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Technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT) have reached different sectors of the economy due to the growing number of connected objects. At the same time, the global number of older adults is increasing dramatically and is expected to more than double, reaching more than 1.5 billion by 2050. We advocate that older people can benefit from IoT technologies to achieve a better quality of life and healthy aging if the developers of these applications consider Usability. This study aimed to understand better seniors’ main concerns and perceptions about IoT technologies to see the implications for the design of these technologies. We interviewed 11 Brazilian older adults (aged 60+) to identify their needs and, based on this, we developed and evaluated a prototype to support older people with forgetfulness problems. Finally, it was possible to analyze the narrations of the interviewees’ speeches and obtain their perceptions about the IoT.
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This study was financed partially by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.
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Rodrigues, S.S., Paiva, D.M.B., de Mattos Fortes, R.P. (2021). Considering the Older Adults’ Perceptions of IoT for Designing IoT Technologies. In: Ruiz, P.H., Agredo-Delgado, V., Kawamoto, A.L.S. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. HCI-COLLAB 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1478. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92325-9_2
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