The world is more and more connected and yet we are often physically distant from people we care about. Technology increasingly supports remote interpersonal communication but has yet to integrate our sense of touch into this interaction. Researchers in the field of haptics (touch and technology) have started exploring computer-mediated touch interaction. The question is how should a computer-m...

A model is proposed that integrates six phases of technology transfer into each step along the value chain from initial concept through manufacturing to products in customer hands. Management of each phase for each step leads to greater control, higher efficiency, and lower costs and frustration in the movement of technologies within product development. Indeed, the model leads to a true qualit...

Innovation and new product development pose a number of challenges for a company, demanding critical thinking and decision making towards a conscious and purposeful search for innovation opportunities. This paper identifies the potential sources of innovation in the European Assistive Technology industry and proposes a conceptual model for incremental innovation, on the basis of the Rehabilitat...

being one of the most effective tools for educational system improvement, educational technology plays an important role in learning facilitation. in order to have a deeper, more effective and long lasting learning impact, this systematic approach designs, implements and evaluates the teaching- learning process, using specific purposes, new methods of psychology and communication sciences and a...