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DIGITALCITIES
2003
Springer
14 years 23 days ago
Activities and Technologies in Digital City Kyoto
We have developed a digital city for Kyoto, the old capital and cultural center of Japan, as a social information infrastructure for urban everyday life including shopping, busines...
Toru Ishida
ENGL
2007
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13 years 7 months ago
Carpooling: A Step to Reduce Congestion (A Case Study of Delhi)
— As is the trend worldwide, India is undergoing rapid urbanization. This means not only that more people than ever before will be living and working in cities, but also that mor...
Kum Kum Dewan, Israr Ahmad
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
ViralVCD: tracing information-diffusion paths with low cost media in developing communities
We describe ViralVCD: a low cost method for tracing paths of information diffusion in developing communities using physical media. We instituted a participatory video framework fo...
Nithya Sambasivan, Ed Cutrell, Kentaro Toyama
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya
We present results from a qualitative study examining how professionals living and working in Nairobi, Kenya regularly use ICT in their everyday lives. There are two contributions...
Susan Wyche, Thomas N. Smyth, Marshini Chetty, Pau...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
After access: challenges facing mobile-only internet users in the developing world
This study reports results of an ethnographic action research study, exploring mobile-centric internet use. Over the course of 13 weeks, eight women, each a member of a livelihood...
Shikoh Gitau, Gary Marsden, Jonathan Donner