Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volume 39, Part 4 (August 2006)

teaching and education

J. Appl. Cryst. (2006). 39, 595-597 [ doi:10.1107/S0021889806019297 ]

Crystallography on mobile phones

I. Orlov, N. Schoeni and G. Chapuis

Abstract: The new possibilities offered by mobile phones combined with their widespread dissemination among young people open new paradigms for teaching science. The wide adoption of the Java environment for mobile devices gives the opportunity to develop custom-made applications for educational purposes. The first mobile phone application for crystallography training, Escher Mobile, is now available at http://escher.epfl.ch/mobile/.

Keywords: mobile technology; computer programs.