MIT AgeLab's Smart Home Kit is meant to be installed by the older users themselves. In past iterations, the sensors were just thrown into a box haphazardly. This not only damaged them, but led to participants finding it too difficult to install. 

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This latest iteration uses an inner foam tray to protect the kit's elements and give them set locations. The instruction manual then goes hand-in-hand with the packaging by locating the first element to set up and continuing step-by-step from there. 

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I designed the first iteration as an undergraduate researcher working part-time during Summer 2024, when I also designed a user study to test it. I am now working on the second iteration and bringing in around 8 participants. I am excited to lead this study! More details can be found in the User Study Guide.