case study for inspiration

Here is the quick survey of mobile phone applications that interest me.
It is not a research framework yet just for inspiration.

• phone accesory
  • Mobiscope
    • ~ iphoneapplicationlist.com > 2009 > 03 > 11 > Mobiscope
    • Their Words

      • Mobiscope is the most comprehensive IP video surveillance software for iPhone and iPod Touch. Monitor your home, office, or warehouse activities anywhere in the world.

        • -View live, full motion video from your IP network camera.
        • -Watch any public webcam streaming places of interest worldwide.
        • -Get motion detection alerts via email.
        • -View up to 4 cameras simultaneously.
    • My Notes
      • extend the phone ability to the outside world
      • phone + Arduino Ethernet Shield
  • Citizen Science
    • ~ Citizenscience
    • Their Words

      • In this research we highlight an important new shift in mobile phone usage – from communication tool to "networked mobile personal measurement instrument". We explore how these new “personal measurement instruments” enable an entirely novel and empowering genre of mobile computing usage called citizen science. Through the use of sensors paired with personal mobile phones, everyday people are invited to participate in collecting and sharing measurements of their everyday environment that matter to them.

        What are you sensing?

        • The sensors are commercially available gas sensors for sensing carbon monoxide (CO), NOx, and Ozone (O3). We also have sensors for temperature and humidity. We have integrated them into a custom board we designed and fabricated.

        How do you transmit the data?

        • The data is sampled evey 60 seconds and sent from the board via bluetooth to the phone. From there we send the data via SMS along with the GPS data from the phone to a central server where it can be rendered into the visualization.

    • My Notes
      • accumulate segment data to understand urban
      • customize electronic accessory
  • iPhone RFID: object-based media
    • Their Words

      • This is a prototype of an iPhone media player that uses physical objects to control media playback. It is based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) that triggers various iPhone interactions when in the range of a wireless tag embedded inside a physical object.

    • My Notes
      • novel user interface
      • phone talks to external world
• spacific domain
  • Video DJ
    • ~ prototype on youtube
    • Their Words

      • The idea here was that a company, let's say the New York Times, would hire brand-name DJs to mix video clips of the news into 2-minute videos, and at the end, the user could tap on any of the video clips to full a longer version of that news video

        ~ Redesigning Journalism At Stanford's Design School

    • My Notes
      • solve the problem of browsing news
      • the way we receive media under cell phone constrain
  • Epocrates
    • ~ epocrates
    • Their Words

      • Epocrates, Inc. develops clinical information and decision support tools that enable healthcare professionals to find answers more quickly and confidently at the point of care.

    • My Notes
      • specific domain need
  • Cooking Capsules
    • Their Words

      • Resources for quick dinner ideas, party 5ps, or elegant snacks at your finger5ps

        ‐ Simplicity of the app is universally appealing

        ‐ Useful combination of videos, maps & easy‐to‐use grocery lists and recipes

    • My Notes
      • specific user group
• new interface
  • BodySpace
    • inferring body pose for natural control of a music player
    • ~ portal.acm.org > Citation ? ...
    • Their Words

      • CHI conference paper

        We describe the BodySpace system, which uses inertial sensing and pattern recognition to allow the gestural control of a music player by placing the device at different parts of the body. We demonstrate a new approach to the segmentation and recognition of gestures for this kind of application and show how simulated physical model-based techniques can shape gestural interaction.

    • My Notes
      • innovate user interface
      • input function when moving
  • Ocarina
    • ~ Quirky App Turns Your iPhone Into a Flute
    • Their Words

      • Called Ocarina, the $1 app creates sounds in real-time based on gestures, tilt, wind input and finger placement on the four "holes" displayed on the multi-touchscreen. The app also includes a globe view allowing users to hear other performances from around the world.

    • My Notes
      • see other's performance nearby realtime
      • very good to show off
• location based service
  • JotYou
    • ~ webpage
    • ~ readwriteweb.com > Archives > Jotyou location-based mobile phone messaging
    • Their Words

      • JotYou™ is location based messaging for your mobile phone. Greet your friends when they are in your neighborhood! Have fun with scavenger hunts, mobile hide and seek, or other games you make up!

    • My Notes
      • location based service
  • social light
    • ~ socialight.com
    • Their Words

      • Socialight lets you discover right here, right now information about places all around you. Simple.

        The basic building block of Socialight is the Sticky Note- similar to a yellow Post-it note that you find at the office, except that it can contain text, images, audio and even video! Sticky Notes can be stuck to any location in the world and you can choose who can see yours...

    • My Notes
      • social networking through the map
      • augment information on the real world
  • GPS:: Tron
    • ~ we-make-money-not-art.com > Archives > 2005 > 01 > The-gps-applica
    • Their Words

      • The player's movements in real space, which are tracked by GPS and transmitted to the phone's display, influence his/her position in the game. Each player is represented by a line that gets longer and longer. But the player's own line is never allowed to cross itself or the opponent's line. Which makes the game harder as time passes. The goal is to drive your opponent into a corner so that he can no longer extend his line without breaking the rules and losing. This is a game for two players who can be geographically distant from one another.

    • My Notes
      • very simple game rule
      • turn physical world to the play ground
      • connect physical and virtual
• apply existing concept to phone
  • reality mining
    • ~ readwriteweb.com > Archives > Reality mining
    • Their Words

      • processing more than 350,000 hours of data collected from peoples' cell phones. More than just who calls who, Pentland is also studying proximity, location and activity data using information like interactions recorded between Bluetooth devices.

    • My Notes
      • apply web activity algorithm to life
      • mobile phone as a sensor device
• merge digital and physical world
  • MyCloset
    • Their Words
      • Manage and plan your fashion items
      • ‐ Build your closet inventory in the phone
      • ‐ With easy touch opera5ons, plan your daily fashion coordinates
    • My Notes
      • personal management
      • digitalize the physical
  • Jigsaw
    • Their Words

      • Enables users to capture, process and share whiteboard data.

        ‐ With edge detec5on, geometric transforma5ons and image enhancements provides users with simple yet useful tool to capture whiteboard data

    • My Notes
      • very specific usage
  • goCart
    • Their Words
      • The perfect marriage of online shopping and window shopping.
      • ‐ Scan the barcode of any product using your phone’s camera
      • ‐ Compare prices of online merchants and nearby local stores
      • ‐ Build wish lists that can be shared with your friends on your favorite social network
    • My Notes
      • merge digital information to life
• connecting people
  • Fingerprint
    • Their Words

      • Fingerprint is a collabora5ve pain5ng applica5on. Draw by yourself, or together with friends – anywhere in the world.

        ‐ Share your canvas and invite your friends to draw with you

        ‐ Draw on photographs, snap a picture and then change it as a group

        ‐ Play on an infinite canvas; move around, zoom, and draw freely

    • My Notes
      • realtime sharing memory
• know yourself
  • Eco2Go
    • ~ Eco2go Android Interview
    • Their Words

      • Track & reduce your carbon footprint. Share ideas on sustainable living with friends from around the world!

        ‐ Track car trips and carbon output automa5cally; discover public transit alterna5ves that reduce your footprint

        ‐ Share your sustainable living story, as it happens, with the global eco2go community – you're not alone!

        ‐ Offset what you can't reduce intelligently; track how your offsets are used to counter carbon emissions

    • My Notes
      • sustainability
      • know yourself