Sharetouch: A system to enrich social network experiences for the elderly

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1363-1369

  Tsai, Tsai Hsuan ^a   Chang, Hsien Tsung ^a   Chang, Yi Ming ^a   Huang, Gung Shiung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community pond; Multimedia sharing; Sharetouch; Technology Acceptance Model; Touch panel; Waterball

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY POND; MULTIMEDIA SHARING; SHARETOUCH; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TOUCH PANELS; WATERBALL;

DISPLAY DEVICES; FISH; LAKES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84862789341     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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