In this paper, we present a multi-modal fusion scheme for tracking and behavior analysis in Smart Home environments. This is applied to tracking multiple people and detecting their behavior. To this end, information from multiple heterogeneous sensors (visual color sensor, thermal sensor, infrared sensor and photonic mixer devices) is combined in a common 3D voxel occupancy grid. Graph cuts are...

Experts confirm that 85% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. Therefore, should be prepared satisfy needs their citizens and provide best services. The idea a city future commonly represented smart city, which more efficient system optimizes its resources services, through use monitoring communication technology. Thus, one steps towards sustainability for around worl...

In this paper, we present CASi (Context Awareness Simulator), a software system for the simulation of context-aware computer systems and environments. CASi provides an abstract framework of components for simulating smart world applications like a smart office or house with ambient sensors and actuators. Agents moving through these application worlds are tracked by sensors and their actions are...

The availability of embedded, digital systems has led to a multitude of interconnected sensors and actuators being distributed among smart objects and built environments. Programming and understanding the behaviors of such systems can be challenging given their inherent spatial nature. To explore how spatial and contextual information can facilitate the authoring of intelligent environments, we...

The neu-MOS (vMOS) transistor is a new device that enables the design of conventional digital and analog circuits, in standard CMOS, with a factor of 5-10 decrease gate count. Furthermore, vMOS circuit characteristics are insensitive to transistor parameter variations but instead rely on coupling capacitor ratios. In this paper, we demonstrate this principle with results from fabricated control...

A main goal for the researchers designing smart health care technology is to develop strategies allowing both, early detection of and avoid problems that could lead to a decreased independence. Medical analysis, smart sensors, intelligent software agents, distributed control, wireless communication and internet resources are research areas implied in home automation delivering intelligent healt...

For the safety of prestressed structures, prestress loss is a critical issue that will increase with structural damage, so it is necessary to investigate prestress loss of prestressed structures under different damage scenarios. Unfortunately, to date, no qualified techniques are available due to difficulty for sensors to survive in harsh construction environments of long service life and large...

Smart matter consists of sensors, actuators and computers embedded in materials to give precise and flexible control over their physical properties. We describe how globM constraints and local agents can be combined to control the overall behaviors of smart matter in a simple, robust manner. We present several examples of such systems.