Infrastructure-Less Communication Platform for Off-The-Shelf Android Smartphones

Infrastructure-Less Communication Platform for Off-The-Shelf Android Smartphones

As smartphones and other small portable devices become more sophisticated and popular, opportunities for communication and information sharing among such device users have increased. In particular, since it is known that infrastructure-less device-to-device (D2D) communication platforms consisting only of such devices are excellent in terms of, for example, bandwidth efficiency, efforts are bei...

Demo: Off-the-shelf Bi-directional Visible Light Communication Module for IoT Devices and Smartphones

Relaying EMV Contactless Transactions using Off-The-Shelf Android Devices

Dutch banks introduced contactless payments in April 2014, and have been promoting the use of contactless cards since then. Contactless payments are based on the EMV specification, the worldwide standard for contact and contactless transactions. EMV Contact is a well-researched field and many vulnerabilities have been found. Although EMV Contactless is newer and less researched, a few vulnerabi...

An inexpensive, off-the-shelf platform for networked embedded robotics

Recent years have witnessed the proliferation of a new class of devices, commonly referred to as Networked Embedded Devices. Their increasingly low cost and small size make them suited for large scale sensing applications. Likewise, they could be appealing as a means to embed intelligent actuation capabilities into the environment, turning simple artifacts into networked robotic appliances. The...

CotsBots: an off-the-shelf platform for distributed robotics

The CotsBots are inexpensive and modular mobile robots built entirely from commercial off-the-shelf components. These robots provide a convenient platform on which to investigate algorithms, cooperation, and distributed sensing in large (> 50) robot networks. Each robot is small (13cm x 6.5cm base) and costs under $200. Each is equipped with on-board processing, radio communication, and a base ...