AAL- technology acceptance through experience

AAL-Technology Acceptance through Experience

Alina Huldtgren

Media Department, University of

Applied Sciences Düsseldorf

Josef-Gockeln-Str.9

40474 Düsseldorf, Germany

alina.huldtgren@fh-duesseldorf.de

Gabriela Ascencio San Pedro

Concordiastraat 31

3551EL Utrecht

g.ascen@gmail.com

Anna E. Pohlmeyer,

Natalia A. Romero Herrara

Industrial Design Department,

Delft University of Technology

Landbergstraat 15

2628CE Delft, The Netherlands

{a.e.pohlmeyer, n.a.romero}@tudelft.nl

ABSTRACT

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