The report “emotion-centered-design, smart home and elderly’s well-being” studied the role and implication of positive technology and emotion-centered-design on designing a smart home for the elderly’s well-being. Four emotion-centered-design (ECD) tools are proposed to demonstrate how emotion can be applied in designing effective smart home devices. By conducting a correct ethnography for the design of a smart home, ECD smart home devices can encourage a user’s adoption, engagement, and effectiveness of the system. When prioritizing emotional needs in the design process, a designer can balance the goals of a business and the needs of the user with the imposed technology constraints.
A happy home is an important part of one’s wellness. And emotion-centered-design smart home devices can better support the elderly to age-in-place.