Abstract
Vertical farming is a promising new technology for increasing crop yields per square meter. However, little research has been done so far in people's perception of this technology. The aim of this project was to gain a better understanding of consumers' attitude on small scale vertical farming at home. This was achieved by developing a prototype that uses sensor and LED technology for growing food at home and deploying it in a user study. The prototype was built to give users a genuine feeling of what it would be like to use a small scale vertical farming system. The user study showed that the attitudes towards the system were mostly positive. However, a fully autonomous system is not desirable and there are concerns regarding food safety.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Subtitle of host publication | Extended Abstracts |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 3091-3098 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450340823 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | The 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - San Jose, California, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 |
Conference
| Conference | The 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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| Abbreviated title | CHI 2016 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Jose, California |
| Period | 7/05/16 → 12/05/16 |