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Donkeypedia (1st place) |
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Donkeypedia is a cross media project with a donkey that travels through European nations, a quest for the identity of children and youngsters. Children will collect stories, art expressions, movies and objects that represent something essential about their place and its residents. |
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Creators: |
Frank Alsema & Joost van Eeden, 4xM – Mixed Media Match Makers, The Netherlands |
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Website: |
http://donkeypedia.nl/ |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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PING: The Smart Trash Bin (2nd place) |
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PING is a smart kitchen trash bin that monitors and measures both waste and recyclable materials that users throw away. This data is sent to a Web portal where carbon footprint calculations are compiled for each household and for all PING users as a whole. |
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Creators: |
Katrina Bekessy |
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Website: |
http://www.pingthesmartbin.com |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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UBI Hotspot (special mention) |
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In our vision the urban space is covered with UBI-hotspots which provide rich interaction between the physical, virtual and social spaces. UBI-hotspot is a visible artifact of emerging urban computing infrastructure and services. |
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Creators: |
UrBan Interactions (UBI) research program |
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Website: |
http://www.ubioulu.fi/ |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Aulura: Luring and engaging people with ambient persuasive technologies (special mention) |
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Aulura is an interactive frame device that draws users’ attention by reacting to the presence of people, adjusting its content and interactivity as they are triggered to approach the device. It draws users to inspect data regarding their activity and provides feedback regarding their achievements. |
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Creators: |
Jabe Piter Faber, Jose Angel Liso, Aart van Halteren, Pavan Dadlani, Panos Markopoulos, Eindhoven University of Technology Department of Industrial design |
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Website: |
http://www.jpfdesign.nl/aulura.html |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Pediluma (special mention) |
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Pediluma is a shoe-bound wearable computer and information display. This device tracks and visualizes the wearer’s physical activity by varying the intensity of a lighted housing. |
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Creators: |
Brian Lim, Aubrey Shick, Chris Harrison, Carnegie Mellon University |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Assishop - a good assistant in shopping trip |
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Assishop helps people enjoy their shopping according to its name. Assishop provides several critical functions: indoor location with a room level accuracy based on WiFi signals, and then retrieve shop information; barcode recognition based on camera scanning, and then retrieve commodity information using barcode and position; interaction with each other by comments. |
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Creators: |
Wei Pan, Yadong Zhang, Qiong Ning, Junfa Liu, Yiqiang Chen, Research Center for Pervasive Computing, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video (RAR archived) |
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Barinsa - a Freehand Barcode Reader and Product Information System |
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Barinsa is a 1D barcode recognition system for Symbian OS devices. It uses the video stream to scan without the need of manually focussing or taking pictures. It scans very fast, decodes on device and displays information related to the barcode. |
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Creators: |
Steffen Wachenfeld, Markus Madeja, Sebastian Terlunen, Xiaoyi Jiang, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Group, University of Muenster, Germany |
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Website: |
http://cvpr.uni-muenster.de/research/barcode/index.html |
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Extras: |
Demonstration video |
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BelleMemory - Activate your memory |
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BelleMemory is a service for organizations interested in offering memory activation services. It provides an easy tool for older and younger people to maintain their memory and use it to help them in memory related problems. |
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Creators: |
Belleviews Oy |
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Website: |
http://www.belleviews.fi/english/bellememory.php |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Blowtooth - pervasive gaming in a surveillance society |
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Blowtooth has been developed to explore the limits of pervasive gaming in public spaces where the constant surveillance of, even law-abiding and innocuous, behaviour has become the everyday norm. |
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Creators: |
Ben Kirman, Conor Linehan, Shaun Lawson and Mark Doughty, Lincoln Social Computing (LiSC) Research Centre Dept of Computing & Informatics, University of Lincoln |
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Website: |
http://blowtooth.com/ |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Environment-to-Environment Communication Systems |
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E2E is an approach to connect multiple remote environments over web for natural interaction among people and objects. |
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Creators: |
Vivek K. Singh, Hamed Pirsiavash, Ish Rishabh, Ramesh Jain, University of California |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Gesture-controlled 3D characters in a computer game |
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You control your character fluidly by means of physical body movements and gestures. The technology behind the game is based on computer vision and pattern recognition. In addition to gestures, your body position, facial expressions, and eye movements affect your character in real time. |
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Creators: |
Ville Kairamo, Demola |
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Website: |
http://workspace.demola.fi/node/536 |
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Extras: |
Demonstration video |
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Illtags |
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Illtags is an online service to fight against common cold and other infectious diseases. Illtags combines the grouping patterns of social media to the seemingly innate need to broadcast personal health statuses through social media. |
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Creators: |
Dr. Markus Bergman, Wesa Aapro, Hanne Zenjuga, Mikko Mikkola, Nico Hiort af Ornäs, Jani Palovuori, Tuomas Rinne, Matti Särkikoski, Kaisla Innovations Ltd |
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Website: |
http://illtags.com/ |
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Extras: |
Demonstration video |
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Information Overload |
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Information Overload explored opportunities in which digital media could be incorporated into a modern dance performance. The piece examined how we relate to technology. Moreover, it brought together and drew expertise and knowledge from several programs of Drexel University including Performing Arts, Digital Media, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Music Industry. |
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Creators: |
