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CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Cord input: an intuitive, high-accuracy, multi-degree-of-freedom input method for mobile devices
A cord, although simple in form, has many interesting physical affordances that make it powerful as an input device. Not only can a length of cord be grasped in different location...
Julia Schwarz, Chris Harrison, Scott E. Hudson, Je...
ICOST
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Distributed Vision-Based Accident Management for Assisted Living
We consider the problem of assisting vulnerable people and their carers to reduce the occurrence, and concomitant consequences, of accidents in the home. A wireless sensor network ...
Hamid K. Aghajan, Juan Carlos Augusto, Chen Wu, Pa...
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Data Persistence in Large-Scale Sensor Networks with Decentralized Fountain Codes
Abstract—It may not be feasible for sensor networks monitoring nature and inaccessible geographical regions to include powered sinks with Internet connections. We consider the sc...
Yunfeng Lin, Ben Liang, Baochun Li
JFR
2008
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13 years 10 months ago
Monte Carlo localization in outdoor terrains using multilevel surface maps
We propose a novel combination of techniques for robustly estimating the position of a mobile robot in outdoor environments using range data. Our approach applies a particle filte...
Rainer Kümmerle, Rudolph Triebel, Patrick Pfa...
MOBISYS
2007
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Experiences of designing and deploying intelligent sensor nodes to monitor hand-arm vibrations in the field
The NEMO project is exploring the use of mobile sensor nodes to augment physical work artefacts in order to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations. In this paper we ...
Christos Efstratiou, Nigel Davies, Gerd Kortuem, J...