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Rolf Pfeifer: Soft Robotics - Self-organization, embodiment, and biological inspiration (2011)
Recording of the full talk on Soft Robotics by Rolf Pfeifer. Stream: view online Download: 2011-06-09_rolf_pfeifer_soft_robotics.flv (702 MiB) News: Rolf Pfeifer: Soft Robotics - Self-organization, embodiment, and biological inspiration |
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A Framework for Opportunistic Context and Activity Recognition (2011)
Stream: view online Download: opportunityvideo.mp4 (249 MiB) Projects: OPPORTUNITY Publications: Contact: Alois Ferscha, Gerold Hölzl, Marc Kurz |
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PowerSaver - Activity-Based Implicit Energy Management (2011)
published at the ISWC 11 as video paper Stream: view online Download: PowerSaver.mp4 (476 MiB) Projects: Power Saver Publications: Staff: Dieter Hametner, Gerald Holl, Jürgen Erhart, Jakob Doppler, Michael Wirthig, Michael Matscheko, Peter Halbmayer, Pier Lorenzo Bianchini Contact: Alois Ferscha |
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ORF Herbstzeit, 9.11.2010 (2010)
ORF: Herbstzeit - 09.11.2010 17:40 Uhr (Beitragsdauer 03:39 min) Stream: view online Download: 2010_orf_herbstzeit.flv (21,3 MiB) Press: Intelligenter Autositz |
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Spezialbrille für Chirurgen (2010)
OÖ Heute berichtet über Spectacles Stream: view online Download: 20100102_ooeheute.mp4 (22,6 MiB) |
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Landespreis für Innovation in OÖ Heute (2009)
ORF-Beitrag zum Landesinnovationspreis in OÖ Heute Stream: view online Download: 20091021_ooeheute.mp4 (62,2 MiB) |
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Coupon Collector (2009)
published at the ISWC 09 as video paper Stream: view online Download: 2009 CouponCollector.mp4 (19,0 MiB) Publications: Contact: Alois Ferscha, Christoph Wimberger, Wolfram Swoboda |
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Beitrag OÖ Heute, Sa 25.04.2009 (2009)
An der Johannes Kepler Universität wurde am 24. April 2009 40 Jahre Informatikstudium in Österreich gefeierten. Stream: view online Download: OOEHeute_40JahreInformatik.flv (8,94 MiB) |
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Olfactory Interaction Zones (2009)
Spontaneous interaction among humans and things in pervasive computing systems is often based on the spatial outreach to which an entity can interact with another entity, often referred to as "zone of interaction". Usually technological sensors for proximity and distance, like radio, ultrasound or microwave, are used to perceive and track the presence, activity and utterance of entities in the vicinity. This paper proposes the exploitation of the "natural" zone of interaction based on the dispersed odor of entities. Much like the emission of radio signals with spatial decay from the center of radiation, the evaporation of natural (perspiration) or artificial (perfume) odors spawn spatial zones of interaction with spatial, but also temporal decay. Gas sensors or electronic noses can serve as the technological means for the olfactory perception of zones of interaction. We introduce "Olfactory Interaction Zones" and outline how olfactory perception enriches the design space for spontaneous interaction in pervasive computing. Stream: view online Download: 2009_OIZ.mp4 (21,5 MiB) Publications: Contact: Alois Ferscha, Bernadette Emsenhuber |
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IIWAS Keynote (2008)
IIWas 2008 Keynote (Alois Ferscha) Stream: view online Download: 2008_IIWasKeynote.mp4 (931 MiB) Conferences: IIWas & Momm 2008 |
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Modern Talking RFID Ferscha (2008)
Alois Ferscha spricht in Modern Talking über die Technologie RFID Stream: view online Download: 2008 Modern Talking RFID Ferscha.ogg (66,4 MiB) Contact: Alois Ferscha |
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UBICOMP 2008 Vibro-Tactile Space Awareness (2008)
