Proposed Solutions for the Main Challenges and Security Issues in IoT Smart Home Technology

The IoT has become a trend in recent years, and the smart home system has achieved great interest due to its need and requirement from consumers around the world. Smart home technology refers to the devices that are connected over the internet to monitor, support, and control the home in order to make our life easier. The revolution in technology has made homes more convenient, efficient, and even simpler. However, there are some challenges and obstacles that need to take into consideration when using a smart home system. Based on a comprehensive survey, this study aims to provide an overview of the critical security issues for IoT smart home systems and propose potential solutions to mitigate these risks by understanding vulnerabilities and applying security measures to ensure that the IoT system is more reliable and safe. The challenges and security issues highlighted with an emphasis on providing solutions, as well as smart home approaches and IoT layers

DETERMINANTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS' INTENTION TO USE THE IOT SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY IN QATAR

This study develops a research model for the main determinants that affect the potential customers’ intention to use the Internet of Things (IoT) - Smart Home Technology in Qatar. This study proposes and validates a research model that can explain the behavioral intention of individuals and emphasize the factors that have the strongest impact. Our theoretical model extends the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 [UTAUT2] by including the factors of Mobility, Trust, Perceived Security and the espoused national cultural values of Collectivism, Masculinity and Uncertainty Avoidance. Regression analysis was used to validate the proposed research model and corresponding hypotheses on data collected using a convenience sample of random individuals from Qatar. Findings: performance expectancy, mobility, price value, trust in smart home technology and its providers have a significant positive impact on the potential customers’ behavioral intention to use the smart home technology. The cultural dimensions moderate some of the hypothesized relationships in the proposed model. Perceived security and social influence are strongly related to the perceived trust in smart home technology providers. Effort expectancy and hedonic motivation positively related to the performance expectancy. Originality/value: This study is the first attempt to study the acceptance of the smart home technology in Qatar

CONSUMERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON SMART HOME AND SMART LIVING

Internet of Things (IoT) is an umbrella term used for Internetworking physical devices such as vehicles, buildings, home appliances, and other physical objects to the Internet. This technology innovation allows for different objects or devices to be connected to each other, thus transforming the objects from “dumb” to “smart” devices. A central question for researchers and practitioners is whether and how the potential users of smart home technology, a subset of IoT technology, perceive this innovation. To address this question, the present paper seeks to empirically explore the relationships between determinant factors influencing users’ intentions. By drawing upon recent studies on smart home technology, this paper argues that multiple factors impact users’ perceptions and consequently their adoption decisions. By using a survey data from 156 individuals and applying structural equation modelling (SEM) and Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this research suggests that attitudes toward using technology, social influence, perceived usefulness and perceived innovativeness impact users’ adoption decisions. Moreover, fsQCA results, while reinforcing and refining findings from the SEM analysis, reveal that there is no single solution that lead to the outcome of interest—smart home technology adoption—but multiple configurations of conditions do. Theoretical and methodological contributions are discussed

The Impact of IoT Smart Home Services on Psychological Well-Being

Sequeiros, H., Oliveira, T., & Thomas, M. A. (2021). The Impact of IoT Smart Home Services on Psychological Well-Being. Information Systems Frontiers. [Advanced online publication 10 March 2021]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10118-8Smart home services are a new generation of consumer services. Supported by the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, they deliver security, comfort, entertainment, assisted living, and efficient management of the home to improve the quality of life of consumers. As the availability of smart home services expands, there is still a lack of understanding of what motivates their continuing use and how the penetration of smart devices and services in the home environment affects individual well-being. We develop a research model combining hedonic and eudaimonic motivations with the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT 2) to evaluate the impacts on well-being. The model is estimated using partial least squares based on a sample of 260 survey responses. The results show that hedonic motivation associated with the adoption of some smart home services moderates continuing use. Additionally, the results suggest a positive relationship between the use of IoT smart home services and well-being. Furthermore, hedonic and eudaimonic motives have a substantial effect on the use behavior of smart home services and ultimately on well-being.authorsversionepub_ahead_of_prin

