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There are various technology products or IT services which can support elderly at home. However, most of them are designed without considering the individual preferences, needs and situations of elderly people. This study attempt to explore the concepts of elderly product design based on the theory of Emotional Design and aims at exploring solutions on how to meet the needs of the elderly through more humanistic aspects: “attractive” and “customized” technology products. Consequently, this study proposes the 3D printed “personalized” interactive flowerpot design for the elderly, called WATERS.
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Lim, CK. (2014). The Implementation of 3D Printing in Customized Interactive Design for Elderly Welfare Technology. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2014 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 435. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07854-0_53
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