Reading dynamic Chinese text on the go

Abstract— Previous studies have shown that dynamic displays during rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) privilege temporal rather that spatial information in overcoming the limits of small screens. Such studies have been conducted under stationary or idealized conditions using conventional desktop‐paradigm evaluation strategies, resulting in deficient understandings of how changes in motion affect users' ability to perform effectively. This study examined the impact of two important dynamic display factors on the reading comprehension achieved by participants while walking on a predefined path and standing: word‐by‐word and one‐line presentation formats and presentation rates of 182, 232, 282, and 332 characters per minute (cpm). The results of this study showed that an RSVP display can represent an alternative for reading textual information when a word‐by‐word format is presented with a 332‐cpm presentation rate. When the one‐line presentation format is used, however, a lower presentation rate of 282 cpm should be chosen. Future research should attempt to simulate real life more closely and explore the effects of the multiple functions performed by various RSVP displays on reading comfort and comprehension.     

Making the Internet go away

The Internet's next big success will occur when society thinks of it as a service rather than a technology. To make that success happen, we are facing a grand engineering challenge involving researchers, operators, and vendors. We need to focus on the ultimate consumer experience as we instrument, measure, model, predict, reengineer, and manage a ubiquitous digital communications infrastructure. It will be complex, dynamic, and more than our current operational theories and practice can handle.     

Discovering meaning on the go in large heterogenous data

The world is increasingly full of data. Organisations, governments and individuals are creating increasingly large data sources, and in many cases making them publicly available. This offers massive potential for interaction and mutual collaboration. But using this data often creates problems. Those creating the data will use their own terminology, structure and formats for the data, meaning that data from one source will be incompatible with data from another source. When presented with a large, unknown data source, it is very difficult to ascribe meaning to the terms of that data source, and to understand what is being conveyed. Much effort has been invested in data interpretation prior to run-time, with large data sources being matched against each other off-line. But data is often used dynamically, and so to maximise the value of the data it is necessary to extract meaning from it dynamically. We therefore postulate that an essential competent of utilising the world of data in which we increasingly live is the development of the ability to discover meaning on the go in large, heterogenous data.This paper provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art, reviewing the aims and achievements in different fields which can be applied to this problem. We take a brief look at cutting edge research in this field, summarising four papers published in the special issue of the AI Review on Discovering Meaning on the go in Large Heterogenous Data, and conclude with our thoughts about where research in this field is going, and what our priorities must be to enable us to move closer to achieving this goal.     

怎样实现绿色包装

可持续的创意实践既有利于客户也有利于环保意识发展．只要你能够理解它的工作方法就可以。Darren Smith将带我们去发现最棒的绿色包装设计方案。     

Abdicating choice: the rewards of letting go

Increasingly, people are faced with having to deal with vast amount of digital content. But in some situations, having to choose from such large digital libraries can be unpleasant and even paralysing, especially when people have no strong preference for a particular choice. Digital music listening is an example of such a dilemma. Focusing on Shuffle listening on the iPod, whereby listeners abdicate choice to a system to present content to them randomly, we observe that this mode of abdicating choice not only alleviates the pains of choice but also leads to better user-experience in some circumstances. Randomness is highlighted as a versatile resource. Acting as a device that ‘defamiliarises’ the digital music tracks, it refreshes and engages listeners' attention as well as shapes their perceptions. In some cases, the use of randomness enriches their listening experience and even encourages encounters with serendipity.     

Ergonomic standards go beyond hardware

European concerns about ergonomics, which are closely linked to worker health and safety have already expanded to a directive that affects user-interface design. Now the European Community is debating whether or not the directive should be tied to a standard, ISO 9241. As ISO 9000 has demonstrated, this is not just a concern for European developers. US developers are also finding that ISO standards gate their entry into the global market. The author reports on the status of this decision. Although conformance issues are still being hotly debated, ISO 9241 may be laying the foundation for more usability standards. Software companies may soon have a new ISO standard to be concerned with     

Wearable data analysis,visualisation and recommendations on the go using android middleware

Wearable technology comes with the promise of improving one’s lifestyles thru data mining of their physiological condition. The potential to generate a change in daily or routine habits thru these devices leaves little doubt. Whilst the hardware capabilities of wearables have evolved rapidly, software apps that interpret and present the physiological data and make recommendations in a simple, clear and meaningful way have not followed a similar pattern of evolution. Existing fitness apps provide routinely some information to the wearer by mining personal data but the subsequent analysis is limited to supporting ad hoc personal goals. The information and recommendations presented are often either not entirely relevant or incomplete and often not easy to interpret by the wearer. The primary motivation behind this research is to address this wearable technology software challenge by developing a middleware mobile app that is supported by data analytics and machine learning to assist with interpretation of wearer data and with making of personal lifestyle improvement recommendations on the go which may then be used to feedback to the wearer’s daily goals and activities. The secondary motivation is to correlate and compare with trends in the wearer’s peer community.     

Jolt Awards go to 57 products

Software Development honored 57 Jolt Award winners at this year's Software Development West Conference and Exposition. In the annual competition, the magazine chooses products, books, and Web sites that have "jolted" the industry by helping to create faster, easier, more efficient software. Macromedia's Web design tool Dreamweaver was inducted into SD's Jolt Hall of Fame. This award is reserved for products that have received so many Jolt Awards in the past that the judges feel special recognition is due.