Technical considerations in designing haptic applications: A case study of laparoscopy surgery simulation with haptic elements

Simulation has been widely used as a tool for training, especially in high risk areas such as in the aerospace, military and medical fields. Surgery is one of the sub areas that has been receiving much attention from researchers due to the ability of simulation to provide a real surgery setting and human organs with appropriate devices to increase the realism. Developing a surgical simulation is a technically complex process since it involves a few components that interact with each other.Thus this necessitates further considerations regarding the issues and challenges in order to produce an accurate and interactive application.Therefore there is a need for a technical solution framework to help a new and novice researcher in this area to get started. This paper discusses the important components of a surgical simulator, together with its issues and challenges.A proposed solution framework, together with the programming or application choices that are available for each of the components, is explained clearly as concluded from the discussion in the previous work.The class structure for the components is shown briefly to give the new researcher an idea of it.It is hoped that this paper will serve as a foundation for new and novice researchers in haptic development specifically and visual informatics generally

Technical Evaluation on FIQIR Road Safety from Expert's Perspective

An earlier paper of FIQIR Road Safety had been published in Journal of Technology whilst in this paper; FIQIR is focusing on technical aspects evaluation from the expert’s view. The experts were one from multimedia industry and three academicians from Multimedia School. The feedback from experts collected through a questionnaire set. The questionnaire includes contents, navigation or interactivity, presentation of the prototype and the use of animations as aspects to be observed by selected experts. According to multiple previous studies, they are important criteria to be considered during evaluation of usability. Results obtained shown that ten (10) aspects over fourteen (14) observed by the reviewers were above the average score of 4.00 according to the Likert scale. Further enhancements will be carried out towards the prototype based on the findings of this stud

Evaluation of usability of Malaysia Diabetes Prevention Program (MyDiPP) mobile app – a pilot study

Malaysia is confronting a type 2 diabetes (T2DM) epidemic; around 3.9 million Malaysians have T2DM. Lifestyle modification intervention is effective in reducing or delaying the onset of T2DM among high-risk individuals. The Malaysia Diabetes Prevention Programme (MyDiPP) app is a lifestyle intervention digital therapy with multiple approaches (weight loss, dietary modification, physical activity, and quality of life). This study aimed to assess the usability of the MyDiPP mobile app among high-risk individuals in Kuala Terengganu. A random sample of 10 users was selected in the usability evaluation of the MyDiPP mobile app. Data collection methods included an online survey on the usability aspect of mobile apps in terms of usefulness, ease of use, satisfaction, and ease of learning. The results showed that MyDiPP mobile app is useful, easy to use, satisfying, and easy to learn from the high-risk adults’ perspectives with slightly agree, moderately agree, and strongly agree to have the highest percentage. From these results, it can be inferred that, from the perspective of high-risk individuals, MyDiPP mobile app meets the usability aspects and can be used to help prevent the development of diabetes among at-risk adults