This paper introduces an algorithm that estimates the speed of a mobile phone by matching time-series signal strength data to a known signal strength trace from the same road. Kno...
Gayathri Chandrasekaran, Tam Vu, Alexander Varshav...
Falls are a major health risk that diminish the quality of life among elderly people. With the elderly population surging, especially with aging "baby boomers", fall dete...
Conversing on cell phones while driving is a risky, yet commonplace activity. State legislatures in the U.S. have enacted rules that limit hand-held phone conversations while driv...
Shamsi T. Iqbal, Eric Horvitz, Yun-Cheng Ju, Ella ...
Cell phones are increasingly becoming attractive targets of various worms, which cause the leakage of user privacy, extra service charges and depletion of battery power. In this w...
We propose a system to use QR codes and cheap cell phones to alleviate some challenges faced by the chronically homeless. We propose combining the affordability, simplicity and po...
Meseret Gebrekristos, Ahmad Aljadaan, Kumud Bihani