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VI.6 Nov.-Dec. 1999
Page: 12
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Maypole highlights


Authors:
Verena Giller, Manfred Tscheligi, Reinhard Sefelin, Anu Mäkelä, Aapo Puskala, Kristiina Karvonen, Victor Joseph

What do family members do when they have a simple, efficient instrument for sending one another digital pictures? What will they use it for? The Maypole team developed four prototype wireless devices to make this possible and subjected them to an extensive user trial. Figure. The prototype of the cellular "communicator" was an equipment-filled backpack, plus a small handset with a straightforward user interface. Four youngsters (aged 10 to 12) from a scouting club in Helsinki, Finland, tried out the devices for 4 weeks. A family from Vienna, Austria, with four children aged 8 to 15 and a grandmother,…




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