HUC
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2010
Springer
Even though the coordination of kids’ activities is largely successful, the modern dual income family still regularly experiences breakdowns in their practices. Families often r...
HUC
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2010
Springer
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...
HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
—This paper reports about a human-robot interaction field trial conducted with the autonomous mobile robot ACE (Autonomous City Explorer) in a public place, where the ACE robot ...
HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
—Robots do not have any capability of taking moral responsibility. At the same time industrial robotics is entering a new era with “intelligent” robots sharing workbench with...
HAPTICS
2010
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2010
IEEE
Touch is an important but poorly studied aspect of emotional communication. With the Haptic Creature we are investigating fundamentals of affective touch. This small robot senses t...
HAPTICS
2010
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2010
IEEE
We present a new approach for realistic visio-haptic simulation of nonlinear and viscoelastic behavior of an organ tissue using a particle model. The spring and damper coefficients...
HAID
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2010
Springer
One factor which can be expected to influence performance in applications where the user points a device in some direction to obtain information is the angle interval in which the ...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
With healthcare moving towards electronic health records, it is important to understand existing work practices to design effective systems. We conducted an observational study in...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
Narratives are an intimate part of our lives. Based on behavioral research suggesting that older adults tend to process text better at discourse level, this study investigates the...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
People share pictures online to increase their social presence. However, recent studies have shown that most of the content shared in social networks is not looked at by peers. Pr...