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SIGCPR
2003
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Triple jeopardy: race, gender and class politics of women in technology
In this paper, I consider how class, race, and gender influence perspectives regarding information technology (IT). I do so by considering how participants in a community technolo...
Lynette Kvasny
GI
2009
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Applying Semantic Technologies for Context-Aware AAL Services: What we can learn from SOPRANO
Abstract: Ambient assisted living (AAL) is a newly emerging term describing a research area with focus on services that support people in their daily life with particular focus on ...
Peter Wolf, Andreas Schmidt, Michael Klein
ACMIDC
2010
13 years 12 months ago
Digital Technologies and Marginalized Youth
Marginalization threatens basic issues of fairness and equal opportunity for a significant portion of children around the n this extended abstract, we frame the problem of margina...
Juan Pablo Hourcade, Natasha E. Bullock-Rest, Heid...
DAGSTUHL
2007
13 years 10 months ago
Assisting age related capabilities by ambient technology to prevent functional decline
The elderly is characterized by age related capabilities and handicaps. Whereas age related capabilities like plasticity and adaptability on changing living conditions can lead to ...
Mehmet Gövercin, Richard Willmann, Gerd Lanfe...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Engaging constable: revealing art with new technology
Museums increasingly deploy new technologies to enhance visitors' experience of their exhibitions. They primarily rely on touch-screen computer systems, PDAs and digital audi...
Dirk vom Lehn, Jon Hindmarsh, Paul Luff, Christian...