Continuous visual and auditory stimulation has made human perception prone to "overseeing" and "overhearing". Moreover, in some situations, visual and auditory stimuli yield to misleading or false perception. This is particularly the case with the perception of space, e.g. when it comes to the estimation of distances, or the determination of direction. This paper addresses the issue on how humans perceive space, like room space, work space, construction space, outdoor space, etc. We propose to amplify (or readjust) the perception of space aside the primary senses (i) vision and (ii) audition by (iii) tactation. In order to enhance space awareness of humans, we opt for a vibro-tactile notification system whenever eyes, ears and hands are in charge. A body worn, belt like vibration system has been developed, delivering tactile notifications about distance and orientation to the user in a very subtle, unobtrusive, yet demanding style. A series of user tests has been conducted investigating the perception of distance to physical objects, like walls or obstacles, in the vicinity of users. Results encourage for a whole new class of space awareness solutions. In the video, one category of applications is highlighted: safety of workers in construction and manufacturing. Stream: view online Download: 2008 UBICOMP SpaceAwareness.mpg (172 MiB) Publications: Contact: Alois Ferscha, Andreas Zeidler, Andreas Riener, Bernadette Emsenhuber, Clemens Holzmann, Cornel Klein, Dominik Hochreiter, Manfred Hechinger, Marquart Franz |
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Telekom Austria Cube (2007)
In der Reihe "Gut Beraten, Österreich" des ORF wurde am 30. November 2007 der in Zusammenarbeit dem den Research Studios Austria entwickelte Telekom Austria Cube vorgestellt. Es handelt sich dabei um eine universale Fernbedienung zur Steuerung des Telekom Austria aonTV. Stream: view online Download: 2007 tacube.avi (72,9 MiB) Press: Telekom Austria Cube - Beitrag Willkommen Österreich Projects: TA Cube Articles: Telekom Austria Cube Publications: Contact: Alois Ferscha, Bernadette Emsenhuber, Bernhard Wally, Simon Vogl |
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SiLiCon Virtual Telepresence (2007)
The Virtual Telepresence Demonstrator supports the collaboration of distributed teams. Informal information like stress-level, working progress or moods can be exchanged by an aesthetic display. Stream: view online Download: 2007 SiLiCon VirtualTelepresence.avi (374 MiB) Contact: Alois Ferscha, Bernadette Emsenhuber, Heinrich Schmitzberger, Petra Thon, Philipp Aumayr |
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UBICOMP 2007 Power Saver (2007)
As a matter of convenience, many current consumer devices switch to reduced energy consumption modes when not active in use, to be instantly ready for use upon explicit user invocation. Therefore the “standby” energy dissipation of electric appliances and devices have remarkably raised energy consumption in homes, offices and buildings. To overcome this problem we propose an implicit switching to reduced energy modes and even total “off ” states based on a context aware activ- ity tracking mechanism. As opposed to traditional activity tracking ap- proaches, the PowerSaver is a single sensor, wireless, light weight, pocket- worn and detachable at any time of use. This is a significant improvement over related activity tracking solutions. Stream: view online Download: 2007 UBICOMP Power Saver.avi (47,9 MiB) Publications: Contact: Alois Ferscha, Bernadette Emsenhuber, Bernhard Wally, Christoph Kuhmünch, Cornel Klein, Jelena Mitic, Stefan Gusenbauer |
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PERVASIVE Aesthetic Awareness Displays (2006)
This research video presents a decorative artwork approach to deliver awareness information to the periphery of perception of workgroup or family members. It differs from previous “peripheral display” systems in that it puts focus on the aesthetic appearance, the user negotiated phenotypes and artwork components, the flexibility of display adaptation involving awareness themes and skins, and an open mapping of sensor data and context information geno- types to artful phenotypes. A fully functional Artful Awareness Display soft- ware framework has been developed and is demonstrated in operation while in- stalled in a smart home setting. User experience supports the working hypothe- sis, that the aesthetics of art is the primary acceptance factor. Stream: view online Download: 2006 PERVASIVE AestheticAwarenessDisplays.mpg (125 MiB) Publications:
Contact: Alois Ferscha, Bernadette Emsenhuber, Heinrich Schmitzberger, Petra Thon |
