Smartphones and vision

Divine Vision: Islamic Arts and Horizontal Thought

Islamic arts are often identified by their abstract compositions based on geometric principles and spiritual concepts. Using artworks from different eras, this paper highlights the presence of a particular model of thought in Islamic arts in which the hierarchy of perspectival vision is abolished. The main argument is based on the ability of some artworks to be looked at from any angle while ma...

postcolonial perception and vision: lawrence buell’s ecocritical reading of wole soyinka’s selected plays

این پایان نامه سعی بر این دارد که تصویری از آنچه طبیعت در ادبیات پسااستعمارگری بدان شبیه است ارائه دهد. وول سوینکا، نویسنده ی اهل نیجریه و برنده ی جایزه ی نوبل ادبیات، در نمایش نامه های برجسته اش به نام های رقص جنگل ها (????) و ساکنین مرداب (????) محیط را به عنوان ویژگی ذاتی در ادبیات پسااستعمارگری به تصویر می کشد. بعلاوه، وول سوینکا دیدگاه و درک پسااستعمارگری خود را بواسطه ی پایداری گرایش های ...

Smartphones, Teddy Bears, and Toys

Biometrics and Security in Smartphones

In this paper we look at the significance of biometrics, specifically fingerprint readers which have been implemented into smartphones, primarily the iPhone 5S. The security of the technology is presented and analyzed while the security breaches and hacks are demonstrated in detail. We look at secure options in Android vs. iOS. And we also look at the future of biometrics and soon to be wearabl...

Mitigating Distractions from Smartphones

A smartphone, with its versatile connectivity and incredible computational capability, can easily become an indispensable part of a user’s day. But that same user can quickly become addicted to his/her device, constantly checking Facebook notifications, playing games, etc. This constant distraction can adversely affect a user’s productivity and even his/her happiness. With the advent of always-...