Based on the assumption that the link between stimulus and percept is of statistical nature, the subject of sensory communication is tackled from the standpoint of the Shannon's theory of information. After introduction of the general mathematical model identifying the given source of stimuli to an abstract information source and the given channel of sensorial perception to an abstract communic...

Through interacting with urban and architectural spaces, pedestrian pathway‟s ambient fingerprints delineate ambiences with identifiable characteristics, thus characterizing landscape perception potentialities. Based on a measure of the surrounding open spaces using isovists, our proposal consists in building a sensory Digital Terrain models (DTM) in which the entropy of the function of radial ...

This paper is about the rehabilitation of aesthetics in the context of teaching computer science and digital media in schools. It explains how interdisciplinary, digitally extended learning environments can be created with the help of free or low cost applications. Such learning environments focus especially on the idea that sensorial perception and co-construction of knowledge should be an int...

Shortcuts is a critical design contribution to suggest us to think about interactive processes, regarding immediateness and automation promoted by digital technologies. A video illustrates this theoretical approach, enabling the visualization of simple interactions of everyday life. The video shows several ordinary interactions, which are, little by little, graphically represented by their dura...

Phylogeny, ecology, and sensorial constraints are thought to be the most important factors influencing echolocation call design in bats. The Molossidae is a diverse bat family with a majority of species restricted to tropical and subtropical regions. Most molossids are specialized to forage for insects in open space, and thus share similar navigational challenges. We use an unprecedented datase...

This paper concerns the rehabilitation of aesthetics in the context of teaching computer science and digital media in schools. It explains how interdisciplinary, digitally extended learning environments can be created with the help of free or low cost software and hardware applications. Such learning environments focus especially on the idea that sensorial perception and co-construction of know...

Language is the main communication device to represent the environment and share a common understanding of the world that we perceive through our sensory organs. Therefore, each language might contain a great amount of sensorial elements to express the perceptions both in literal and figurative usage. To tackle the semantics of figurative language, several conceptual properties such as concrete...

This paper describes an autonomous robot football team. The work is being carried out since 1998. It describes the hardware used by the robots, the sensory system and interfaces, as well as the game strategy. Data acquisition for the perception level is carried out by the vision system, and the image processing system is described. Two cameras are used requiring sensorial fusion. With this arch...