[ Context Toolkit | Digital
Family Portrait | Family Intercom | Gesture
Pendant | Privacy Mirror | What was I
Cooking? ]
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The Context
Toolkit is a software toolkit that enables application designers
to use context, or situational/environmental information, in their
applications. Example applications to be demonstrated are the
Conference Assistant, a context-enabled electronic whiteboard, and
an in/out board.
Many
of us want to keep in touch with family members who live far away
from us. This need can turn to concern from elderly family members
who live by themselves. The Digital Family Portrait helps you stay
aware of the well-being of a family member.
There are many technologies enabling direct human-human audio
communication, but none of them use the context of the communication partners
effectively. We are augmenting a domestic environment with implicitly
gathered knowledge of the location and activities of its occupants. The
Family Intercom provides a test bed to explore how this context supports a
variety of lightweight communication opportunities between collocated and
remote family members.
Remote
controls, with tiny buttons, complex interfaces, and an uncanny
ability to get lost in the couch are part of everyday life.
Imagine instead controlling home appliances with a wave of your
hand. Our Gesture Pendant recognizes and then translates gestures
into commands for your home appliances.
Many future
home technologies rely on new sensing technologies. Our Privacy
Mirror reflects what sensors could be operating in your home. As a
home owner or visitor, you might have many questions about the
sensors. Are they working? Which sensor is more
accurate? How are
you personally being tracked? We help you see the answers.
Cooking is a common activity that is often interrupted
by countless household distractions. Our cooking collages help you remember
your recent actions. Did you add the salt? When did you start to simmer the
soup? We can tell you! Simple sensing technology triggers the camera to grab
snapshots as you're cooking. In the future, these sensors will be replaced by
cameras that recognize a host of human actions.
[ Context Toolkit | Digital
Family Portrait | Family Intercom | Gesture
Pendant | Privacy Mirror | What was I
Cooking? ]
