In recent years, we’ve started to use our cellphones not only for placing calls or exchanging messages. Now, we take pictures, read our e-mails, listen to music or watch TV. But, according to New Scientist, UK researchers are going further with a prototype software that turns your cellphone into a 3-D mouse. The phone is connected to your computer via Bluetooth. And you control the image on the screen by rotating or moving your phone. As says one of the researchers, “it feels like a much more natural way to interact and exchange data.” The technology might first be used in shopping malls to buy movie tickets or to interact with advertising displays. But read more…
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It is obvious that knowing the location and availability of resources such as hospitals, transportation equipment and water during an emergency situation can save lives. Researchers at Georgia Tech started in 2000 to develop a collaborative mapping tool named GTVC (short for Geographic Tool for Visualization and Collaboration). Even if it was intended to support military applications at the beginning, the mapping tool can now be used by the emergency management community. It has already been deployed in Florida which plans to use it in all its counties and in Dakota County, Minnesota. According to Georgia Tech researchers, it could soon be used by more than 100 other cities, counties and local agencies. But read more…
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According to Wikipedia, ‘ambient intelligence (AmI) refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people.’ In ‘Ambient intelligence: snowboarding to the new frontier,’ ICT Results reports that ambient intelligence is a key component for future beyond 3G mobile and wireless communication systems. This is why two EU-funded projects are actively trying to integrate sensor networks into wireless communication systems and to ‘capture’ the user’s environment. According to the researchers, potential applications could improve ‘the response of emergency services to car crashes and other accidents, as well as leisure and sporting applications.’ But read more…
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