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HICSS
2006
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Bridging the Digital Divide: Feasibility of Training Community Health Advisors to Use the Internet for Health Outreach
We assessed the feasibility of “bridging the digital divide” by training community health advisors (CHAs) from low-income communities to use high-quality Internet-based health...
Thomas K. Houston, Kimberly Robinson, Eta Berner, ...
CSREAEEE
2006
109views Business» more  CSREAEEE 2006»
13 years 8 months ago
A Framework For Increasing Participation In e-Government
- The Internet potentially provides government with great opportunities for delivering services, encouraging democracy and promoting economic vitality. E-government is regarded wit...
Jawed I. A. Siddiqi, Babak Akhgar, Tom Gamble, Gha...
HCI
2007
13 years 8 months ago
RFID Cards: A New Deal for Elderly Accessibility
Elderly adults face two serious challenges bridging the digital divide. First, many suffer from physical or cognitive disabilities, which inhibit computer use. Second, the “tradi...
Robert Pastel, Charles Wallace, Jesse Heines
CCR
2004
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13 years 6 months ago
Turning 802.11 inside-out
The past decade has seen communication revolution in the form of cellular telephony as well as the Internet, but much of it has been restricted to the developed world and metro po...
Pravin Bhagwat, Bhaskaran Raman, Dheeraj Sanghi
PERCOM
2010
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
Collaborative municipal Wi-Fi networks - challenges and opportunities
Abstract—Municipal Wi-Fi networks aim at providing Internet access and selected mobile network services to citizens, travelers, and civil servants. The goals of these networks ar...
Tobias Heer, René Hummen, Nicolai Viol, Han...