The Role of Affordance in Cyber-Physical Systems for Behavioral Change

Federica Cena; Amon Rapp; Alessandro Marcengo; Adelina Brizio; Dize Hilviu; Maurizio Tirassa

Internet of Things. User-Centric IoT. First International Summit, IoT360 2014, Rome, Italy, October 27-28, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Part I

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The Role of Affordance in Cyber-Physical Systems for Behavioral Change

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    author={Federica Cena and Amon Rapp and Alessandro Marcengo and Adelina Brizio and Dize Hilviu and Maurizio Tirassa},
    title={The Role of Affordance in Cyber-Physical Systems for Behavioral Change},
    proceedings={Internet of Things. User-Centric IoT. First International Summit, IoT360 2014, Rome, Italy, October 27-28, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Part I},
    proceedings_a={IOT360},
    year={2015},
    month={7},
    keywords={Cyber-Physical systems Internet of things Affordance Behavioral change},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-19656-5_13}
}

Federica Cena
Amon Rapp
Alessandro Marcengo
Adelina Brizio
Dize Hilviu
Maurizio Tirassa
Year: 2015
The Role of Affordance in Cyber-Physical Systems for Behavioral Change
IOT360
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19656-5_13

Federica Cena¹^,*, Amon Rapp¹^,*, Alessandro Marcengo²^,*, Adelina Brizio¹^,*, Dize Hilviu¹^,*, Maurizio Tirassa¹^,*

1: University of Torino
2: Telecom Italia - Research and Prototyping

*Contact email: cena@di.unito.it, rapp@di.unito.it, alessandro.marcengo@telecomitalia.it, adelina.brizio@yahoo.it, dize.hilviu@gmail.com, maurizio.tirassa@unito.it

Abstract

Cyber-Physical Systems are the next generation of embedded ICT systems, interconnected through the Internet of Things and endowed with data gathering functions and able to provide some output to users. Thanks to their features, if opportunely designed, they can affect user behavior on two levels: by means of the data gathered, promoting self-awareness to motivate change in the long term, and by means of direct physical cues, inviting users to perform some action in real time. The concept of affordance becomes crucial to the latter aspect: it is necessary to design novel, intuitive object affordances that foster a particular behavior.

Keywords: Cyber-Physical systems Internet of things Affordance Behavioral change

Published: 2015-07-22
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19656-5_13