Leveraging mobile technology to increase the permanent adoption of shelter dogs

MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 463-469

  Alcaidinho, Joelle ^a   Valentin, Giancarlo ^a   Tai, Stephanie ^b   Nguyen, Brian ^b   Sanders, Krista ^b   Jackson, Melody ^a   Gilbert, Eric ^a   Starner, Thad ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Whistle Labs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Animal computer interaction; Quantimetrics

Indexed keywords

MOBILE DEVICES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

ADOPTION; ANIMAL-COMPUTER INTERACTIONS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; PILOT STUDIES; QUANTIMETRICS; SILICON VALLEY; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84959421888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2785830.2785861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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