A menu-planning support system to facilitate communication among neighbors
Hideaki Kanai, Kei Kitahara · 2011
The emergence of social networking services on the Internet has facilitated communication between people located far away from each other. Through a variety of Web services, people can get together on a virtual platform to video chat, edit documents, and engage in other activities; however, neighboring residents do not always have a chance to meet each other face-to-face. In our research, we focus on people living close to each other and try to encourage them to get together. We have attempted to encourage people to bring along their own ingredients to a get-together for cooking and eating according to "Osusowake," a traditional Japanese ritual. We propose a menu-planning support system that utilizes the shared information of cooking ingredients owned by individuals.