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EUSAI
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Portable Wireless Sensors for Object Usage Sensing in the Home: Challenges and Practicalities
A low-cost kit of stick-on wireless sensors that transmit data indicating whenever various objects are being touched or used might aid ubiquitous computing research efforts on rapi...
Emmanuel Munguia Tapia, Stephen S. Intille, Kent L...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
InPhase: evaluation of a communication system focused on "happy coincidences" of daily behaviors
To supplement existing forms of communication such as telephone and e-mail, this research proposes a new method of communicating “awareness” between people who are separated b...
Hitomi Tsujita, Koji Tsukada, Itiro Siio
HUC
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Yours, Mine and Ours? Sharing and Use of Technology in Domestic Environments
Domestic technologies have been a popular area of study for ubiquitous computing researchers, however there is relatively little recent data on how families currently use and share...
A. J. Bernheim Brush, Kori M. Inkpen
ACMDIS
2006
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
The history tablecloth: illuminating domestic activity
The History Tablecloth is a flexible substrate screen-printed with electroluminescent material forming a grid of lace-like elements. When objects are left on the table, cells bene...
William W. Gaver, John Bowers, Andy Boucher, Andy ...
HUC
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
u-Texture: Self-Organizable Universal Panels for Creating Smart Surroundings
This paper introduces a novel way to allow non-expert users to create smart surroundings. Non-smart everyday objects such as furniture and appliances found in homes and offices can...
Naohiko Kohtake, Ryo Ohsawa, Takuro Yonezawa, Yuki...