaction needs in this special environment. Put in other words: the proposed environment-sensitive user-centered design framework elicits positive technology for users in developing countries. Adequate methods corresponding to this framework are summarized and effects of positive technology in developing countries are discussed.
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Backhaus, N., Brandenburg, S., Trapp, A. (2014). Positive Technology and User Experience for Human Needs in Developing Countries: Some Considerations. In: Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Everyday Life Applications and Services. DUXU 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8519. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07635-5_39
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