Mobile Solutions and Their Usefulness in Everyday Life

Description

This book provides an insight into recent technological trends and innovations in solutions and platforms to improve mobility of visually impaired people. The authors’ goal is to help to contribute to the social and societal inclusion of the visually impaired. The book’s topics include, but are not limited to, obstacle detection systems, indoor and outdoor navigation, transportation sustainability systems, and hardware/devices to aid visually impaired people. The book has a strong focus on practical applications tested in a real environment. Applications include city halls, municipalities, and companies that must keep up to date with recent trends in platforms, methodologies and technologies to promote urban mobility. Also discuss are broader realms including education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation. Contributors include a variety of researchers and practitioners around the world. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Integrated Mobile Solutions in an Internet-of-Things Development Model (Issam Damaj, Safaa Kasbah)....Pages 3-31 The Role of Mobile Edge Computing Towards Assisting IoT with Distributed Intelligence: A SmartLiving Perspective (Hasibur Rahman, Rahim Rahmani, Theo Kanter)....Pages 33-45 IoT-Based Framework for Crowd Management (Marwa F. Mohamed, Abd El-Rahman Shabayek, Mahmoud El-Gayyar)....Pages 47-61 Front Matter ....Pages 63-63 A Case Study for the Promotion of Urban Mobility for Visually Impaired People (Paulo Faria, Ana Filomena Curralo, Sara Paiva)....Pages 65-82 Human-Centered Design Components in Spiral Model to Improve Mobility of Older Adults (Jayden Khakurel, Jari Porras, Helinä Melkas)....Pages 83-104 Maps for Easy Paths (MEP): A Mobile Application for City Accessibility (S. Comai, E. De Bernardi, F. Salice, A. Vali)....Pages 105-125 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 A PHR-Based System for Monitoring Diabetes in Mobile Environment (Yugal Kumar, Geeta Yadav, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Punkhari Arora)....Pages 129-144 Automated Cardiac Health Screening Using Smartphone and Wearable Sensors Through Anomaly Analytics (Arijit Ukil, Soma Bandyopadhyay)....Pages 145-172 Mobile Social Media for Preventing the Ebola Virus Disease Spread in Liberia and Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis (Emmanuel Eilu, John Sören Pettersson)....Pages 173-188 Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment of Cervical Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Mobile Social Media Approach (Emmanuel Eilu, Rehema Baguma)....Pages 189-207 Assistive Mobile Technologies for Health Monitoring and Brain–Computer Interface for Patients with Motor Impairments (Raluca Maria Aileni, George Suciu, Victor Suciu, Jean Ciurea, Pasca Sever)....Pages 209-224 Mobile Solutions to Air Quality Monitoring (You-Chiun Wang)....Pages 225-249 Smartphone Sensing Technologies for Tailored Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring (Gabriela Postolache, Octavian Postolache)....Pages 251-273 A Mobile Solution Based on Soft Computing for Fall Detection (Serkan Ballı, Ensar Arif Sağbaş, Musa Peker)....Pages 275-294 Front Matter ....Pages 295-295 Improving Trend Analysis Utilizing Misra-Gries Algorithm of User Responses acquired from an Audience Response System (Sarah Y. Doniza)....Pages 297-308 Usability of Foot-Based Interaction Techniques for Mobile Solutions (Taeyong Kim, Jeffrey R. Blum, Parisa Alirezaee, Andre G. Arnold, Pascal E. Fortin, Jeremy R. Cooperstock)....Pages 309-329 Back Matter ....Pages 331-341