Privacy is the most often-cited criticism of ubiquitous computing, and may be the greatest barrier to its long-term success. However, developers currently have little support in d...
Programming specialized network processors (NPU) is inherently difficult. Unlike mainstream processors where architectural features such as out-of-order execution and caches hide ...
We consider the problem of Object Safety: how objects endowed with processing, communication, and sensing capabilities can determine their safety. We assign an agent to each objec...
We propose audio networking: using ubiquitously available sound hardware (i.e. speakers, sound-cards and microphones) for lowbandwidth, wireless networking. A variety of location- ...
Continuous and reliable operation of WSNs is notoriously difficult to guarantee due to hardware degradation and environmental changes. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a ...