We present new techniques for retrieval of data-graphics and a system, SageBook, that employs these techniques to facilitate the process of visualization design. Design is an important activity in many different disciplines, including engineering, science, and business, but current systems provide little support for non-expert users to design new graphics for use in data analysis. SageBook’s ap...

abstract This chapter presents a case study of the redesign of the mobile phone keypad graphics that support the Motorola iTap™ stroke-based Chinese input solution. Six studies were conducted to address problem identification, proof of concept evaluation, usability testing in both US and China, and design simplification to support business objectives. Study results confirmed that a new abstract...

The developments within the MEDIAMAPS project were motivated by the idea to provide small and medium companies with a solution to benefit from Web Business Geographic Applications (WBGA) advantages at an affordable price : a Webmapping application service with which the user only pays for used data and analysis processes. As one of the goals of this research was to give users the possibility to...

Multi-user environments, using 3D graphics, more and more find their way into areas like e-business, entertainment and cooperative work. Due to the increasing capabilities of hardware and network, even smaller devices, like laptop computers or PDAs, become suitable for the visualization of 3D graphics. A possible approach for distributing the 3D information is to use a server, which provides al...

Virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy is a common treatment for phobia and the efficacy of this technique has proved. The darkness phobia is one of the most common disorders among the children. This is the first research about the darkness phobia and using VR to treat the patients. The VR system designed in this article is composed from two parts: Mechatronic devices and graphics unit. As a chi...

This study compares the status of the Technical schools (Fani herfeee & Kardanesh). The research was conducted in Khorasan Razavi (E. North of Iran). We compared educational components including human resources، the equipment and workshop places with the existing standards.In this research، the target population constitutes boy students of Kardansh school and the sample included the field studi...