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JAISE
2011
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12 years 8 months ago
Supporting peace of mind and independent living with the Aurama awareness system
An awareness system was designed to provide peace of mind and a sense of connectedness to adults who care for an elderly parent living alone. The iterative design of the Aurama awa...
Pavan Dadlani, Panos Markopoulos, Alexander Sinits...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 4 days ago
Homeless young people's experiences with information systems: life and work in a community technology center
This paper explores how homeless young people, aged 1325, make use of information systems in daily life. Observed in a community technology center, four different examples of uses...
Jill Palzkill Woelfer, David G. Hendry
ACMDIS
2006
ACM
13 years 11 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 ...
RT
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Real-Time Multiple Scattering in Participating Media with Illumination Networks
This paper proposes a real-time method to compute multiple scattering in non-homogeneous participating media having general phase functions. The volume represented by a particle s...
László Szirmay-Kalos, Mateu Sbert, T...
SUTC
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Towards Embedded Wireless-Networked Intelligent Daylighting Systems for Commercial Buildings
Energy efficient office lighting systems can save 40% in electricity consumption in areas that receive significant amounts of daylight. In spite of the savings they can generate, ...
Yao-Jung Wen, Jessica Granderson, Alice M. Agogino