ABSTRACT An Event-Driven Sensor Architecture for (2008)
Low Power Wearables, Henk Muller, Cliff Randell
In this paper we define a software architecture for low power wearable computers. The architecture is event driven, and is designed so that application programs have access to sensor data without the...
Combining Positional Information with Visual Media (2008)
Neill Campbell Henk, Henk Muller, Cliff Randell
By integrating visual media with positioning information obtained with our wearable computer, we create new opportunities for using visuals both in the field and at the workstation. The position...
HeadRacer: A Head Mounted Wearable Computer with Ultrasonic Position Sensing (2008)
Cliff Randell, Paul Duff, Mike McCarthy, Henk Muller
This demonstration is in three parts. Firstly we are showing a wearable computer built into a cycle helmet. This comprises a gumstix single board computer, an ultrasonic receiver module and a lithium...
Modular Sensor Architecture for Unobtrusive Routine Clinical Diagnosis (2008)
John Crowe Barrie, John Crowe, Barrie Hayes-gill, Mark Sumner, Carl Barratt, Ben Palethorpe, ...
Clinical diagnosis of pathological conditions is accomplished regularly via the recording and subsequent analysis of a physiological variable from a subject. Problems with current common practice...
Ambient Sounds in the Woods (2008)
Sara Price, Cliff Randell, Cliff R
In this paper we describe research in which we have used sound as part of a mobile multimedia learning experience for children.
Digital Hopscotch: Exploring the Relationship between (2008)
Positioning Accuracy And, Cliff Randell
this paper we define a position as a point in space with specified 3D co-ordinates and a known error distribution; and a location as a defined place or area with an assigned label. This is in accord...
Wearable Computing: A Review (2008)
The many opportunities offered by wearable computing have triggered the imaginations of designers and researchers in a wide variety of fields. The inevitability of computers and interfaces which are...
Managing multiple spaces (2005)
Dix, Alan, Friday, Adrian, Rodden, Tom, Koleva, Boriana, Muller, Henk, Randell, Cliff, ...
This paper is about our experiences of space in the Equator project (www.equator.ac.uk), in particular, the way in which multiple spaces, both virtual and physical, can co-exist. By this we mean that...
Ubi-learning Integrates indoor and outdoor experiences (2005)
Rogers, Yvonne, Price, Sara, Stanton Fraser, Danae, Randell, Cliff, Weal, Mark, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine
Digital augmentation dissolves many of the physical barriers to learning by offering tools to integrate data and discoveries that travel with students as they explore new terrain.
Ubi-learning Integrates indoor and outdoor experiences (2005)
Rogers, Yvonne, Price, Sara, Stanton Fraser, Danae, Randell, Cliff, Weal, Mark, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine
Digital augmentation dissolves many of the physical barriers to learning by offering tools to integrate data and discoveries that travel with students as they explore new terrain.
Ubi-learning Integrates indoor and outdoor experiences (2005)
Rogers, Yvonne, Price, Sara, Stanton Fraser, Danae, Randell, Cliff, Weal, Mark, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine
Digital augmentation dissolves many of the physical barriers to learning by offering tools to integrate data and discoveries that travel with students as they explore new terrain.
Ubi-learning Integrates Indoor and Outdoor Experiences (2005)
Yvonne Rogers, Sara Price, Cliff Randell, Geraldine Fitzpatrick
ntific inquiry in the context of discovering and exploring an environment, system, or process. E-learning implies learning "anytime anywhere" [5]. To support this form of learning,...
A New Method for Auto-Calibrated Object Tracking (2005)
Paul Duff, Michael Mccarthy, Angus Clark, Henk Muller, Cliff Randell, Cliff R, ...
Ubiquitous computing technologies which are cheap and easy to use are more likely to be adopted by users beyond the ubiquitous computing community. We present an ultrasonic-only tracking system that...
Modular sensor architecture for unobtrusive routine clinical diagnosis (2004)
Storz, Oliver, Friday, Adrian, Crowe, J., Hayes-Gill, B., Sumner, M., Barratt, C., ...
