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Developing personal technology for the field

J. Pascoe, D. R. Morse, and N. S. Ryan

Personal Technologies, 2:182-196, August 1998.

Abstract

Developing Personal Technology for the Field

Jason Pascoe, David Morse and Nick Ryan

J.Pascoe@ukc.ac.uk, D.R.Morse@ukc.ac.uk, N.S.Ryan@ukc.ac.uk

Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, UK

This paper is concerned with developing personal computing aids for the mobile fieldworker. A description of mobile computing and context-aware technology is given suggesting how handheld computing devices that are aware of various factors of their user's environment (such as location) could be helpful. In particular, the concept of a stick-e note is introduced as a general-purpose context-aware technology that we have developed.

The needs of fieldworkers and the suitability of stick-e note technology to their tasks is addressed, and a number of areas where stick-e note technology could help are identified. The design of a prototypical sticke-e note system that attempts to meet these needs is introduced and an account given of an extensive trial of this prototype in assisting in a behavioural study of giraffe in Kenya.

To appear in Personal Technologies vol 2, pp. 28-36, 1998.

Bibtex Record

@article{618,
author = {J. Pascoe and D. R. Morse and N. S. Ryan},
title = {Developing Personal Technology for the Field},
month = {August},
year = {1998},
pages = {182-196},
keywords = {determinacy analysis, Craig interpolants},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/1998/618},
    journal = {Personal Technologies},
    volume = {2},
}

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