This thesis gives an overview about how YCall (a VoIP App) can be positioned in the Dutch market. This positioning helps to minimalize information overload in the mind of consumer, and thereby leaving a clear impression and message about the product and brand. Thus, by designing the most suitable market …

The rise of smart technologies has created new opportunities to support blind and visually impaired persons (VIPs). One of the biggest problems we identified in our previous research on problems VIPs face during activities of daily life concerned the recognition of persons and their facial expressions. …

The purpose of the research was to provide academic staff with insights into their own information behavior and to motivate them to refer to relevant, accurate and reliable resources in their own course materials. To achieve this we used a participative research approach. Six participants assessed course …

Binnen veel automatiseringsprojecten wordt gebruik gemaakt van Computer Vision. Met het ontwikkelen van Computer Vision applicaties kan gezorgd worden dat in processen minder fouten worden gemaakt of dat processen minder arbeidsintensief worden. Zonder het gebruik Computer Vision moeten we terugvallen …

Deze opdracht komt voort uit de wens om boorplatformen te bewaken en naderende vaartuigen te detecteren. Dat gebeurt in eerste instantie met vaste camera’s. Als deze beweging waarnemen, dan moet een Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera gericht en ingezoomd worden op de positie waar een object wordt gedetecteerd …

In this report the current trend of e-commerce companies opening brick and mortar stores was investigated. This phenomenon can be linked to a concept known as omnichannel retail. It appears that many businesses are not aware of the current trends in retail. This leads to a misunderstanding of the modern …

The use of robots as educational tools provides a stimulating environment for students. Some robotics competitions focus on primary and secondary school aged children, and serve as motivation for students to get involved in educational robotics activities. Although very appealing, many students cannot …

Wereldwijd wordt er veel gerekend aan water, zo ook in Nederland, zowel statisch als dynamisch. Voor het dynamisch berekenen wordt gebruikt gemaakt van speciaal ontwikkelde computer rekenprogramma’s. InfoWorksICM is zo’n rekenprogramma. Royal HasKoning DHV (hierna genoemd RHDHV) maakt onder andere gebruik …

Gentle stroking touches are rated most pleasant when applied at a velocity of between 1–10 cm/s. Such touches are considered highly relevant in social interactions. Here, we investigate whether stroking sensations generated by a vibrotactile array can produce similar pleasantness responses, with the …

Preschool children's vocabulary mainly develops verbal through interaction. Therefore, the technology-enhanced storytelling (TES) activity Jeffy's Journey is developed to support parent–child interaction and vocabulary in preschool children. TES entails shared verbal storytelling supported by a story …