Clinical diagnosis of pathological conditions is accomplished regularly via the recording and subsequent analysis of a physiological variable from a subject. Problems with current common practice...
Models of space in a mixed-reality system (2004)
Anthony Steed, Ian MacColl, Cliff Randell, Barry Brown, Matthew Chalmers, Chris Greenhalgh
INFOVIS is the primary international conference in the field of information visualization. The 2004 conference had an acceptance rate of 30%. The paper is concerned with the models of space used in...
Ambient Wood: Designing New Forms of Digital Augmentation for Learning Outdoors (2004)
Rogers, Yvonne, Price, Sara, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine, Fleck, Rowanne, Harris, Eric, Smith, Hilary, ...
Ubiquitous and mobile technologies provide opportunities for designing novel learning experiences that move out of the classroom. Information can be presented and interacted with in a variety of ways...
Ambient Wood: Designing New Forms of Digital Augmentation for Learning Outdoors (2004)
Rogers, Yvonne, Price, Sara, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine, Fleck, Rowanne, Harris, Eric, Smith, Hilary, ...
Ubiquitous and mobile technologies provide opportunities for designing novel learning experiences that move out of the classroom. Information can be presented and interacted with in a variety of ways...
Ambient Wood: Designing New Forms of Digital Augmentation for Learning Outdoors (2004)
Rogers, Yvonne, Price, Sara, Fitzpatrick, Geraldine, Fleck, Rowanne, Harris, Eric, Smith, Hilary, ...
Ubiquitous and mobile technologies provide opportunities for designing novel learning experiences that move out of the classroom. Information can be presented and interacted with in a variety of ways...
Models of space in a mixed-reality system (2004)
Anthony Steed, Ian MacColl, Cliff Randell, Barry Brown, Matthew Chalmers, Chris Greenhalgh
INFOVIS is the primary international conference in the field of information visualization. The 2004 conference had an acceptance rate of 30%. The paper is concerned with the models of space used in...
From Snark to Park: Lessons learnt moving pervasive experiences from indoors to outdoors (2004)
Eric Harris, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Yvonne Rogers, Sara Price, Ted Phelps, Cliff Randell, ...
Pervasive technologies are increasingly being developed and used outdoors in different and innovative ways. However, designing user experiences for outdoor environments presents many different and...
The Ambient Horn: Designing a novel audio-based learning experience (2004)
Cliff Randell, Sara Price, Eric Harris, Geraldine Fitzpatrick
The Ambient Horn is a handheld audio device designed to support a novel learning experience for children learning about habitat distributions and interdependencies in an outdoor woodland environment....
The Ambient Horn: Designing a novel audio-based learning experience (2004)
Cliff Randell, Sara Price, Yvonne Rogers, Eric Harris
Abstract: The Ambient Horn is a novel handheld device designed to support children learning about habitat distributions and interdependencies in an outdoor woodland environment. The horn was designed...
Lessons from the Lighthouse: Collaboration in a shared mixed reality system (2003)
Barry Brown, Matthew Chalmers, Areti Galani, Ian MacColl, Cliff Randell, Anthony Steed
CHI is the premier international conference for human-computer interaction. It is a Tier 1 conference that attracts an international community of practitioners, researchers and academics. CHI's...
Lessons from the Lighthouse: Collaboration in a shared mixed reality system (2003)
Barry Brown, Matthew Chalmers, Areti Galani, Ian MacColl, Cliff Randell, Anthony Steed
CHI is the premier international conference for human-computer interaction. It is a Tier 1 conference that attracts an international community of practitioners, researchers and academics. CHI's...
The Periscope: Supporting a Computer Enhanced Field Trips for Children (2003)
For Children, Danielle Wilde, Eric Harris, Yvonne Rogers, Cliff Randell
Abstract. This paper describes an interactive device, the Periscope, designed to be used as an educational tool featured during a children's digitally enhanced field trip in a woodland setting....
