[vicsireland] application wish list
- From: Mark Magennis <Mark.magennis@xxxxxxx>
- To: IrelandVIPnews <irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxx>, Vics Mailing List <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:41:20 +0100
If you could have someone build you a simple application that would run on your
mobile phone or on a tablet computer like the Apple iPad (assuming you had one)
and do one thing very well, what would you want it to do?
Digital Media students (MSc and undergrad) are looking for project suggestions
for socially useful design and development projects in digital media. Anything
involving mobile apps or iPad apps is particularly attractive to them at the
moment and they are very capable. It would have to be something small enough to
be doable - don't suggest an all-singing, all-dancing GPS navigation tool for
example - but some of these students are hugely talented and can produce great
things. One recent example I've seen is an application to help older people
keep in touch with family and friends. It gave integrated access to a few basic
functions such as email, video Skype, etc. via a simple user interface running
on a tablet PC and tailored around the accessibility needs of older people.
Simple, effective and useful. That's the kind of thing that can be achieved in
these projects.
So if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them and will propose them to
the students.
Mark
Dr. Mark Magennis
Director of the Centre for Inclusive Technology (CFIT)
NCBI (National Council for the Blind of Ireland)
Whitworth Road, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 882 1956
www.cfit.ie
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