Re: New Book - Inside The Smart Home...

["Alistair Watkins" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

I would have killed for a book like this last year when I was doing my
thesis!!

Smart Homes for Dummies has its limits ;)

thx,

Alistair

Mark McCall said:
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> PRESS RELEASE
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>>From The Dream to Everyday Reality -
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> A New Exploration of the Smart Home
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> (And you are entitled to a 20% discount)
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> Inside The Smart Home
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> Richard Harper (Ed.)
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> August 2003,  264 pp,  Softcover,  ISBN: 1-85233-688-9,  £35.00 
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> sFr 99.50
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> "A timely and much needed compliment to more technology-led
> explorations of the Smart Home. It draws attention to the complexity,
> diversity and conceptual richness of domestic life and critically
reflects
> on the adoption and use of technologies in the home to date."
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> Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Sapient Ltd, UK
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> With contributions from leading experts in the field, and detailed
case
> studies from international giants such as Orange, Ariston, Phillips
> Electronics and Electrolux, this new book from Springer is a complete
> overview of the past, present and future of home automation.
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> Inside the Smart Home looks at the designs and technologies behind new
> innovations, along with their time-saving, environmental and security
> benefits, amongst others. The book also examines the issues
surrounding
> the fact that, despite their clear advantages, Smart Homes have so far
> failed to reach the levels of success originally anticipated.
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> Inside the Smart Home is currently the only book to provide an
overview of
> design and usability issues for smart, domestic technologies.
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> "A fascinating insight into potentially one of the most
exciting
> developments that affects each and every one of us as we move forward
into
> the 21st Century. This book indicates the direction industry must take
if
> we are to achieve the dream of living in a Smart Home."
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> Steve Hearnden, Mobile Telecommunications Consultant, UK
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> Special Discount for Visitors to Automated Home
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> The leading site for UK Home Automation enthusiasts has teamed up with
the
> publishers, Springer, to offer a special 20% discount off the
recommended
> price. To order, Email marketing@xxxxxxx before 30th September and buy
> your copy of Inside the Smart Home for only £28.00
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> (postage and packing  - £3.00/?5.00 for the first book and an
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> £1.00/?3.00 per book thereafter.)
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> Inside the Smart Home - Table of Contents
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> 1. Inside the Smart Home: Ideas, Possibilities and Methods
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> Part I: Conceptions of the Home
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> 2. Smart Homes: Past, Present and Future
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> 3. Households as Morally Ordered Communities: Explorations in the
Dynamics
> of Domestic Life
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> 4. Time as a Rare Commodity in Home Life
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> 5. Emotional Context and 'Significancies' of Media
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> Part II: Designing for the Home
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> 6. Paper Mail in the Home of the 21st Century
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> 7. Switching On to Switch Off
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> 8. The Social Context of Home Computing
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> 9. Design with Care: Technology, Disability and the Home
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> Part III: The Home of the Future
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> 10. Towards the Unremarkable Computer: Making Technology at Home in
> Domestic Routines
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> 11. Daily Routines and Means of Communication in a Smart Home
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> 12. Living Inside a Smart Home: A Case Study
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> 13. Smart Home, Dumb Suppliers? The Future of Smart Homes Markets
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> Index
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> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article.php3?story_id=1270
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