Lauren Mandilian, Dr. Paul Diefenbach (Digital Media Program), Dr. Youngmoo Kim (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Drexel University |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Video |
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Mapsi |
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Mapsi is a mobile media service that shows location, time and social media based spot information on tailored maps. The social network of people who use Mapsi and the user's own community spice up the spots as they comment and share notes about the different sites, like events, cafes, pubs or whether they were happy with the service in a restaurant or not. |
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Creators: |
Gemilo Oy |
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Website: |
http://www.mapsi.fi/ |
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Extras: |
Demonstration video (RAR archived) |
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MapTorchLight - A mobile camera projector unit |
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The "Map Torchlight", a lightweight mobile camera projector unit to augment the paper map directly with additional information, is tracked over a paper map and can precisely highlight points of interest, streets, and areas to give directions or other guidance for interacting with the map. |
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Creators: |
Johannes Schöning, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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MemoriaMobile |
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Memoria mobile is a system to share and access personal memories when visiting historical sites, museums or other points of interest. With the proposed interface people can navigate the memory space of the place they are visiting and, using their camera-phones or Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), view what has interested them or other people in past occasions. |
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Creators: |
Nuno Correia, Rui Jesus, Ricardo Dias, Rute Frias, Interactive Multimedia Group, CITI, FCT/UNL |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Million Story Building |
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The Million Story Building (MSB) project introduces the idea of mobile, ambient storytelling within the new School of Cinematic Arts Lucas Building. Through the use of the downloadable MSB mobile phone-based application, inhabitants and visitors become immersed in an emergent, responsive environment of collaborative storytelling. |
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Creators: |
Jennifer Stein, Mobile and Environmental Media Lab Interactive Media Division, School of Cinematic Arts USC |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Mobile Citizen Reporter |
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Mobile Citizen Reporter for Nokia smartphones and multimedia computers facilitates mobile citizen journalism in a completely new way. It enables sending images and videos to the publisher of your choice directly, instantly and more easily than ever before. |
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Creators: |
Fromdistance |
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Website: |
http://www.julkaisuun.fi/index_eng.html |
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Extras: |
Demonstration video |
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mobile Game Based Learning |
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The overall goal of the project was to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of learning in the target group of young people (aged 16 – 24) through the development of innovative learning models based on mobile games. As the most personal and emotional communication channel the mobile phone was used to establish the link between learners and teachers. |
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Creators: |
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Website: |
http://mg-bl.com |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video (ZIP archived) |
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Palm Beach |
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The Palm Beach game has two technical components: server system and mobile clients. Mobile clients work with mobile Java (J2ME) and connect to the server via local wireless network (WLAN). The selected approach ensures smooth gameplay interface, seamless connectivity, and wide handset base. |
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Creators: |
Kai Kuikkaniemi and Max Vilkki + Shigeru student project team, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Demonstration video |
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Polyphem |
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The projector pans and tilts - synchronized with the video - through the room. Filmed objects are projected on their exact position in the actual space again. The whole room is turned into a projection screen. |
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Creators: |
Synes Elischka |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Demonstration Video |
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Smart Profile Manager |
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The Smart Profile Management application was designed to help minimize mobile phone disruptions. The system does this using a sophisticated machine learning algorithm that switches the phone profile automatically. |
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Creators: |
Scott Kirkpatrick, Amnon Dekel, Dan Nacht |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (DOC) |
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Touch & Control |
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We present a new way of interaction between users and public displays. It is called Touch & Control. Local services that use public displays can be controlled using an NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled mobile phone and RFID tags placed in the local environment. |
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Creators: |
Iván Sánchez, Jukka Riekki, Dept. of Electrical and Information Engineering and Infotech, University of Oulu |
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Website: |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Urban Mediator |
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Urban Mediator (UM) is a web-based framework that provides the possibility to create, obtain, and share location-based information that is organized according to topics of interests set up and maintained by the users themselves. |
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Creators: |
Joanna Saad-Sulonen, Andrea Botero, University of Art and Design Helsinki |
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Website: |
http://um.uiah.fi/eu/ |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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Weekend Pictures |
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Weekend Pictures is an online platform that explores the impact of user-generated content on privacy. It aims to increase literacy, amongst creators of user-generated content, of the impact of sharing personal information within networked online environment. |
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Creators: |
Steven James May, Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada |
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Website: |
http://www.weekendpictures.ca |
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Extras: |
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YinzCam - Large-Scale Mobile Experiential Video Technology |
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YinzCam is a free experiential mobile video technology for sporting events. Using YinzCam right from their seats, fans can select/view live video feeds from unique camera angles, catch (and create their own) instant replays from multiple angles, access game-time information, player bios and personalized content, on their cellphones. |
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Creators: |
Priya Narasimhan, |
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Website: |
http://www.yinzcam.com/ |
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Extras: |
Presentation (PDF), Demonstration video |
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