Accessibility of graphics in technical documentation for the cognitive and
visually impaired 

Ambient Intelligence systems are aimed at making user-system interaction and
content consumption a truly positive experience. The endless search for nifty
information visualisation mechanism to squeeze yet one more piece of
information onto a visual display is surpassed by the challenge to embed
interactive displays into our environments that bring true user experience.
Examples of experiences supported by immersiveness, social intelligence and
freedom have been investigated in the Philips HomeLab. HomeLab offers an
unique scientific environment for evaluating the feasibility and usability of
technologies that are used in the realisation of Ambient Intelligent
scenarios. Equipped with an extensive observation infrastructure of 34
cameras and microphones, the HomeLab has enabled behavioural researchers to
study the effect of innovative technologies on the user's acceptance for
Ambient Intelligence. In the presentation we discuss recent developments
resulting from our work in HomeLab with an emphasis on the relation between
(information) visualization and experiences.

Links:
Full text:
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1085313.1085320

Article:
http://www.acm.org/sigaccess/leftfield/

Home Sweet Ambient Home, from Philips
http://www.10meters.com/homelab1.html

Ambient Intelligence
http://www.hitech-projects.com/euprojects/ambience/