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Mobile phones constitute the most ubiquitous computing platform across Africa and in many rural areas it is the only computer available. Through rapid technological development a new wave of “low-end smartphones” are becoming available and affordable, and in this work we investigate how to use the new features of these devices to enable more natural interaction forms that lower the technical and knowledge threshold for people to access and use mobile ICT solutions in urban and rural African contexts. Specifically we investigate how new sensor-based interactions can be designed for mobile applications and how to implement a software platform for facilitating the development of such applications.
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Jensen, K.L., Marsden, G. (2012). Enabling New Interaction Forms and Applications through Next Generation Mobile Platforms for Urban and Rural Africa. In: Popescu-Zeletin, R., Jonas, K., Rai, I.A., Glitho, R., Villafiorita, A. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_25
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