Category: Gadgets

Researchers have now come up with a way for a smartphone to detect whether its user is bored.

According to researchers from Germany and Spain, it is now possible for a smartphone to be able to detect boredom in its user, which is a capability that has a great deal of potential for a broad spectrum of different uses.

The researchers examined 40 million logs from among 54 mobile device users throughout a span of 2 weeks.

The goal of the researchers who conducted this analysis was to determine whether or not mobile technology had the capability of determining when a device user was engaging with the gadget simply to kill time. By being able to make that determination, the hope was to be able to provide the user with suggestions in order to encourage them to use those idle periods for an activity that will be more useful to them and that will be a better use of that span of time.

There were 35 different mobile technology features that were examined in order to determine boredom.

Among those features was whether or not the smartphone had headphones plugged into it, whether the device was charging, and how long ago the phone received an incoming call. With these types of information, the researchers were able to develop an algorithm that their tests have shown can have an accuracy rate of up to 83 percent in terms of determining whether or not the user is bored.

Apps could be able to use this algorithm in order to encourage the mobile device users to contact their friends, to view a specific video, to include an article in the user’s read-later list, or even to do something that would encourage creativity, reflection, or introspection in the user.

The findings of the researchers were assembled into a paper called “Detecting Boredom from Mobile Phone Usage”, which will be presented this week in Japan at UbiComp. It is very likely that many of the attendees will be able to come up with a number of uses for this type of algorithm above and beyond those that were predicted by the people who developed it in the first place.

Safety and security is critical to any country’s prosperity. Public safety is all about right information to the right person at the right time to keep the surrounding safe. This can be achieved by using mobile broadband, which is a transformational technology. Mobile broadband is the introduction of next generation of wireless data technology in the mission-critical field applications, equipping people with the best real-time data, video, voice or other forms of tactical communication, and rich media services. Ambulance crews can send vision of an injured person to doctors at a hospital so that an early diagnosis can be made and treatment can be started as quickly as possible. Police officers responding to an incident can actually have access to video and information about the scene they are about to walk into. Fire personnel can also have information about the environment they are working in real time, being able to pull down maps, information, images of the building of the suspects, and more information in the hands of people who are actually doing the job, enabling them to give their best during the critical times.

Global Mobile Broadband market in public safety to grow at a CAGR of 7.81 percent over the period 2013-2018.

Covered in this Report

The Global Mobile Broadband market in public safety can be classified into two major segments based on user category: Private Sector and Public Sector. The market is segmented on the basis of public safety by application: Vehicle Surveillance, Medical Telemetry, GIS, Natural Calamity and Disaster Management, and Video Surveillance. The market is also segmented on the basis of solution: Services, Devices, Equipment, and Network and Infrastructure.

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Global Mobile Broadband Market in Public Safety 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the North America, Latin America, the EMEA, and the APAC regions; it also covers the Global Mobile Broadband market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Key Regions

APAC
EMEA

Key Vendors

General Dynamics
Harris
Inmarsat
Intelsat
Iridium Communications
Motorola Solutions

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Other Prominent Vendors

Alcatel-Lucent
Alvarion
Cassidian
Cisco Systems
Ericsson
Firetide
IBM
Iridium Communications
Inmarsat
Lockheed Martin
Mesh Dynamics
Netmotion Wireless
Nokia Siemens Networks
Northrop Grumman
Tata Advanced Systems

Market Driver

Evolution and Acceptance of LTE Technology
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Market Challenge

Lack of Interoperability among Public Safety Networks
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Market Trend

Demand for User Devices Supporting both LMR and LTE
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Key Questions Answered in this Report

What will the market size be in 2018 and what will the growth rate be?
What are the key market trends?
What is driving this market?
What are the challenges to market growth?
Who are the key vendors in this market space?
What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?