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PV-Pix: Slum Community Co-design of Self-Powered Deformable Smart Messaging Materials

D. Raju,K. Seunarine,Thomas Reitmaier,Gethin Thomas,Y. Meena,Chi Zhang,A. Pockett,Jennifer Pearson,Simon Robinson,Matthew J. Carnie,D. Sahoo,Matt Jones

Published 2021 in International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

ABSTRACT

Working with emergent users in two of Mumbai’s slums, we explored the value and uses of photovoltaic (PV) self-powering digital materials. Through a series of co-design workshops, a diary study and responses by artists and craftspeople, we developed the PV-Pix concept for inter-home connections. Each PV-Pix element consists of a deformable energy harvesting material that, when actuated by a person in one home, changes its physical state both there and in a connected home. To explore the concept we considered two forms of PV-Pix: one uses rigid materials and the other flexible ones. We deployed two low-fidelity prototypes, each constructed of a grid of one PV-Pix type, in four slum homes over a four week period to further understand the usability and uses of the materials, eliciting interesting inter-family communication practices. Encouraged by these results we report on a first-step towards working prototypes and demonstrate the technical viability of the approach.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2021

  • Venue

    International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

  • Publication date

    2021-05-06

  • Fields of study

    Art, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1145/3411764.3445661
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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