Networked Surfaces are surfaces such as desks which provide network connectivity to specially augmented devices, for example handheld computers. When the devices are physically placed on top of the surface, they can connect to different kinds of services – mainly, but not exclusively to send and receive data. This paper discusses challenges in implementing Networked Surfaces, paying particular ...

introduction: some clinicians use a handheld screw driver instead of a torque wrench to definitively tighten abutment screws. the aim of this study was to compare the removal torque of one-piece and two-piece abutments tightened with a handheld driver and a torque control ratchet. methods: 40 iti implants were placed in acrylic blocks and divided into 4 groups. in groups one and two, 10 iti one...

Handheld computers (Pocket PCs) have been required of all entering CS majors at the University of Minnesota Duluth, since fall semester 2001. To enhance their utilization, customized learning software was created for the devices and integrated into the curriculum through inclass exercises. Student opinion surveys consistently indicated that these hardware and software innovations contributed mo...

Wireless technology is an extension and adaptation of existing applications on laptop computers. This research aims to build a prototype system that supports the transference of existing Web-based database applications into the wireless handheld environment. The system uses a meta specification approach to eliminate programming work. The user need only define the application interface and dataf...

The proliferation of mobile handheld devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and tablet computers, within the workplace is expanding rapidly. While providing productivity benefits, the ability of these devices to store and transmit corporate information through both wired and wireless networks poses potential risks to an organization’s security. This paper describes an approach to a...

We are designing and developing a mobile clinical decision support system, known as MET (Mobile Emergency Triage), for supporting emergency triage of different types of acute pain presentations. MET needs to interact with an existing hospital information system, run on handheld computing devices and be suitable for operation in weak connectivity conditions (with unstable connections between mob...

One of the applications of clinical information systems is decision support. Although the advantages of utilizing such aids have never been theoretically disputed, they have been rarely used in practice. The factor that probably often limits the utility of clinical decision support systems is the need for computing power at the very site of decision making--at the place where the patient is int...

This paper investigates the use of programming language constructs to realize adaptive behavior in support of collaboration among users of wearable and handheld computers. A prototype language, Adaptive Java, contains primitives that permit programs to modify their own operation in a principled manner. In a case study, Adaptive Java was used to construct MetaSocket components, whose composition...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate clinicians' satisfaction and frustrations with the use of a handheld computer system that implements a guideline for management of childhood asthma exacerbations. SETTING Nine primary-care pediatric practices. DESIGN Survey component of a randomized, prospective before-after trial. INTERVENTION Newton MessagePad outfitted with custom software (called "AsthMonitor") t...