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MOBISYS
2007
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Algorithm to automatically detect abnormally long periods of inactivity in a home
An algorithm has been developed to automatically construct individual models of normal activity within a home using motion sensor data. Alerts can be generated when a period of in...
Paul Cuddihy, Jenny Weisenberg, Catherine Graichen...
CP
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Solving the Salinity Control Problem in a Potable Water System
Salinity is the relative concentration of salts in water. In a city of southern China, the local water supply company pumps water from a nearby river for potable use. During the wi...
Chiu Wo Choi, Jimmy Ho-Man Lee
PERCOM
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Groupanizer: a Method to Correlate Multi-users Position with Daily Moments
Groupanizer is an extension of groupware and constitutes a development platform to integrate user-centric information for the benefit of groupware applications. User-centric conte...
Jean Olivier Caron, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki M...
CSCW
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Of pill boxes and piano benches: "home-made" methods for managing medication
We report on the results of an ethnographic study of how elders manage their medication with the objective of informing the design of in-home assistive health technology to suppor...
Leysia Palen, Stinne Aaløkke Ballegaard
CONTEXT
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Context-Aware Configuration: A Study on Improving Cell Phone Awareness
Abstract. As the number of mobile devices we carry grows, the job of managing those devices throughout the day becomes cumbersome. This is especially true for cell phones. Despite ...
Ashraf Khalil, Kay Connelly