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BingBee, an information kiosk for social enablement in marginalized communities

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Peter Wentworth,

Jonathon LockeAuthors Info & Claims

SAICSIT '06: Proceedings of the 2006 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries

Pages 107 - 116

https://doi.org/10.1145/1216262.1216274

Published: 09 October 2006 Publication History

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This paper describes our information kiosk, BingBee that is designed to be deployed in marginalized communities in South Africa to help improve education levels in street kids. It therefore has some novel constraints on it such as being fully contained behind a shop front window. BingBee uses a novel contactless technology to provide direct finger tracking from within a shop front. This paper describes both the tracking technology and the user interface we created for BingBee. It also provides an overview of three areas where BingBee is either currently deployed, or in the process of being deployed.

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SAICSIT '06: Proceedings of the 2006 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries

October 2006

276 pages

ISBN:1595935673

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University of Pretoria, Pretoria
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