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Your Magazine (From the Editor) - Control Systems Magazine, IEEE

Surely, you’ve read in-flight magazines, even when you’ve had work to do. Articles on fascinating subjects such as the science of laughter and the world’s best concierge are hard to resist. But suppose you’d tucked the magazine you’re now reading into the seat pocket in front of you and then inadvertently abandoned it upon reaching your destination. What chain of events might such an oversight ...

A Home of Your Own

It is a truism to say that mental health begins in the home, and while this is understood to mean the relationships and emotional climate in the home, rather than the house itself, the two aspects are closely linked together. A woman living in 46

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HLFSD: Delivering Email to Your $HOME

We consider the problem of enabling users to access their mailbox files from any host on our local network, and not only on one designated ‘‘home machine’’. We require a solution which will not introduce any new single points of failure, force us to modify mail transfer agents and user agents, or require changes to the operating system kernels. In other words, minimize the amount of work needed...

DOGeye: Controlling your home with eye interaction

Nowadays home automation, with its increased availability, reliability and with its ever reducing costs is gaining momentum and is starting to become a viable solution for enabling people with disabilities to autonomously interact with their homes and to better communicate with other people. However, especially for people with severe mobility impairments, there is still a lack of tools and inte...