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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Touch screens"”.
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Redox active metal-sulfide clusters and computer-assisted instructional lessons on transition metal chemistry
… Pioneer and Sony videodisc players, both touch and non-touch screens, and a local area network. The programming was done in Microsoft QuickBASIC. The videodisc was used in these lessons as a means for the students to observe real reactions of some transition metal complexes. The videodisc …
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3D PRINTING OF ELASTOMERS AND APPLICATIONS
… These applications are like flexible touch screens, electronic skins, and energy storage, just to name few. To manufacture these functional polymers by traditional ways to fit in these applications, casting and laser cutting are employed which may increase the waste material and leads …
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Active Mobile Interface for smart health
… triad. The widespread availability of touch screens and voice recognition software has made it possible to execute commands in many different ways, especially on mobile computing devices. While this has made it possible to get work done with the minimum of physical exertion, the …
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Ergonomic, adaptable keyboard for fast data entry on mobile computing devices
… options (such as the 12-key phone pad and PDA touch screens) are a quarter to a third of the speed of the standard desktop QWERTY keyboards. Therefore, it is slow and frustrating for people to use these systems for any significant text input, such as writing emails, taking notes in a meeting, …
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Get a grip: Analysis of muscle activity and perceived comfort in using stylus grips
… instruments has been based primarily on touch, feel, aesthetics, and muscle exertion. Previous studies make it clear that different pen characteristics have to be considered along with hand-instrument interaction in the design of writing instruments. This should include pens designed for …
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Efficacy of computer-based voice output communicaton intervention in persons with chronic severe aphasia
… the ability to select symbols by activating the touch screen and adequate visual and hearing skills as determined by their ability to consistently select correct picture symbols in response to verbal stimuli. Materials included laptop computers with touch screens and speech synthesizers, Gus …
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Creating Novel Interactions with EIT-Based Devices through a Mobile Enabled API
… of a video game controller, or the flat, multi touch screens of mobile devices we have become used to, technology has pushed the limits on these physical and visible inputs. While developments continue to be made, such as pressure sensitive displays and flexible touch surfaces, there is an …
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Unraveling the Reconfiguration Dynamics of Silver Nanowire Networks under Electrothermal Stress
… devices including solar panels and touch-screens. Indium Tin Oxide, the dominant TCE, comes with myriad problems including a shaky supply chain and brittleness. Networks of silver nanowires show many advantages over ITO, but they suffer from problems with durability. In this work, we …
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Competing voices: Dialogic perspectives on Chinese children’s use of touch screen devices in a New Zealand early childhood education setting
Internationally, preschool children’s use of touch screen devices is increasingly discussed from the perspectives of teachers and or caregivers. However, there is little discussion of this topic from a cross-cultural perspective. Furthermore, children’s own voices on their touch screen experiences …
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Chatbots and 3D maps : evaluating information retrieval across multiple mediums
… of a three-dimensional map atop interactive touch-screens and a native iPad app. The two mediums described above were both implemented as pieces of a single larger project: the MIT Atlas Service Center, and are meant to showcase the talent and research that happens in each of the 5 schools of …
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A human factors evaluation of current touch entry technologies
… flat panel display coupled with a touch sensitive input device. The primary purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate the six major manufacturers' implementation of the three most common technologies for touch screens. The evaluation was based on operator performance. The three …
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Sketch-based retrieval of images and 3D shapes.
With the ubiquitous proliferation of touch screens in consumer electronics such as mobile phones and tablet PCs, the demand of consumers for more convenient product search methods is rising. Since sketching meets this need as a form to better express visual intentions, sketch-based retrieval …
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Designing liquid repellent surfaces for fabrics, feathers and fog
… protection and dirt / fingerprint resistant touch screens. The main aim of this thesis is to develop rules for the systematic design of omniphobic surfaces with a focus on textiles. First, a design chart is developed to help us understand the impact of surface chemistry and surface topography …
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The design of touchable interactions for data visualization
… the design of interactive data visualization. Touchable interaction, an affordable and relatively mature member of NUI, has drawn much attention in today’s design of personal computers. And it has been proved to be effective and efficient in accomplishing some certain tasks, for example, pinch …
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Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Flexible Structures: Low Temperature Deposition of Silver Conductive Tracks on Flexible Substrates
… devices such as sensors, solar panels, touch screens, displays and solid state lighting. Common approaches to fabricate transparent conductors include the physical deposition of transparent conductive oxide (TCO) films on polymer substrates. This is leading to mechanically brittle …
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Polyelectrolyte multilayer thin films with antimicrobial, antifouling and drug releasing properties
… such as doorknobs, computer keyboards, and touch screens can also be made sterile by coating them with these highly effective microbicidal PEM films. These films can also be used to prevent infections and long-term bacterial biofilms on implant surfaces. The ultimate aim of this thesis work …
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The effects of controller type in a violent video game : presence, arousal, and state hostility
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Telecommunication, Information Studies, & Media, 2010
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Investigating the usability of touch-based user interfaces
With the emergence of pen-and-touch operated personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablet computers, and wall-size displays (e.g., Liveboard and Smartboard), touch and pen input have gained popularity. Touch-based user interfaces such as mobile phones, PDAs and tablet PCs (with touch screens) have …
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Tools for acquired scene analysis and transmission
… from haptic devices such as joysticks, Wii, and touch screens to the more sophisticated options such as Microsoft Kinect. Obviously, the potential of these devices needs to be carefully evaluated in each application to strike a balance between efficacy and complexity. In this thesis, we have …