There are increasing numbers of people who are now using smartphones. Consequently, there is a risk of addiction to certain web applications such as social networking sites (SNSs) which are easily accessible via smartphones. There is also the risk of an increase in narcissism amongst users of SNSs. The present study set out to investigate the relationship between smartphone use, narcissistic te...

BACKGROUND With the development of science and technology, smartphones have been deeply involved in people's everyday lives, and many perform various tasks simultaneously on smartphones. OBJECTIVE To investigate gait pattern changes on performing multitask simultaneously when using smartphones. METHODS Three tasks were performed by 26 healthy adults. In the first, participants were directed...

The widespread usage of smartphones gives rise to new security and privacy concerns. Smartphones are becoming a personal entrance to networks, and may store private information. Due to its small size, a smartphone could be easily taken away and used by an attacker. Using a victim’s smartphone, the attacker can launch an impersonation attack, which threatens the security of current networks, esp...

The smartphones have enhanced the way of life of present day generation in terms of businesses, communications, Internet browsing and so on. The hardware architecture of smartphones is becoming compact year by year due to reduction in the number of gates used, latency cycles and data paths. However, security plays a major role in order to enjoy optimally the functionalities of smartphones. This...

Humanoid robotics is a promising field because the strong human preference to interact with anthropomorphic interfaces. Despite this, humanoid robots are far from reaching main stream adoption and the features available in such robots seem to lag that of the latest smartphones. A fragmented robot ecosystem and low incentives to developers do not help to foster the creation of Robot-Apps either....

Mobile smartphones along with embedded sensors have become an efficient enabler for various mobile applications including opportunistic sensing. The hi-tech advances in smartphones are opening up a world of possibilities. This paper proposes a mobile collaborative platform called MOSDEN that enables and supports opportunistic sensing at run time. MOSDEN captures and shares sensor data across mu...

Due to the ubiquitous use of smartphones, these devices become an increasingly important source of digital evidence in forensic investigations. Thus, the recovery of digital traces from smartphones often plays an essential role for the examination and clarification of the facts in a case. Although some tools already exist regarding the examination of smartphone data, there is still a strong dem...

Over the years, smartphones have become tools for scientific and clinical research. They can, for instance, be used to assess range of motion and joint angle measurement. In this paper, our aim was to determine if smartphones are reliable and accurate enough for clinical motion research. This work proposes an evaluation of different smartphone sensors performance and different manufacturer algo...

OBJECTIVE To describe the uses of institutional and personal smartphones on General Internal Medicine wards and highlight potential consequences from their use. METHODS A mixed methods study consisting of both quantitative and qualitative research methods was conducted in General Internal Medicine wards across four academic teaching hospitals in Toronto, Ontario. Participants included medical...

Numerous studies have reported the rapid increase in the number of individuals who use smartphones. However, smartphones appear to be increasingly used by healthcare workers, particularly physicians and nurses. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the readiness of medical doctors and patients with chronic conditions in using and adopting smartphones for communication. This study employs th...