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INSTAR DigitalGraffiti (2005)
Digital Graffiti are messages that can be placed at any location in the real world and addressed to any recipients who are not only identified by (phone) numbers. They specify their visibility by time and are only perceivable in a given context. Stream: view online Download: 2005 INSTAR DigitalGraffiti.avi (142 MiB) Projects: Digital Graffiti Master Theses: Augmented Reality Visualisierung von Digital Graffiti auf PDAs, Location-Based Messaging Service mit Digital Graffiti auf Mobiltelefonen, Location-Based Messaging Service mit Digital Graffiti auf PDAs Contact: Alois Ferscha, Benjamin Mayr, G. Pomberger, Wolfgang Narzt |
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SiLiCon Peer-It (2005)
We propose an integrated, autonomous stick-on computing platform consisting of (i) the Peer-it stick-on, multi-sensor, multi-actuator computer hardware, (ii) the Peer-It component-based software framework, and (iii) the Peer-it profile markup language PeerML, supporting spontaneous interaction among such platforms. The platform implements Peer-to-Peer computing principles in a self-contained, miniaturized, universal and scalable way, giving raise for application scenarios where the real-world artefacts like e.g. machines, tools or appliances – literally every thing – equipped with Peer-it technology can operate as spontaneously interacting, goal-oriented ensembles. Technically, preferences (like capabilities and goals) and context (like time, geo-position, owner, environmental conditions, etc.) of peers are kept as a profile encoded in PeerML in there local memory, and carried along wherever they move in space. Once peers come into spatial proximity of each other, profiles are exchanged via wireless communication, and the “similarity” of preferences is analyzed. In the case of “matching” preferences, an associated application is notified on both peers. Besides a fully functional autonomous hardware platform integrating multiple sensors, actuator arrays and wireless communication technologies, the Peer-it stick-on computer, a low-memory footprint, OSGi compliant Peer-it software framework have been implemented. We demonstrate in a flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) scenario, how the Peer-it technology can improve over centralized FMSs with respect to fault tolerance, scalability, flexibility in reconfiguration, productivity and efficiency. Stream: view online Download: 2005 SiLiCon Peer-It.mpg (118 MiB) Projects: Autonomic Peer Systems Publications:
Contact: Alois Ferscha, Manfred Hechinger, Rene Mayrhofer |
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PERVASIVE Digital Aura (2004)
"Digital Aura" proposes a "spontaneous interaction" thought model, in which things start to interact once they reach physical proximity to each other Stream: view online Download: 2004 PERVASIVE Digital Aura.mpg (147 MiB) News: Science Aktuell - Digitale Aura, Vortrag: Digital Aura Press: Leben ohne PC in digitaler Aura, Digitale Aura, Digital Aura, Digitale Aura Projects: Digital Aura Showcases: Digital Aura Contact: Alois Ferscha, Manfred Hechinger, Rene Mayrhofer |
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PERVASIVE Smart Roads (2004)
The Johannes Kepler University of Linz, the Future Lab of the Ars Electronica Center in Linz and Siemens Munich are developing an innovative approach for future car navigation systems. Stream: view online Download: 2004 PERVASIVE Smart Roads.avi (191 MiB) Projects: INSTAR Publications:
Contact: Alois Ferscha, G. Pomberger, Wolfgang Narzt |
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INSTAR Paris (2003)
Padestrian Augmented Reality Information Service - From car navigation to padestrian information service Stream: view online Download: 2003 INSTAR Paris.avi (83,8 MiB) Publications:
Contact: Alois Ferscha, G. Pomberger, Wolfgang Narzt |
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UBICOMP DigiScope (2003)
"Digital Aura" proposes a "spontaneous interaction" thought model, in which things start to interact once they reach physical proximity to each other Stream: view online Download: 2003 UBICOMP DigiScope.mpg (362 MiB) Press: Modern Times (Smart Case / Digi-Scope) Projects: Digi Scope Publications:
Contact: Alois Ferscha, Markus Keller |