Dynamic carpooling notification system for rural areas

With the increasing of energy resource's prices these days, the demands of energy resources already decreased in most countries of the world in general especially fuel resource.Beside that, rural areas in various countries suffer from lack of transportation services. Therefore, Dynamic Carpooling Notification System (DCNS) by using mobile phone is proposed to overcome such problems, by allowing many passengers and drivers to be matched with each other instantly. By using mobile phone, an automatic process will be created in which drivers and passengers are matched to a shared ride wherever and whenever they need it.This paper describes the initial stage of this system by discussing the functionalities of this prototype

Value creation through trust in technological-mediated social participation

In this article, we advocate for the use of a social-technical model of trust to support interaction designers in further reflecting on trust-enabling interaction design values that foster participation. Our rationale is built upon the believe that technological-mediated social participation needs trust, and it is with trust-enabling interactions that we foster the will for collaborate and share—the two key elements of participation. This article starts by briefly presenting a social-technical model of trust and then moves on with establishing authors rational that interconnects trust with technological-mediated social participation. It continues by linking the trust value to the context of design critique and critical design, and ends by illustrating how to incorporate the trust value into design. This is achieved by proposing an analytical tool that can serve to inform interaction designers to better understand the potential design options and reasons for choosing them