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Digital archives of personal memories are becoming increasingly technically feasible, but there remain significant interaction design challenges. In this paper, we present a research and design study of the Living Memory Box, a device and service to assist families in preserving memories in a variety of media forms. Through a series of ethnographic interviews, design activities and focus groups, we have developed recommendations for the design and development of future personal memory systems and appliances. These improvements must be considered by future researchers in the coordination of multiple disciplines toward successful holistic systems.
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Dr. Wendy Newstetter provided valuable direction for the user research. This work has been supported in part by the Aware Home Research Initiative industrial consortium that Dr. Abowd directs at Georgia Tech. This work is also partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation through a grant from the ITR program (#0121661).
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Stevens, M., Abowd, G., Truong, K. et al. Getting into the Living Memory Box: Family archives & holistic design. Pers Ubiquit Comput 7, 210–216 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-003-0220-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-003-0220-4