People with vision problems can download on their touch screen mobile devices the Loowi application, developed to facilitate the use of the terminal thanks to a design of accessible icons of large size and contrast, which facilitate their vision. It is complemented with a vibration and voice system, which guides the user at all times. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New tecnologies’
An application facilitates the use of mobile devices to elderly and people with vision problems
September 10th, 2012
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EuroGEOSS Broker: the most powerful search engine for environmental information
July 10th, 2012
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EuroGEOSS Broker is a sophisticated environmental information search tool that facilitates public access to a huge amount of data about the Earth. The Institute of New Imaging Technologies at Universitat Jaume I has taken part in the design of this computing tool that contains all the information about the forest canopy, the drought and the [...]
Loan of eBooks
June 20th, 2012
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The Library of the Universitat Jaume I offers the lending of e-book readers to students, faculty, administrative and university services staff. These devices offer the ability to download and read more than 10,000 titles in electronic format, which are part of the library collection centre and download material from several publishers and libraries that have [...]
Awarded the project OPTIMI for early detection of depression
April 19th, 2012
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The project Online Predictive Tools for Intervention in Mental Illness (OPTIMI) for early detection of depression through new technologies has earned the Award of Actualidad Económica for the 100 best ideas of the year in the category of health. In the European project take part, at the national level, the Universitat Jaume I together with [...]
Adell: “In education, pedagogy is more important than technology”.
February 6th, 2012
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Jordi Adell, lecturer from the Department of Education and director of the Centre for Education and New Technologies (CENT), argues that “we must put technology in the hands of students,” always orchestrated by the knowledge of contents, teaching and technology that lectures have because “the most important aspect is pedagogy rather than technology.” In this [...]
Monitored heart bracelets against sudden death in sport
January 16th, 2012
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The use of heart bracelets connected via ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) to a system of tracking and monitoring could prevent cases of sudden death in sports activities. It could also enable an early detection of cardiac abnormalities, the prevention of certain muscle injuries and the improvement in health care times to the athlete. The [...]
Sin Miedo Airlines, auto-applied treatment for fear of flying
October 24th, 2011
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The Psychology and Technology Laboratory (LabPsiTec) from Universitat Jaume I and the Universitat de València present this video about an application developed by their researchers that focuses on the auto-applied treatment of the fear of flying. If you wish to take part in this treatment, visit www.fobiavolar.es. More information on LabPsiTec treatments: www.labpsitec.es. Original language [...]
Psychological treatment of fibromyalgia with virtual reality
October 6th, 2011
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Researchers from Labpsitec at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), LabHuman group at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Universitat de València (UVEG) have developed a new therapy based on the use of mobile devices and virtual reality for the psychological treatment of patients with fibromialgia. http://www.uji.es/ES/ocit/noticies/detall&id_a=21508994 Production: SCP UJI, 2010
Interview with Jordi Adell on education 2.0
October 5th, 2011
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The channel on digital writing from the Workshop on Internet from Universitat Pompeu Fabra has published this interview to the lecturer and director of the Education and New Technologies Centre from Universitat Jaume I Jordi Adell on education 2.0 and information and communication technologies. Original language of the video: Spanish Production: RedaccioDigital, 2010
Transcription system for ancient documents
September 22nd, 2011
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Speeding up the recovery and preservation of ancient and manuscript documents from our cultural heritage is one of the objectives of the new assisted system for the transcription of written text STATE developed by the Computational Perception and Learning research group from UJI, in collaboration with researchers from Universitat Politècnica de València. More information
