I just got my hands on a few motes and a Crossbow Stargate Netbridge (runs debian!) to manage them all. It’s too late in the day to really explain motes, but in the simplest sense they are little wireless sensors that can be theoretically be combined to form a wireless sensor network. [...]
Archive for the 'Pervasive Computing' Category
Semi-public displays
March 20, 2008
While I was looking for papers on collaborative reminder systems, I found the paper titled: Semi-Public Displays for Small, Co-located Groups. This paper discussed the applications developed by the authors for small collocated groups. The public displays in this setting are meant to be source of ambient information about the group members.
Reminders – slide show [...]
Architecture for Privacy-Sensitive Ubicomp – Intro
March 6, 2008
Another paper on handling privacy in Ubicomp applications.T he objective of Ubiquitous Computing is: Technology should be extended in a fundamental manner that removes any conscious awareness of technology.
With the advancement in technology there is natural push towards developing a Ubiquitous Computing environment. But these technologies are introducing privacy risks faster than the time required [...]
Interactive Public Ambient Display
January 31, 2008
There’s a guy at Toronto who built a pretty awesome public ambient display, and also tried to emphasize a few zones of interaction.
http://www.nonsequitoria.com/v.php?s=research&f=interactive_public_ambient_displays&i=phases.gif
I don’t know if he’s still working on it, as his CV hasn’t been updated in a while.
Project Oxygen
January 31, 2008
It would be worthwhile to take a look at Project Oxygen to get some context on work that’s been done in the past.
Publish-Subscribe for Sensor Networks
January 30, 2008
I’ve been doing a good amount of research trying to figure out if the publish-subscribe model I have been working on for pervasive computing systems is novel in any way. So far it is at least novel in I can’t find anyone that has released source-code — so far. [correction I was wrong]
Papers [...]
