This paper presents analysis/synthesis strategies for generating abstract, creative representations via the camera input on a mobile device. Mobile devices are well suited for interactive video processing since they are simultaneously capable of image capture, display, and manipulation. Analysis/synthesis methods are particularly powerful in interactive arts projects as they enable even drastic...

Mobile applications are increasingly being deployed in healthcare and nurses are expected to use them during their education, practice and during training of patients. In this paper we describe how an approach to modelling user needs known as the user-task-context matrix has been applied to help guide in developing requirements for new mobile applications as well as for selecting applications t...

Health initiatives are becoming a growing solution for healthcare provision in developing countries. With the purpose of helping people from underserved areas to access physicians, the University of California Irvine has designed the mobile application VirTelMed. The objective of the study was to implement a usability study of VirTelMed in South Africa, with a focus in its design, usefulness an...

Problem statement: With the expansion of mobile devices, the usage of context-aware mobile applications is becoming very popular. Approach: One of mobile applications that are useful for university students is the university mobile organizer. University Mobile Organizer is a software that acts like an assistant for students in their universities’ activities. Results: However, this application w...

We read with interest the article, “Development and Validation of the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS)," by Dr Stoyanov et al [1]. The authors report on the development and validation of the user version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS). If applied appropriately, this scale has the potential to improve the quality and standardization of reporting, and as...

Cross platform mobile application development using web technologies has traveled a long way since its inception back in 2008-2009 [1]. Frameworks such as Apache Cordova/Phonegap [2] or Appcelerator [3] enabled web developers to reuse their exiting development skills to build applications for a wide variety of mobile platforms and opened up app development to a massive community. Since then man...

Mobile applications have become an important strategic imperative to many leading enterprises. While the potential value and impact of enterprise mobility is understood, only little is known about the transformational capabilities of mobile applications. This research develops a conceptual multi-phase framework of mobile transformations by integrating the emerging literature on mobile business ...

As the population ages and the chronic diseases raised, chronic wounds also increase, creating a huge burden on the health system. In outpatient care, the most common wound measurement technique remains the gradual ruler, which is a simple and fast but relatively inaccurate method. Mobile phones enable permanent access to a camera and the technology now integrates image processing. A mobile app...

Discussions about mobile applications and businesses often deal with technical issues on distribution and representation. Content, when discussed, is typically considered as a set of measurable units, like size, form and version, and left with that. This paper stresses the importance of also regarding content as the result of a creative process. A content theory is presented and used as a backd...

Would an ill person interact with an application the same way as a healthy person? Could a simulation of a chemical spill provide the same stressful environment for emergency response workers to give realistic feedback about the usability of a chemical spill assistant application? Researchers have noted [1, 2] that traditional laboratory usability studies are insufficient for mobile application...