What the consumer of telecommunication services of tomorrow will expect to receive besides some vague notion of "Wireless Internet" is not that clear. However, to obtain a widespread demand for wireless services, they have to be widely available, simple to purchase and access. Affordability and adaptation to user requirements, rather then revolutionary higher performance, will be the key design...

This paper presents a simulation study and an experimental evaluation of a novel imaging spectroscopy technique, where multi-channel image data are acquired instantaneously and transformed into spectra. A digital colour camera equipped with an additional colour filter array was used to acquire an instantaneous single image that was demosaicked to generate a multi-channel image. A statistical tr...

The key issue in this paper is the appropriateness and equity of land-use planning mechanisms, and any associated cross-subsidization, as a means of enhancing the supply of affordable housing. The paper will examine the principles of ‘affordable housing through planning’ in England and it will comment on ‘inclusionary zoning’ as a means to promote affordable housing in the USA. The ways in whic...