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Chapter and Conference Paper
Co-design Practice in a Smart City Context Through the Gamification Approach: A Survey About the Most Suitable Applications
In a “smart” city context, citizens’ participation allows to create public services and products meeting the real people’s needs. In this regard, the co-design process is a useful practice for encouraging city...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Gamification in a Smart City Context. An Analysis and a Proposal for Its Application in Co-design Processes
In the academic debate on smart city definition, the “human” part of the city is gaining a prominent position as a decisive factor in good city policies. So, Public Administrations (PAs) are looking for the ci...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Elderly and Tablets: Considerations and Suggestions About the Design of Proper Applications
In this paper, the authors support the idea that tablet is the ideal tool to assist and enhance the elderly living by providing them with value-added services. Currently the risk is that a poor design interfac...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Usability Study of a Gesture Recognition System Applied During the Surgical Procedures
Within an operating room, surgeons need to interact with a large amount of patient’s medical information and data. In order to avoid misunderstandings among the staff and protecting the patient safety, the med...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
UX and Usability on Smart TV: A Case Study on a T-commerce Application
Smart TVs offers new possibilities of interaction, due to the peculiarity of the device and the presence of apps. However, more usability studies on Smart TV apps are needed in order to improve the quality of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Guidelines for Designing Accessible Digital (Text) Books: The Italian Case
In this paper, the authors analyze the state of the art of digital publishing, with particular attention towards what is going on in Italy, and investigate eBooks’ accessibility features, in order to understan...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A User-Centered Approach in Designing NFC Couponing Platform: The Case Study of CMM Applications
In this paper, we will introduce CMM, a mobile couponing platform that allows retailers to create virtual coupons, and consumers to download and redeem them through NFC technology. In develo** the system, we...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Roma Crash Map: An Open Data Visualization Tool for the Municipalities of Rome
The open data availability, promoted by the open government approach, does not correspond to an effective and organized use of them with the detriment of both citizens and PAs. We assume that a data visualizat...