Author:Walker, A; Butler, L; Bright, G; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CDate:2008Industrial manufacturing systems achieve production stability due to near constant production processes e.g. mass production. Passive methods such as production flow analysis can produce plant layouts which optimise material flow within the ...Read more
Author:Kingsley Bell, L; Mouton, Francois; Meyer, TDate:Mar 2017The rapid development of smart-phone technology in recent years has lead to many smart-phone owners owning out-of-date devices, equipped with useful technologies, which are no longer in use. These devices are valuable resources that can be ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Makitla, I; Ford, M; Fogwill, T; Seetharam, D; Abouchabki, C; Tolmay, JP; Oguneye, ODate:31 Aug 2010The story of mobile telecommunications in Africa and the developing world is a remarkable one. Africa's mobile cellular growth rate has been the highest of any region over the past 5 years, averaging close to 60% year on year. Large cellular ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Makitla, I; Ford, F; Fogwill, T; Seetharam, D; Abouchabki, C; Tolmay, JP; Oguneye, ODate:31 Aug 2010The story of mobile telecommunications in Africa and the developing world is a remarkable one. Africa's mobile cellular growth rate has been the highest of any region over the past 5 years, averaging close to 60% year on year. Large cellular ...Read more
Author:Van Biljon, J; Kotzé, Paula; Renaud, KDate:Dec 2008This paper concerns the impact of motivational factors on mobile phone use profiles and the influence thereof on the design of mobile phones. It aims to provide an alternative to the current feature driven design perspectivesRead more
Author:Green, J; Plumb, SDate:Sep 2011This paper presents the history, current position and future aspirations of the mobile robot competition. It has been run for a number of years in the past under the guidance of National Instruments as an undergraduate competition for National ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Calteaux, Karen V; Herselman, Martha E; Grover, AS; Barnard, EDate:Feb 2012The purpose of this paper is to provide a “Mobile User Experience Framework for Voice services.” The rapid spread of mobile cellular technology within Africa has made it a prime vehicle for accessing services and content. The challenge remains ...Read more
Author:Wilken, I; De Wet, Febe; Taljard, EDate:Sep 2015Communication plays a vital role in everyday life and in some situations multilingual communication is a necessity. The South African constitution recognises 11 official languages. Multilingual communication therefore occurs almost everywhere, ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Leinonen, TDate:Oct 2006The MobilED initiative is aimed at designing teaching and learning environments that are meaningfully enhanced with mobile technologies and services. The MobilED deliverables are to develop a set of scenarios and guidelines of how mobile ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Botha, AdèleDate:May 2007MobilED is a 3-year international collaborative project aimed at creating meaningful learning environments using mobile phone technologies and services. The outputs were a set of learning scenarios that were successfully tested in schools and ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Leinonen, TDate:Mar 2009MobilED is a South African initiative aimed at designing teaching and learning environments that are meaningfully enhanced with mobile technologies and services. The deliverables are the development of a set of scenarios and guidelines on how ...Read more
Author:Van Den Berg, M; Botha, Adèle; Krause, C; Tolmay, JP; Van Zyl, PDate:Oct 2008MobilED started as an international collaborative project to facilitate and support teaching and learning through the creation and support of learning environments using mobile technology. This paper provides an overview of the theoretical ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Traxler, J; Ford, MDate:Oct 2008Designing, implementing and evaluating educational technology for a developmental project in mobile learning is largely unchartered territory. This paper reflects on the process, the role-players, their contributions and the framework that ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Botha, AdèleDate:Mar 2009Historically Africa and it's people have faced many practical problems in their race towards digital inclusion and economic progress, such as a severe lack of infrastructure and resources. However, the advent of the cell phone, is set to ...Read more
Author:Fabricius, C; Scholes, RJ; Cundill, GDate:2006The Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (SAfMA, http://www.maweb.org) was undertaken at a variety of spatial scales, from the regional (with sub-Saharan Africa as the assessment area) to the local (at the scale of a village, ...Read more
Author:Modungwa, D; Bolele, K; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CM; Shaik, ADate:Dec 2008In this paper, the requirements for a mechanical manipulator for achieving reconditioning of mould and die tools are determined. Reconditioning of mould and die tools involves the following manufacturing processes; identification of defects, ...Read more
Author:Bolele, K; Modungwa, D; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CMDate:Dec 2008Two novel hybrib manipulators that can be used for reconditioning of mould and die tools are presented in this paper. These designs have been developed using the knowledge of the different manufacturing process and defects that occur in mould ...Read more
Author:Ogunleye, SDate:Dec 2009In this paper, the authors develop a concept for mobile programming. Mobile tools for Hetbeans (MobiNET) design would support the development of mobile applications for various mobile phones. The authors evaluate Netbeans as a development ...Read more