[vicsireland] Re: application wish list
- From: "Tim Culhane" <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:41:02 +0100
Hi Mark,
What about a colour identifier?
You hold the camera lense against an object.
It takes a picture and reports the colour.
Alternatively, this might be done using infrared?
Perhaps this already exists?
I know there are stand alone devices which report colour of objects, but
it would be handy to have it on your phone.
Tim
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Sent: 16 June 2010 09:41
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Subject: [vicsireland] application wish list
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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