Using Actuated Devices in Location-Aware Systems (2009)
Mike Fraser, Kirsten Cater, Paul Duff
Location-aware systems have traditionally left mobility to the user through carrying, supporting and manipulating the device itself. This design choice has limited the scale and style of device to...
Sharing Located Experiences through Physically Mobile Devices (2008)
Mike Fraser, Kirsten Cater, Paul Duff
We have been working in a school to enable children to author located mobile multimedia experiences off-site for experience on-site. Our exploration highlights a number of disparities between the...
Autocalibration Algorithm for Ultrasonic Systems Location (2008)
As mobile and wearable technology has evolved, an increasing need for indoor positioning has arisen. In particular, the use of ultrasonics provides a cheap way to fulfil this need. However, current...
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...
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...
The CMOC: One Stop Shopping for Humanitarian Assistance Coordination in Peace Operations. (1998)
The world has experience many complex humanitarian emergencies since the end of the Cold War. These emergencies were primarily the result the impact of war but entailed a great degree of human...