One of our most beloved music teachers emphasized the importance of " facing the music, " by which he meant listening to recordings of our playing. As with the first hearing of one's voice on recording, many were both surprised and suspicious of this external perspective. While sometimes revealing more than we were ready to hear, the long-term effect of this exercise helps us to " hear ourselve...

We report findings from two usability studies of digital television (DTV). A preliminary study was undertaken with eight subjects. The final study had thirty subjects. It was found that content and interface elements should be evaluated in terms of concrete and conceptual nearness with respect to all parts of the DTV experience. Additionally, several features of the DTV application interface we...

A TV channel designs a revenue maximizing interactive quiz show by using two instruments: the questions’ degree of difficulty and the cost per phone call which callers have to make to answer the question. A question is asked, spectators knowing the answer make a costly phone call and the winner is randomly selected among all those who know the answer. The TV channel’s revenue is the expected nu...

Not only is condensed matter a very broad field, but it is also quite interdisciplinary. Biologist, chemists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians all study condensed matter systems. While the scientists seek to understand these systems and explain how they work, engineers take up the task of developing devices and technology that implements these systems. LCD TVs are one great example of ...

TV is one of the most important home appliances and the remote controller is a crucial TV input device. TV remote controllers have always been designed with TV compatibility in mind, with little concern for TV programs or ease of use. This is a serious limitation to the development of TV services, such as iTV (interactive TV). A system framework is proposed in this study in which external displ...

Ten households were interviewed about their TV watching to inform the design of TV services. Our participants were average TV viewers who had Internet access but were not technically advanced or frequent users of the Internet as a source for TV material. We found that the flow of programs that broadcast television brings to viewers was the most important motivation for our participants to turn ...

With the digital TV transition, TV white space issue stands out. While economic value of TV white space is estimated to be about 200~320 million pounds, there are several problems such as spectrum interference, publicity and business model issues. To analyze current spectrum management policy in utilizing TV white space in Korea, this research conducted FGI based on PEST frameworks. As a result...

Despite having the highest prevalence of any sexually transmitted infection (STI) globally, there is a dearth of data describing Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) incidence and prevalence in the general population. The lack of basic epidemiological data is an obstacle to addressing the epidemic. Once considered a nuisance infection, the morbidities associated with TV have been increasingly recognised ...

Linguistic UX design for Smart TV has been creating much heap as a means of new TV control. Since human voice displays powerful social presence, the issue with defining a Smart TV agent that interacts with users has a big impact in users' satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to analyze the linguistic patterns in vocal commands of TV users and to suggest underlying personas of Smart TV age...