A good text on literature review methodology. It may seem obvious at the end and you might feel that you already do most those steps, but I think it is still important to see it all layed down and structured on a text like this. 

I had never thought about this until I read this article on MSNBC: Stevie Wonder: Touch-screens alienate blind.

The problem, of course, aren't the touch screens per se, but the fact that usually touch screen application don't allow for any other input mechanism -- think of the iPhone.

Here's another review...

Using camera-phones to interact with context-aware mobile services

In this technical report [Toye et al., 2004], the authors present the results from a study on a new interaction technique that uses camera-phones and visual tags to interact with public displays.

The technique consists in using visual codes in printed form or in dynamic displays that a camera-phone can recognize. The mobile phone communicates with a computer so that when a user 'clicks' on a tag, the display can reflect that action as if a button was pressed, for example. Also, the mobile can be used as a secondary display and also store information and personal data that is sent automatically to create a personal interface.

Here's my review. Comments are appreciated... 

The Design Space of Ubiquitous Mobile Input

[Ballagas et al., 2008] presents a design space of mobile input techniques with five dimensions: graphical subtask (position, orient and select), dimensionality, relative vs absolute movement, interaction style (direct vs indirect) and feedback (continuous vs discrete).

Here's my review. Comments are appreciated...

Hybrid Recommender Systems: Survey and Experiments

In [Burke, 2002], Robin Burke makes a survey of existing recommender techniques and systems and he also presents and evaluates a hybrid recommender system.

Burke defines a recommender system as "any system that produces individualized recommendations as output or has the effect of guiding the user in a personalized way to interesting or useful objects in a large space of possible options." Put differently, a recommender system assists users in finding relevant information (for the specific user) from a large information space.

This is my review. Comments are appreciated...

 Engaging with a Situated Display via Picture Messaging

This paper [Martin et al., 2006] describes and early investigation in the use of text and picture messaging as an interaction mechanism for situated displays.

The system was called Joe Blogg and was "designed to be interacted with at moments of 'pause'." It basically consisted of a projection which displayed text and pictures sent by people. The system was installed in a reception area of the Bartlett School of Architecture since it was an area of great movement and so propitious to be seen and interacted with by a lot of people.

This is my review. Comments are appreciated... 

 Enticing People to Interact With Large Public Displays in Public Spaces

In [Brignull and Rogers, 2003] the authors address the problem of overcoming the resistance people have in interacting with a public display.

The goal of their research is

"to examine:

• the flow of people around public displays
• the level and types of interaction around displays
• the transitions that occur between types of interaction
• factors that cause social awkwardness and embarrassment around public displays"

This is my review of the paper. Comments are appreciated...

 Ambient Displays and Mobile Devices for the Creation of Social Architectural Spaces

[Streitz et al., 2003] presents the Hello.Wall-an ambient display designed to support informal communication within a corporate building.

The authors state that they wanted to investigate how ambient displays could support informal processes and communication. To this purpose, they developed the Hello.Wall system.