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EatChaFood: challenging technology design to slice food waste production

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Geremy Farr-Wharton,

Marcus Foth,

Jaz Hee-jeong ChoiAuthors Info & Claims

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2494091.2497311

Published: 08 September 2013 Publication History

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This paper presents work in progress of EatChaFood -- a prototype app designed to increase user knowledge of the currently available domestic supply and location of food, with a view to reducing expired household food waste. In order to reap the benefits that EatChaFood can provide we explore ways to overcome manual data entry as a barrier to use. Our user study has to recognise the limitations of the prototype app, and conduct an evaluation of the interaction design built into the app to promote behaviour change. Innovations in the near future such as the automatic scanning of barcodes on food items or photo-recognition will close the gap between perceived prototype usability and usefulness.

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