M obile-device users often wish that they could access the variety of rich hypermedia content that exists or will exist on the Web. Given, however, these devices' constrained computational and rendering power and cellular networks' limited bandwidth, effective Web content presentation will require new computation patterns. The mismatch between rich multimedia content and constrained client capa...

Smart taps, having a capability of measuring power consumption for a connected device, circulates throughout the market from many vendors. This study proposes a method and an implementation for to notify an ID of the load device to the taps. By this study, the taps can dynamically know what plug load device is. In addition, we had done a experimentation about this study and show about 0.01bps c...

Various methods for inducing an illusory force sensation to present a sense of users in energy-saving and space-saving systems have been proposed. One them is the illusion induced by cutaneous sensory stimulation. In this study, we hypothesized empirically verified that lateral skin stretch alone on face can induce direction stretch. We focused anterior temporal cheekbone regions, which cushion...

OBJECTIVE Stereoscopic vision display technology has been shown to be a useful tool in image-guided surgical interventions. However, the concept has not been applied to 3-dimensional echocardiography-guided cardiac procedures. We evaluated stereoscopic vision display as an aid for intracardiac navigation during 3-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery in a model of atrial sep...

We describe the novel BrailleDis 9000 pin-matrix device. The refreshable device allows to present tactile graphics on a matrix of 60 times 120 pins. The pin-matrix device is made up of a newly developed type of vertical Braille module allowing for a compact assembly of all necessary components. Additionally, the pin-matrix device is touch sensitive and capable of detecting multiple points of co...

Today’s smartphones provide the technical means to serve as interfaces for public displays in various ways. Even though recent research has identified several new approaches for mobile-display interaction, intertechnique comparisons of respective methods are scarce. The authors conducted an experimental user study on four currently relevant mobile-display interaction techniques (‘Touchpad’, ‘Po...

For its new acute care hospital, the University of California at Los Angeles is evaluating innovative technology involving high-resolution flat panel display devices configured as "network appliances" that can be wall mounted for use in the retrieval and display of medical images and data. Physicians and healthcare providers can log on with wireless handheld computers, which can serve as an ide...