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Smart Cooking Tools: A Study of the Design & Development of Sensor-Based, Internet-Connected Devices for Cooking
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013)
For the past 50 years, appliance design has been chasing
efficiency. For more and more consumers, cooking has gone
from a chore to a pleasure. Consumers now yearn for kitchen
products that enhance the joy and camaraderie ...
Project [viaStation]: Empowering New User Access to Bike-Shares in Smaller Markets
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013)
In November of 2011, Georgia Tech welcomed its first automated bike-sharing service. Since
then the founders at viaCycle have continued to expand and improve their platform. However,
after opting against on-site kiosks ...
Easing Transitions: Service Design for Older Adults
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013)
The transition into a retirement community for older adults can be a time of great stress, leading to social isolation, loneliness and loss of meaning. To reduce this stress associated with the transition process, a feeling ...
Howtorecycle.it: Designing a System to Empower Consumers to Become More Involved in the End-of-Life of Commodity-Grade Appliances
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013)
The United States currently recycles only 34% of
the municipal waste that it produces, with some
materials such as plastics having only a 7.6%
rate of recycling (EPA 2011). Two contributors
to low recycling rates are ...