Wireless local area networks (W-LANs) have become increasingly popular due to the recent availability of affordable devices that are capable of communicating at high data rates. These high rates are possible, in part, through new modulation schemes that are optimized for the channel conditions

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as well as the physical affordances of the print book. Ebook devices cannot help but challenge those expectations. A review of readers’ reactions to the emergence of ebook devices offers a glimpse into the complex cultural position of both the idea and the experience of reading.

The software also allows to reconstruct the shared secure key. The system has been realized with the purpose to be included in mobile devices and to allow each one to afford the quantum cryptography security level, both for ATM operations and e-commerce transactions.

audience. The paper starts by constructing a model of function that relates devices to an environment. We then extend the model to include goals. Next we express the concept of affordances in terms of the model already constructed. The paper concludes by discussing the impact that use of affordances might

that functionality to wireless handheld devices, such as a Palm. A speech interface also enables callers to make use of the awareness information over the telephone. While the prototypes offer similar functionality, the interfaces reflect the different design affordances and use contexts of each platform. We discuss

This paper is a comparative study of gestural interaction with musical sound, designed to gain insight into the no-tion of musical affordance on interactive music systems. We conducted an interview base user study trialing three accelerometer based devices, an iPhone, a Wii-mote, and an Axivity Wax

Frequently physical affordances are considered one of the main advantages of tangible interfaces or input devices, making interaction intuitive. This assumption may be overly simplistic – because physical objects have a multitude of physical affordances and properties, it is difficult

This paper concerns both theoretical and practical dimensions of the concept ‘affordance’. It deals with the possibilities and constraints of the everyday usage of mobile devices. Artefacts have properties that afford various action potentials in use. Following James J. Gibson’s theory

and effectively, the remote human's communicative intent while mitigating cognitive load. Puppeteering devices such as motion-capture systems can control all joints of a robot, but are too expensive for personal use; gamepads are affordable, but are often unintuitive and difficult to learn and master. We