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CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Hug over a distance
People in close relationships, who are separated by distance, often have difficulty expressing intimacy adequately. Based on the results of an ethnographic study with couples, a p...
Florian Mueller, Frank Vetere, Martin R. Gibbs, Je...
TEI
2010
ACM
149views Hardware» more  TEI 2010»
14 years 2 months ago
WearAir: expressive t-shirts for air quality sensing
We designed and prototyped WearAir, an expressive T-shirt to sense the wearer’s surrounding air quality as indicated by the measured volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and public...
Sunyoung Kim, Eric Paulos, Mark D. Gross
EUROPAR
2007
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Analysis of a Kalman Approach for a Pedestrian Positioning System in Indoor Environments
In this work we present the design principles of a wearable positioning system for users in unprepared indoor environments. We describe the most suitable technology for our applica...
Edith Pulido Herrera, Ricardo Quirós, Hanne...
EUC
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Object Reminder and Safety Alarm
This paper introduces a novel approach to enhancing safety through RFID technology, location tracking, and monitoring person-object interaction. We design and develop RFID-based we...
Chi-yau Lin, Chia-nan Ke, Shao-you Cheng, Jane Yun...
HUC
1999
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Close Encounters: Supporting Mobile Collaboration through Interchange of User Profiles
This paper introduces the notion of profile-based cooperation as a way to support awareness and informal communication between mobile users during chance encounters. We describe th...
Gerd Kortuem, Zary Segall, Thaddeus G. Cowan Thomp...