Personal Position Measurement Using Dead Reckoning (2003)
Cliff Randell, Chris Djiallis, Henk Muller
This paper compares position measurement techniques using dead reckoning. We are seeking to find a technique which is suitable for use by pedestrians, and have compared a number of sensors that can...
Ambient Wood: Demonstration of a Digitally Enhanced Field Trip for Schoolchildren (2003)
Cliff Randell, Ted Phelps, Yvonne Rogers
This demonstration shows parts of the Ambient Wood experience project which has taken place in an English woodland setting during the past year. The project provides a playful learning experience for...
Shared visiting in EQUATOR City (2002)
Ian MacColl, Dave Millard, Cliff Randell, Anthony Steed, Barry Brown, Steve Benford, ...
CVE is an international conference dedicated to the design, development and use of collaborative virtual environments. The paper has 6 citings at ACMDL ad it describes technical aspects of the...
Shared visiting in EQUATOR city (2002)
MacColl, Ian, Millard, David E, Randell, Cliff, Steed, Anthony, Brown, Barry, Benford, Steve, ...
In this paper we describe an infrastructure and prototype system for sharing of visiting experiences across multiple media. The prototype supports synchronous co-visiting by physical and digital...
Shared visiting in EQUATOR city (2002)
MacColl, Ian, Millard, David E, Randell, Cliff, Steed, Anthony, Brown, Barry, Benford, Steve, ...
In this paper we describe an infrastructure and prototype system for sharing of visiting experiences across multiple media. The prototype supports synchronous co-visiting by physical and digital...
Shared visiting in EQUATOR city (2002)
MacColl, Ian, Millard, David E, Randell, Cliff, Steed, Anthony, Brown, Barry, Benford, Steve, ...
In this paper we describe an infrastructure and prototype system for sharing of visiting experiences across multiple media. The prototype supports synchronous co-visiting by physical and digital...
Blurring the boundaries of the Mackintosh room (2002)
Chalmers, Matthew, Brown, Barry, Benford, Steve, Dalton, R, Dalton, N, Galani, Areti, ...
In this paper we describe a prototype interactive system supporting a shared synchronous experience for physical, World Wide Web and virtual reality visitors to an exhibition devoted to the designer...
Blurring the boundaries of the Mackintosh room (2002)
Chalmers, Matthew, Brown, Barry, Benford, Steve, Dalton, R, Dalton, N, Galani, Areti, ...
In this paper we describe a prototype interactive system supporting a shared synchronous experience for physical, World Wide Web and virtual reality visitors to an exhibition devoted to the designer...
Shared visiting in EQUATOR City (2002)
Ian MacColl, Dave Millard, Cliff Randell, Anthony Steed, Barry Brown, Steve Benford, ...
CVE is an international conference dedicated to the design, development and use of collaborative virtual environments. The paper has 6 citings at ACMDL ad it describes technical aspects of the...
Things Aren't What They Seem to Be: Innovation Through Technology Inspiration (2002)
Yvonne Rogers, Mike Scaife, Eric Harris, Ted Phelps, Sara Price, Hilary Smith, ...
How does designing for novel experiences with largely untried technologies get its inspiration? Here we report on a project whose goal was to promote learning through novel, playful visions of...
Low Cost Indoor Positioning System (2001)
Abstract. This report describes a low cost indoor position sensing system utilising a combination of radio frequency and ultrasonics. Using a single rf transmitter and four ceiling mounted ultrasonic...
August 2000 CSTR-00-009 (2000)
Cliff Randell, Cliff Randell, Henk Muller, Henk Muller
In this paper we describe continuing work being carried out as part of the Bristol Wearable Computing Initiative. We are researching processing techniques for data from accelerometers which enable...
An Event-Driven Sensor Architecture for Low Power Wearables (2000)
Henk Muller Cliff, Low Power Wearables, Henk Muller, Cliff Randell
In this paper we define a software architecture for low power wearable computers. The architecture is event driven, and is designed so that application programs have access to sensor data without the...