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Project - KiA
Team Name: Arcadians
Solution Name: KiA
 
With the growth of the Internet, there has been a rapid digitization of information. However, despite the variety in e-books, multimedia and communication tools available online, the lay user has been reluctant to give up the comfort of conventional reading material like books and newspapers for e-books and online-newspapers.
 
Today, the researcher, the student, the novel-enthusiast and the next-door neighbor who sits down to read the Sunday newspaper have one thing in common: they all want information, and they want it now. The student who visits the library cannot easily access information about his study material, and he needs to locate different sources of information before he can continue. A woman reading a newspaper may want older items related to an article in the newspaper, but for this, she must access a PC and start a tedious search.
 
The solution? KiA
KiA offers a fusion of the ever-connected world of the Internet and the nostalgic comfort of the classic book. Applicable to a wide domain of users, it has the potential to become the tool of the future. KiA’s focus is on process and usability, more than pure utility, and its design is streamlined to enrich the daily activities of the user.
 
The design of this product has its foundations in precision and usability. How easily can a user get his or her job done? What is the quickest and most comfortable way to interface with the device? These are some of the questions that KiA attempts to find solutions to. KiA can be extended to far more domains than those mentioned here. As far as utility is concerned, the sky is the limit.
 
Welcome to the world of KiA – the Know-It-All.
 
Team Members
1. Dhara Dave
  DAIICT
2. Rigveda Kadam
  DAIICT
3. Gaurav Dobhal
  DAIICT
4. Ramnath Iyer
  DAIICT
 

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