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Internet-of-Things in motion: A UAV coalition model for remote sensing in smart cities
(MDPI AG, 2018)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones are increasingly used in cities to provide
service tasks that are too dangerous, expensive or difficult for human beings. Drones are also used
in cases where a task can be performed ...
Investigating battery consumption in low- end smartphones: preliminary results
(International Information Management Corporation, 2017)
Due to lack of electricity in the rural communities of Africa, users often
have to incur extra expense on recharging their mobile phones. The limited battery
capacities of low-end smartphones, therefore, present a barrier ...
Towards communication and information access for deaf people
(SAICSIT, 2014)
In tightly circumscribed communication situations, an interactive system resident on a mobile device can assist Deaf people with their communication and information needs. The Deaf users considered here use South African ...
Mobile vertical handover between infrastructure and ad hoc Wi-Fi networks
(Telkom, 2011)
This paper addresses mobility management issues in an environment with both wireless LAN and wireless mesh networks. We first examine wireless mesh network client side transparency within mesh mobility management protocols ...
Adapting x264 to asynchronous video telephony for the Deaf
(Telkom, 2008)
Deaf people want to communicate remotely with sign language. Sign language requires sufficient video quality to be intelligible. Internet-based real-time video tools do not provide that quality. Our approach is to use ...
Challenges for the adoption of ICT for diabetes selfmanagement in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The increasing disease burden in developing countries inhibits the provision of quality
care to citizens. However, the increased availability of information communication
and technology (ICT) tools makes this a viable ...
Investigation of a dual-band dual radio indoor mesh testbed
(2018)
Scalability of community wireless mesh networks in terms of mesh nodes and mobile end-users along with their anticipated usage profile remains unexplored territory. However, conducting such experiments on a live community ...
Managing information in education: a view from South Africa
(Emerald, 2017)
PURPOSE – A three-year study of information technology and information systems management in South
Africa has delivered (amongst other things) a bibliography and a new reference model. The paper aims to
discuss this ...
Granny gets smarter but junior hardly notices
(College of Communication and Information, 2016)
To ensure that university computing students are sensitized to the needs of
diverse user groups, a course project was designed to allow students to get a
realistic understanding of the needs and abilities of the older ...
Thoughts on the future of higher education in the UK: A personal view with a historical context
(MPDI, 2021)
Before the effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic, there had been continued debate about the
future of Higher Education (HE) in the UK. It is now accepted that the effect of the pandemic will
have a long-lasting effect on HE ...