Fire presents almost everyday occurrence in people's life and work. The fight against fire must be fast effective because consequences can inconceivable, the sense of human lives material properties. occur everywhere: residential building, factory, hospital, parking garage, market, school, anywhere where are people their activities. also as natural disaster. One ways how to is detect at early s...

This article considers how urban peripheries are made and unmade by forms of “shifting”. We examine these shifts from the perspective rickshaw garages mess dormitories in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which both offer makeshift working living arrangements to rural–urban migrants. By explicitly situating spaces as part movements crisscrossing trajectories that animate peripheries, we challenge tendency sch...

Research in the project RENA (REsource-Adapative NAvigation) together with DFKI GmbH, BMW Research and Technology AG, and Eyeled GmbH has been concerned with the conceptual and methodological foundations and the design of a resource-adaptive platform for seamless outdoor and indoor navigation that can serve as a basis for product development by the companies in the RENA consortium. Future in-ca...

This paper reports on nine relevant applications of FRP composites in concrete structures in the United States. Strengthening of concrete members with externally bonded FRP laminates or near surface mounted (NSM) bars has received remarkable attention. FRP materials have been used in small projects and some multi-million dollar projects for strengthening parking garages, multi-purpose conventio...

Intelligent Autonomous Robots deployed in human environments must have understanding of the wide range of possible semantic identities associated with the spaces they inhabit – kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms, offices, garages, etc. We believe robots should learn this information through their own exploration and situated perception in order to uncover and exploit structure in their environme...