Empowering Homes with Intelligence: An Investigation of Smart Home Technology Adoption and Usage

The increasing interconnectedness of the world, coupled with the proliferation of connected devices, networks, and intricate systems, has paved the way for unparalleled opportunities in automation and sophisticated digital transformation. This has also led to a global rise in the adoption of smart and intelligent technologies within the smart home market. Norway, being a technologically advanced country with digitally skilled citizens, presents a potential market for the widespread adoption of smart home technologies. However, there is a lack of research on the adoption of smart home technology (SHT), specifically in Norway. Hence, this study aims at investigating the factors that influence Norwegian consumers' intentions to adopt smart home technologies, as well as the diffusion of smart home adoption in the Norwegian market. Employing a mixed-methods research design, this study gathered insights from both consumers and vendors through ten qualitative interviews and a survey with 100 participants over the period of seven months. The findings of this study provide empirical evidence supporting the significance of hedonic motivation, perceived price value, and social influence in relation to the use and adoption of SHT.publishedVersio

Design Research: The IdIoT's Role in the ‘SMART’ home

Through optimization and efficiency, Internet of Things (IoT) technology promises to make our cities, our houses and our bodies ‘smarter’. In the context of the growing industry of the ‘smart’ home, through a practice-based design research, I carried an investigation based on the conceptual figure of the ‘IdIoT’. Through this image we seek to interrogate this reality, slow down its assumptions and reflect on the epistemological processes involved in technology. In response to the rapid growth and accelerating commercialization of the Internet of Things, the intervention generated a series of questions on the eventualities of the process of algorithmization of our domestic life. By problematizing the ambiguities of technology, it was possible to observe how the algorithmic logic presents a series of controversies around the apparent neutrality of ‘smartness’

Exploring the Use and Adoption of Smart Home Technology: Findings from Norway

Due to the continuously increasing socio-technical interconnectedness of the world, the massive increase in connected devices, networks, and systems creates new opportunities for automation and advanced digitalization like never before. With the perennial presence of smartphones, mobile technologies are also applied to and combined with new operations, including automation of domestic lives. Thus, smart and intelligent technologies is a hot topic in the smart home industry. Researchers have studied motivating and blocking factors for smart home technology adoptions among consumers. As Norway is a technologically developed country with generally skilled citizens, the Norwegian smart home market comprises a potential market for mass adoption of smart home technologies. To the researcher’s knowledge, there is little new literature on smart home technology adoption in Norway. Hence, this thesis will study drivers and barriers affecting Norwegian consumers’ intentions to adopt smart home technologies, and the diffusion of smart home adoption in the Norwegian market. Through a mixed-methods research design, this study provides insights from both a consumer and a professional perspective obtained from interviews, in addition to consumer insights from a survey. The data collection was based on a research model adapted from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) by Venkatesh et al. (2012). The research model used in this thesis consists of eight constructs which were measured by their effect on behavioral intention towards adoption smart home technology. The eight constructs include performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, hedonic motivation, price value, facilitating conditions, energy management, and security and privacy. Through quantitative and qualitative data analysis, the findings showed that the strongest drivers that was identified for smart home technology adoption was hedonic motivation, price value, and social influence. The lack of awareness and familiarity of smart home technology was identified to be a central potential barrier to adoption, whereas enhanced market communication and education regarding smart home technology might contribute to get closer to mass adoption of smart home technology in Norway. The implications for practice entailed that smart home vendors should ensure a better communication of smart home technology’s benefits and usefulness towards consumer and assist in educating the mass market about smart home technology to raise awareness and familiarity. The implications for research pointed out that there is need for additional research on smart home technology adoption in Norway is needed in the future to see the development in the market. This thesis consists of six sections: (1) introduction to the research topic, objectives, and the research questions, (2) a literature review on existing relevant literature within the field of study, (3) research method, (4) reporting on empirical findings from the data collection and analysis, (5) discussion and implications of the respective findings in relation to the literature, and finally (6) conclusion, limitations, and suggested directions for future research

A Human-Machine Interface Based on Eye Tracking for Controlling and Monitoring a Smart Home Using the Internet of Things

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