While touch interfaces have become more popular, they are still mostly confined to mobile platforms such as smart phones and notebooks. Mouse interfaces still dominate desktop platforms due to their portability, ergonomic design and large number of possible interactions. In this paper we present a prototype for a new interface based on cheap consumer-level hardware, which combines advantages of...

Analog VLSI on-chip learning Neural Networks represent a mature technology for a large number of applications involving industrial as well as consumer appliances. This is particularly the case when low power consumption, small size and/or very high speed are required. This approach exploits the computational features of Neural Networks, the implementation efficiency of analog VLSI circuits and ...

In the context of energy efficiency, smart metering solutions are receiving growing attention as they support the automatic collection of (fine-grained) consumption data of appliances. While the capability of a stakeholder (such as a consumer, an utility, or a third-party service) to access smart metering data can give rise to innovative services for users, it makes the control of data release ...

Urbanization grows steadily, i.e. more humans live at one place and rural areas are more unpopular. Urbanization faces challenges for city planning and development. Cities have to deal with large crowds, high energy consumption, large quantities of garbage etc. Thus, smart cities have to meet many requirements of different areas. Hence, realizing smart cities can be supported by linking differe...

Smart assisted living technologies are often touted as the solution to challenges associated with an ageing population. Viewing elderly consumers, their relatives, and comprising assemblage, this article aims understand how smart objects actively reshape everyday practices in families consumers. Interviews observations of users alarm systems indicate a stratification paired experiences identify...

The technical guideline TR-03109 divides between the roles of the SMGW technician and the Gateway administrator whereas the Gateway administrator gains full access to the SMGW and the service technician has only very limited access rights. In many scenarios the service technician will also need full access to the Smart Meter Gateway which means that he must be able to change its role. Federated...

One of the main challenges in smart city models is consumer behaviour, namely guiding efforts to promote optimal use energy dynamics developing cities, through lower consumption without impact on comfort level. This relates all vectors and can be done different means. The uptake stage metering information communication technologies (ICT) varies countries, creating need for tailored innovative a...