The emergence of living organisms as entities in HCI presents an opportunity to collaborate
with other beings through technology, align interspecies motives, and nurture greater …

Plants and specifically indoor pot plants have featured as a prominent object in human-
computer interaction (HCI) studies for more than two decades. Motivated by recent discourse …

First impressions play an important part in social interactions, establishing the foundation of
a person's opinion about their counterparts. Since interpersonal communication is …

Domestic robots such as vacuum cleaners or lawnmowers are becoming popular consumer
products in private homes, but while current HCI research on domestic robots has …

HCI researchers increasingly involve plants in their interaction design research, such as
using plants as novel interfaces or sensors. While research involving other living entities …

As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to work remotely from home, collaborating
solely through digital technologies, a growing population of remote home workers are faced …

Robots and smart technologies are becoming part of everyday life and private households.
While this automation of mundane tasks typically creates pragmatic benefits (eg, efficiency …

Maintenance of home appliances can be tedious. Maintenance work can be physically
demanding and it is not always easy to know the cause of a malfunctioning appliance. Many …

The amount of status and notification information available to people is increasing beyond
the capacity of the current primary delivery channel of smartphones. Ambient displays, eg …

Smart devices and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are replacing or being incorporated
into traditional devices at a growing pace. The use of digital interfaces to interact with these …