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MOBISYS
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
PRISM: platform for remote sensing using smartphones
To realize the potential of opportunistic and participatory sensing using mobile smartphones, a key challenge is ensuring the ease of developing and deploying such applications, w...
Tathagata Das, Prashanth Mohan, Venkata N. Padmana...
COMPUTER
2006
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13 years 9 months ago
Energy-Aware User Interfaces and Energy-Adaptive Displays
The utility of a mobile computer, such as a handheld or a laptop, is largely constrained by battery life. The display stands out as a major consumer of battery energy, so reducing...
Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Erik Geelhoed, Meera Ma...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
An empirical study of typing rates on mini-QWERTY keyboards
We present a longitudinal study of mini-QWERTY keyboard use, examining the learning rates of novice miniQWERTY users. The study consists of 20 twenty-minute typing sessions using ...
Edward Clarkson, James Clawson, Kent Lyons, Thad S...
DSN
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Maximizing system lifetime by battery scheduling
The use of mobile devices is limited by the battery lifetime. Some devices have the option to connect an extra battery, or to use smart battery-packs with multiple cells to extend...
Marijn R. Jongerden, Boudewijn R. Haverkort, Henri...
ICMCS
2005
IEEE
116views Multimedia» more  ICMCS 2005»
14 years 2 months ago
Lossless image compression with tree coding of magnitude levels
With the rapid development of digital technology in consumer electronics, the demand to preserve raw image data for further editing or repeated compression is increasing. Traditio...
Hua Cai, Jiang Li