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Lab of Things (LoT) is a flexible platform that lowers the barrier for experimental research that uses connected devices in homes and other physical spaces. LoT enables (1) easy interconnection of devices and implementation of experimental technology, (2) easy deployment and monitoring of field studies and analysis of data from experiments, and (3) sharing of data, code, and participants among research groups. This chapter describes LoT and how it can be used by researchers to develop, deploy, and test their technologies.
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Lab of Things was initially called HomeLab.
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We thank the people who have contributed to the Lab of Things platform, including Colin Dixon, Evgeni Filippov, Trinabh Gupta, Danny Huang, Jaeyeon Jung, Bongshin Lee, Frank Martinez, Khurshed Mazhar, Kirk Olynyk, Amar Phanishayee, Menaga Raghu, James Scott, Rayman Preet Singh, and Brian Zill. We also thank the people who have helped improve the platform through their use in classes and research as well as contributing their code to the repository.
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Brush, A.J.B., Mahajan, R., Samuel, A. (2014). Lab of Things: Simplifying and Scaling Deployments of Experimental Technology in Homes. In: van Hoof, J., Demiris, G., Wouters, E. (eds) Handbook of Smart Homes, Health Care and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01904-8_35-1
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